Mental health professional in Italy/Italian Swiss region
Posted by tess_d_urbervilles@reddit | expats | View on Reddit | 1 comments
Hello there 🫶🏻 I am looking to enroll in a masters program for psychology/counseling/etc but want to be sure of where I could practice at the end of my training. Have any mental health professionals received their degrees in Italy and practiced in northern Italy or the Italian speaking region of Switzerland? I’m American, but an EU citizen and learning Italian while spending time in Italy. My bachelors degree was heavily based in psychology from NYU, but incorporated other disciplines as well. Thanks in advance!!
blackkettle@reddit
Generally speaking you’ll need to be licensed specifically in whichever country you want to practice. Licensing in Italy will (probably) not be transferable to Switzerland.
It’s also going to be seriously difficult to reach a sufficiently high level of professional Italian to effectively practice counseling for patients in the language. Not impossible or anything, but if this is your first/only serious foray into foreign language learning - don’t underestimate it.