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Adriana was raised in a family of entrepreneurs in Italy, and became an entrepreneur herself. Aged 16, she began working as an international fashion model – successfully self-managing her own modelling “brand” within high-fashion for 14 years, a field which is considered to be one of the most competitive and ruthless in the world – being represented by the most prestigious high-fashion modelling global network. During those years, Adriana lived and worked in the major fashion cities, namely New York, Paris, London and Milan. Whilst modelling, Adriana continued her passion of personal and academic development in the fields of psychology and philosophy. She was essentially an ethnographer in the fields of modelling and the fashion industry whilst modelling, an experience that later led her to embark on a formal research journey and to consolidate all her findings in a PhD two decades after leaving modelling, wherein she explored the in-depth lived experience of fashion models, drawing parallels with the predicaments and relational challenges of a large proportion of females in contemporary societies. |
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After 14 years of international modelling, Adriana shifted role and began to work as a brand ambassador, sales, marketing and merchandising director for leading fashion brands such as Prada and Vivien Westwood. She worked closely with the owners and founders of some of these brands, learning much from them. Subsequently, Adriana served as a sales director and brand ambassador for the southern European regions of two leading private aviation companies, liaising with international HNW individuals. Whilst doing this, Adriana was completing her extensive formal education and clinical training in the fields of clinical psychology and depth-psychology, eventually qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist.
In 2010, Adriana founded Role Modelling and a new professional role, the Fashion Model Mentor. She supported the most prestigious global modelling agencies as well as the models themselves. She has written for leading magazines on the topics of wellbeing, mental health, emotional wellbeing, EQ and peak performance. Later, Role Modelling expanded and Adriana began to offer mentorship, coaching and peak-performance coaching to leaders and people in positions of high visibility, influence and/or power in the world, key global stakeholders, captains of industry, C-Suites, models, actors, influencers, politicians and top executives. Adriana supported executives working for corporations such as Google, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Blackstone, Bayer, GSK, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Netflix, to name but a few.
Adriana arrived in Singapore in 2013 with her family, and was appointed Director of a leading local mental health clinic. She enhanced the clinic by bringing it up to international levels of best practice and expanding the organisation, forging relationships with governmental and non-governmental organisations and corporations, schools and Universities, founding a coaching wing as well as the first ever professional training centre, motivated by the need to fill a relevant gap given the lack of opportunities within the continuing professional development arena in the entire region, which had posed an ethical dilemma for her when referring clients and patients to clinicians. The centre continued to flourish, working across the lifespan with a multicultural and multi-ethnic population, providing the highest standards of proficiency and ethics. Adriana subsequently founded her own clinic and training centre, Elephant, which is fast growing and moving onto an international scale, with venues including London, Monaco and Italy, as well as a one-of-a-kind experiential and transformational retreat centre coming soon in southern Europe.
SERVICES
Drawing from her long lasting experience in the luxury, corporate, academic and clinical fields, Adriana provides executive coaching, in-depth, peak-performance and wellness coaching, mentorship, psychological consultations and psychotherapy. She also offers leadership trining, transformational and experiential executive and wellness retreats for individuals, couples, families, executives, schools, universities, governmental and non-governmental organisations, in English, Italian and French.
METHODOLOGY
Adriana has been providing consultations in English, Italian and French, having practiced with multiple methodologies over 15 years as a peak performance coach, executive coach, mentor, writer, researcher, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and counsellor in a wide range of settings, including corporate, healthcare and private practices, across multiple walks of life.
In her mentoring, coaching and clinical work, she adopts an integrative approach, customising her work according to each client's unique self and requirements, with a particular focus on the quality of the professional relationship with her clients, offering long-lasting results and empowerment from the inside out.
Adriana's approach is holistic, working on all levels of existence, including the body, the breath, the intellect, the mind, memory, emotions and structure of the self, integrating Eastern and Western philosophical tools and traditions.
In 2010, Adriana founded Role Modelling and a new professional role, the Fashion Model Mentor. She supported the most prestigious global modelling agencies as well as the models themselves. She has written for leading magazines on the topics of wellbeing, mental health, emotional wellbeing, EQ and peak performance. Later, Role Modelling expanded and Adriana began to offer mentorship, coaching and peak-performance coaching to leaders and people in positions of high visibility, influence and/or power in the world, key global stakeholders, captains of industry, C-Suites, models, actors, influencers, politicians and top executives. Adriana supported executives working for corporations such as Google, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Blackstone, Bayer, GSK, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Netflix, to name but a few.
