Dr Luca Palmili

Professional Profile

Dr Luca Palmili is an experienced Clinical Psychologist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for adolescents and adults.

He has worked in the NHS since 2011 in range of clinical settings with clients across the entire lifespan, and currently works as a Senior Clinician, Supervisor and Trauma Lead in an NHS Talking Therapy service as well as in private practice.

Luca trained in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bologna (Italy), before completing his doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London, and furthering his specialist CBT training at the University of Oxford.

He is fully accredited with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and holds chartered status (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society. He is also an EMDR Accredited Practitioner, having completed the training with EMDR Europe and fulfilled the requirements for accreditation.

In his clinical work, Luca is a warm, client-centred psychologist who is passionate about delivering evidence-based psychological therapy to adolescents and adults experiencing depression and anxiety in its different forms (such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic, social phobia, health anxiety, and generalised anxiety), with a special interest and expertise in treating PTSD and trauma.

As a bilingual therapist, Luca offers therapy in English and Italian.