What is the best thing that I love about my work?​

I love to ​hear carefully ​the stories my patients tell me, and helping them ​through ​empathy and taking ​them towards new possibilities.

What is my idea of perfect happiness?​

Happiness for me is the possibility to w​ake up every morning with the awareness that I will have everything I need materially and spiritually.

What is my greatest fear?

My greatest fear is the possibility of dying before my son has reached the adulthood.

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?

I hate the part of my ​character​ that has the fear of disappointing others.

Which living persons in my profession do i most admire?

My professors Paolo Quattrini and Sergio Mazzeo (​Gestalt Psychotherapy with an Existential Phenomenological Approach).

What is my greatest extravagance?

In this moment of my life the ​greatest​ extravagance is simply to change hair color often.

On what occasion would I lie?

Probably I would lie only in the case that I should protect someone I love from humiliation​​ or danger.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?

I really hate to deal with maniacs, paraphilia or psychopaths, I prefer to send them to a trusted psychiatrist.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work?

On the set of a movie or on stage of a theatre when I did reconcile psychology and art.

If I could, what would I change about myself?

Really I would only like to lose some weight .

What is my greatest achievement in work?

I do not think I reached yet my greatest achievement in work.​I get closer to it when a message arrives or a visit from a patient, that I have not seen for a long time, telling me how his/her life has changed for the better after our journey together.

Where would I most like to live?

I would like to live with my family in Corsica, the French island, in a big villa on the beach with an infinity pool

What is my most treasured possession?

I think that my sensibility is my treasured possession.

What is my most marked characteristic?

I am an empathic, confident, hopeful, headstrong and a often smiling person.

What is my most inspirational location, in my city?

​I am so lucky to live in a city full of inspirational corners but my favourite location is Villa Borghese ​where​ I can promenade and arrive to Pincio’s panorama on sunset.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city?

I love going to dinner in a Japanese ​restaurant ​near my ​house​, with my son and my nephews​, eating sushi and drinking good wine (just me they are too young to drink ​alcohol​!).

What books influenced my life and how?

Obviously many of psychology books from the works of Sigmund Freud in particular I loved “The interpretation of dreams” to get to Fritz Perls with “The Self, Hunger and Aggression”. Another book that has touched me on a professional level is the one of Violet Oaklander: “Windows to our children “and in the last few years all the books by Bert Hellinger have completely changed my approach to the symptom.

Who are my favorite writers?

I love the great italian classics of the 900’: Luigi Pirandello, Giovanni Verga and Italo Calvino just to name some.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?

“The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?

That is an easy question: I love Wonder Woman ​its strength, its beauty and its abilities.

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?

My heroes in real life are the people who manage to live their ideals while remaining faithful to their scale of values, their education and their culture.

Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime?

A very old one: “It’s a wonderful life” directed by Frank Capra.

What role plays art in my life and work?

Art is 80% of my lifeblood. Without art I am sad, apathetic and without energy for work.

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?

My friend and co-therapist in groups of family constellations Maria Novelli

Whom would I like to work with in 2018?

I would like to work with an international production as scientific counselor in the​ ​review of the dialogues of a screenplay.

Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2018?

I would like to meet Alfred and Bettina Austermann and show them my short film inspired by their work on the missing twin.

What project, in 2018, am I looking forward to work on?

My first short film as director: I will finish the final screenplay in a few days.

Where can you see me or my work in 2018?

As an actress you will see me on the big screen in September in the new movie by Fabio del Greco: “Mystery of an employee” (Facebook’s page: Mistero di un impiegato); as a therapist in Phenomenological Constellations, the next event is scheduled in Rome in July the 15th.

( Tickets avaiable on: http://www.flaviacoffari.it/novit%C3%A0/)

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?

​It means really a lot for me. For more than 10 years, I stifled my artistic passion until I thought I had lost it completely. Then suddenly the fire of the passion regnite from the embers under the ashes in my heart.

Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story?

The feminist gynecologist: Elisabetta Canitano​.

How can you contact me?

On my website: ​www.flaviacoffari.it​ , on Twitter @coffaridr or Facebook’s page: Psicologa Dott.ssa Flavia Coffari