Adriana arrived in Singapore in 2013 with her family, and was appointed Director of a leading local mental health clinic. She enhanced the clinic by bringing it up to international levels of best practice and expanding the organisation, forging relationships with governmental and non-governmental organisations and corporations, schools and Universities, founding a coaching wing as well as the first ever professional training centre, motivated by the need to fill a relevant gap given the lack of opportunities within the continuing professional development arena in the entire region, which had posed an ethical dilemma for her when referring clients and patients to clinicians. The centre continued to flourish, working across the lifespan with a multicultural and multi-ethnic population, providing the highest standards of proficiency and ethics. Adriana subsequently founded her own clinic and training centre, Elephant, which is fast growing and moving onto an international scale, with venues including London, Monaco and Italy, as well as a one-of-a-kind experiential and transformational retreat centre coming soon in southern Europe.
SERVICES
Drawing from her long lasting experience in the luxury, corporate, academic and clinical fields, Adriana provides executive coaching, in-depth, peak-performance and wellness coaching, mentorship, psychological consultations and psychotherapy. She also offers leadership trining, transformational and experiential executive and wellness retreats for individuals, couples, families, executives, schools, universities, governmental and non-governmental organisations, in English, Italian and French.
METHODOLOGY
Adriana has been providing consultations in English, Italian and French, having practiced with multiple methodologies over 15 years as a peak performance coach, executive coach, mentor, writer, researcher, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and counsellor in a wide range of settings, including corporate, healthcare and private practices, across multiple walks of life.
In her mentoring, coaching and clinical work, she adopts an integrative approach, customising her work according to each client's unique self and requirements, with a particular focus on the quality of the professional relationship with her clients, offering long-lasting results and empowerment from the inside out.
Adriana's approach is holistic, working on all levels of existence, including the body, the breath, the intellect, the mind, memory, emotions and structure of the self, integrating Eastern and Western philosophical tools and traditions.
QUALIFICATIONS, REGISTRATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- PhD from the University of Essex, UK, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
- Masters from G. Marconi University and Bachelors from La Sapienza University in Italy
- Registered Clinical Psychologist with the U.K. Health & Care Profession Council (Registration Number PYL32977),
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
- Full member and registered with the Singapore Psychological Society
- PhD from the University of Essex, UK, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
- Masters from G. Marconi University and Bachelors from La Sapienza University in Italy
- Registered Clinical Psychologist with the U.K. Health & Care Profession Council (Registration Number PYL32977),
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
- Full member and registered with the Singapore Psychological Society
RESEARCH
Over the last fifteen years, Adriana has been systematically researching themes related to peak performance and authenticity, gender role behaviour in contemporary society, including identity, body image and sense of self. Such work eventually led her to embark on a PhD on the subject matter and to the development of a pioneering professional role – Peak Performance Mentor (www.RoleModelling.com) – for leaders and people in positions of high visibility and/or of power in the world.
Furthermore, in 2010 Adriana began another parallel research to systematically study developmental trauma, PTSD symptoms as well as attachment issues and observed the the transformational and deeply healing effects resulting from the adoption of embodied practices and from the integration of practices borrowed from the ancient Eastern traditions. She has thereafter successfully integrated such an approach and potent practices within her practice.
Over the last fifteen years, Adriana has been systematically researching themes related to peak performance and authenticity, gender role behaviour in contemporary society, including identity, body image and sense of self. Such work eventually led her to embark on a PhD on the subject matter and to the development of a pioneering professional role – Peak Performance Mentor (www.RoleModelling.com) – for leaders and people in positions of high visibility and/or of power in the world.
Furthermore, in 2010 Adriana began another parallel research to systematically study developmental trauma, PTSD symptoms as well as attachment issues and observed the the transformational and deeply healing effects resulting from the adoption of embodied practices and from the integration of practices borrowed from the ancient Eastern traditions. She has thereafter successfully integrated such an approach and potent practices within her practice.
