The Italian Medical Centre

Dr. Federica Boecklin is an Integrated Medicine Specialist. Her particular approach to health and healing is to provide patients with individually tailored health and wellbeing programmes, using the safest and most effective combination of approaches and treatments from the world of both conventional and complementary medicine.

She is a graduate from University “La Sapienza” Medical School, Rome, where she also obtained her Specialist qualification in Clinical Haematology. To conventional medical training she has then decided to add a variety of complementary approaches in particular Homeopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture. She gained full Membership of the Faculty of Homeopathy and subsequently went on to study acupuncture, obtaining a Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine issued by the Chinese Medical Institute and Register and The Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology

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She worked as an NHS Specialist Doctor at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM), part of University College Hospitals from 2001 – 2014.  Her work at the RLHIM centred on a variety of clinical specialties including Woman’s health, Fertility, Complementary Cancer Care, Children’s Health, Chronic Pain Management and Addictions Management. She also ran a busy high-volume Acupuncture Clinic for the treatment of menopausal hot flushes and menstrual period disorders.

She has recently developed a special interest in treating children and young adults, combining homeopathic treatment with very gentle acupuncture and acupressure for the treatment of chronic painful conditions as well as recurrent upper respiratory conditions, digestive complaints and chronic headaches.

Services include:

Homeopathic consultations, TCM Acupuncture, Auricular Acupuncture and Acupressure

Eleonora Corvetta is a qualified counsellor having trained at Re-vision, Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis. Moreover, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Universita’ Vita-Salute San Raffaele and a Master’s degree in the Psychodynamics of Human Development from the British Association of Psychotherapists. She is also a qualified clinical hypnotherapist.

Eleonora is a counsellor in private practice and at the Wimbledon Guild, working with adults and adolescents. She is also a therapist for Anxiety UK and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Eleonora’ areas of expertise include: anxiety and panic attacks, trauma, depression, low self-esteem, bereavement, eating disorders and addiction.

Dr. Paola Franciosi is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She is an experienced medical doctor and senior Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Paola is specialised in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and her main areas of  expertise include depression, anxiety states, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Relationship problems, Individual psychotherapy, psychological therapy in psychosis and forensic psychotherapy.

From 2000, Claudia has dedicated herself to study and practice nutrition at all levels.
After graduating in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Milan, she worked has a researcher at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Her passion for nutrition begins after being asked to study the effect of some milk casein peptides on human intestinal cancer cells. The project became part of her Ph.D. in Experimental Clinical Nutrition at the Faculty of Medicine (University of Milan) with several publications published in peer-reviewed journals.

After winning an EU post-doc scholarship, she pursued her career in nutrition further by studying the effect of certain nutrients and obesity on cancer at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. In 2006, the National Institute of Health granted her the R25 Career Development Fellowship in Nutrition and Cancer Prevention.

In 2010, she decided to apply her knowledge in clinical nutrition as a practitioner with a diploma in Nutrition and Health at BCNH in London. Today her practice is divided between Milan and London.
She is also a certified Pharmacist in Italy and in the UK (GPhC, MRPharms).

Dr. Telesilla Wardle graduated in Medicine with honours, from the Sapienza University Medical School of Rome, Italy. She continued her post-graduate medical training in the USA and in London. She has worked in most of the London Teaching Hospitals for a total period of 5 years in a variety of Medical Specialties, before leading her ownl medical medical practice.

Since 1995 she has been working full time as a General Practitioner in North London.

She believes in a Multidisciplinary and a Holistic approach in the treatment of patients involving thorough clinical assessment and follow-up. She is committed to delivering the best quality of care. Her emphasis in educating patients empowers them to manage their conditions in the best possible way.

Paola Meli graduated as a professional homeopath after studying four years at Arcanum Homeopathic School in Stockholm, Sweden.

In the following years she continued her studies with Dr Luc de Schepper’s Post-graduate courses, in Helsinki and Dusseldorf. The focus was to study in-depth the main remedies in conjunction with the many emotional states people express such as fear, anger and phobias.

The completion of the Advanced Course in Homeopathic Case-Management in Boston USA at the Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy gave Paola the opportunity to further expand her knowledge.

Paola treats a wide range of conditions, from chronic headaches, menopause symptoms and children illnesses to emotional imbalances, depression and anxiety.

Francesca Moresi is a practitioner qualified both in England and in Italy, with over 10 years of research and practice.

Occupational Psychologist chartered with the Health and Care Professions Council, Francesca is an expert in working with people who suffer from work-related-stress; she has an extensive experience in providing counselling to entrepreneurs and employees in order to help them manage their careers and to support them in becoming more successful, while also increasing their personal wellbeing.

Furthermore, Francesca is a registered psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and she has a special interest in personal relationships, helping individuals and couples change dysfunctional patterns and enjoy a more fulfilling rapport with others.

Her areas of expertise also include anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, communication issues, pregnancy and motherhood, divorce and miscarriage.

Dr. Augusto Palombi is an Italian Paediatrician and Consultant at the Kingston Hospital in London, where he has three weekly surgeries of General Paediatrics and cares for 120 children, from 0 to 18 years of age, every month.

With more than 30 years experience, Dr Palombi has trained at La Sapienza University in Rome, qualifying with distinction, and worked for 27 years in the Neonatology and Paediatrics Department at Hospital M.G. Vannini in Rome.

Moreover, he is the Named Doctor for Looked after children at the Moor Lane Centre in the Community Paediatric, where he works with children and adolescents in foster care or adoption.

Luca Pozzi is a psychological wellbeing practitioner at NHFT in Northampton. Graduated in Psychology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, where he later obtained a degree in Clinical Psychology. He has also been trained in the “Mentalization based treatment” at the Anna Freud Centre. Furthermore, Luca has worked within the Day Care Eating Disorder Unit of the Maudsley Hospital and as an assistant researcher at the Cassel Hospital, specialist service for Personality disorders.

Luca’s areas of expertise include: Developmental Psychology / Personality Disorders/ Panic Attack/ Low self esteem / Relational Difficulties/ Personal Empowerment / Eating Disorders.

He is currently training in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy at the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.

Giulia Verdinelli is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist trained in the assessment and intervention of speech, language, voice, swallowing and learning disorders.

She graduated at the Catholic University in Rome and has since worked as a private practitioner assisting children with dyslexia and dysgraphia, phonetic and phonological disorders, malocclusion and atypical swallowing. She has also worked in rehabilitation centres and schools for pupils with Special Educational Needs where she treated communication in children with a wider spectrum of disorders such as hearing and visual impairment, attention and hyperactivity difficulties, intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Giulia is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council in London where she works with bilingual families, supporting children with communication and learning difficulties that struggle to cope with different languages and cultures. She helps manage communication difficulties in a bilingual environment.

Giulia’s areas of expertise include the assessment and rehabilitation of speech difficulties, dyslexia and other learning difficulties, atypical swallowing and voice disorders.