Dr. Gaia Polloni
Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Clinical Sexologist
BSc, MSc, CPsychol, DClinPsy, ECPS
Dr. Gaia Polloni is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist with the Italian Psychological Society, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society, a registered Clinical Sexologist with FISS (Italian Federation of Scientific Sexology) and a Chartered European Psycho-sexologist (ECPS, European Certified Psycho-sexologist).
She is a teacher at the Psychotherapy Training schools “Centro Terapia Cognitiva” of Como and of Turin, at the Sexology School A.I.S.P.A. in Milan and at other courses, such as the Master in Sexology by Giunti Psychometrics in Florence. She is also an EMDR Therapist and Practitioner (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), she is certified “Expert in Andrology” by the Italian Andrology Society (SIA) and a member of the Scientific Committee of “Europa Uomo”, an Association for the information of Prostatic diseases.
Expertise and Dedication to her job
After graduating in Psychology (BSc) at London Metropolitan University of London, she continued her studies in Italy, obtaining an MSc in Clinical Psychology at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan. Afterwards, she trained for four years at Istituto Ricerca e Formazione of Florence and became a Clinical Sexologist and for four years at Centro Terapia Cognitiva in Como, becoming a Psychotherapist, graduating summa cum laude. She is highly specialized in the treatment of Trauma and Dissociative Disorders (EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Intensive Training with Dr. Kathy Steele).
As a Couple Therapist, she trained in Couple Therapy approaches renowned both nationally (Couple Therapy with Dr. Maurizio Dodet) and internationally, such as in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy) with Dr. Sue Johnson and in the Gottman Method. Moreover, she is an expert of LGBTQIA+ issues.
Dr. Gaia Polloni is author and co-author of several scientific articles and a very active speaker at congresses. She is often a guest on TV programs and Radio shows.
Having lived both in the UK and in the US for many years, she is bilingual and practices in English on a daily basis.
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Latest News
Sapiosexuals: people attracted to intelligence
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Speaker at the World Association for Sexual Health Congress with “virtual sex: the impact of the digital age on sexuality”
I was honoured to be a speaker at the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) Congress. During my presentation, I [...]
Mean penile length and circumference of italian men: our study has been published
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My interview for the TV show Le Iene
On Tuesday night, on the TV program Le Iene, Italia 1, I talked about Covid and sexuality. Unfortunately, we didn’t [...]
New episode of Sex Box: “age gaps: milfs, cougars, toy boys and sugar dating”
New episode of our Podcast Sex Box: "age gaps: milfs, cougars, toy boys and sugar dating". Today we talk about [...]
I talked about our study on the desire for parenthood during the Covid-19 pandemic on the news in the USA
Our study on how the desire for parenthood has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the quarantine has gone [...]
Podcast
Gaia Polloni is a permanent guest as Psychotherapist and Sexologist on the Podcast Sex Box of Rete Tre, Radiotelevisione Svizzera, available on all the major platforms.
Experience and expertise
Gaia Polloni is an active member
of the following scientific societies