7 LEVELS OF EXISTENCE
Adriana works on all 7 levels of existence to support her clients in attuning to their own needs, thrive in life and achieve peak performance:
Adriana works on all 7 levels of existence to support her clients in attuning to their own needs, thrive in life and achieve peak performance:
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION
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- Strategy
- Peak performance coaching - Mentoring - In-depth executive consulting - Assertiveness skills - Leadership skills - Time management - Optimisation - Focus - Intentional action |
- Purpose
- Meaning - Relationships - Parenting - Body Image - Identity - Self Esteem - Anxiety - Low mood - Transition and adjustmentt |
- Anger
- Self regulation - Authenticity - Empowerment - Attachment - Self-actualisation - Manifestation - Self-expression - Conscious health - Individuation process |
TESTIMONIALS
When I first entered therapy with a previous therapist just over a year ago, I was looking for a quick fix. I didn't want to delve into the past. I wanted ten sessions to cure me of a particular issue. I soon realised I may require a few more than ten sessions but after a disastrous experience with this therapist I was fairly lost and broken by the time I found Adriana.
When we first spoke over the phone I was extremely vulnerable and sad. She sounded strong and capable and I needed that. In those early months she witnessed my pain and gently and kindly helped piece me back together.
Over the months Adriana has helped me identify and begin to understand patterns of behaviour and it is only with this understanding that I can start to make changes and be more conscious and aware of the decisions I make in my life. Psychotherapy is a process and psychotherapeutic action requires courage and bravery. It may not be a quick fix (at least in my case). Adriana is my fellow traveller. She is not simply an onlooker but a partner in our therapeutic alliance. She experiences my emotions alongside me and it is within this empathic arena where the real healing can occur.
Adriana radiates warmth and humanness. Within our sessions she has gracefully tolerated all of my emotions. She has witnessed all of my darkness and has never turned away. It is extremely reparative to be really seen and really understood by someone who sees all your weakness, does not judge you and who still remains by your side.
I am eternally grateful that our paths have crossed. I honestly believe that my work with Adriana has been and will continue to be a life changing experience for me. My aim is for freedom. Freedom to be able to live every aspect of my life to its full potential. To not look back on life and wish that I'd had the courage to do something, to not look back and wish I had done something differently but instead to move out of my comfort zone, to take risks and to soar.
S.C.
When we first spoke over the phone I was extremely vulnerable and sad. She sounded strong and capable and I needed that. In those early months she witnessed my pain and gently and kindly helped piece me back together.
Over the months Adriana has helped me identify and begin to understand patterns of behaviour and it is only with this understanding that I can start to make changes and be more conscious and aware of the decisions I make in my life. Psychotherapy is a process and psychotherapeutic action requires courage and bravery. It may not be a quick fix (at least in my case). Adriana is my fellow traveller. She is not simply an onlooker but a partner in our therapeutic alliance. She experiences my emotions alongside me and it is within this empathic arena where the real healing can occur.
Adriana radiates warmth and humanness. Within our sessions she has gracefully tolerated all of my emotions. She has witnessed all of my darkness and has never turned away. It is extremely reparative to be really seen and really understood by someone who sees all your weakness, does not judge you and who still remains by your side.
I am eternally grateful that our paths have crossed. I honestly believe that my work with Adriana has been and will continue to be a life changing experience for me. My aim is for freedom. Freedom to be able to live every aspect of my life to its full potential. To not look back on life and wish that I'd had the courage to do something, to not look back and wish I had done something differently but instead to move out of my comfort zone, to take risks and to soar.
S.C.
Adriana has helped me identify, understand and tackle my problems more than any other professional I’ve seen in the past, especially during a very stressful period of my life.
Through therapy I learned to accept rather than judge my feelings, to figure out where they have come from and what they are trying to tell me.
The sessions with her gave me useful tools to handle daily challenges both in professional and personal life. I feel happy like never before and I can handle myself and others much better with all the learning from our sessions.
R.S.
Through therapy I learned to accept rather than judge my feelings, to figure out where they have come from and what they are trying to tell me.
The sessions with her gave me useful tools to handle daily challenges both in professional and personal life. I feel happy like never before and I can handle myself and others much better with all the learning from our sessions.
R.S.
I didn't really "believe" in therapy until I met Adriana. Her technique although sometimes emotionally draining really helped me see my lacks, my patterns and understand the why?'s. Why am I feeling like this? Why do I react this way? Once you understand the why Adriana helped tackle the root of the issue. Helped me become more aware and more self loving. It was a great experience.
M.L.
M.L.
Great to had the chance to connect with Ms.Adriana. The impact of the sessions are truely corrective and transformative. Had no belief it will work, and I thank the day I agreed to my spouse that I shall visit Adriana. Being professionally successful is just one part. The degree of unknowns I had inside of me, understanding the root causes, the trusted commitment we had - surely helped me to be a better person emotionally. Words are not sufficient to explain. So a BIG THANK YOU dear Adriana
N.P.
N.P.
