About Dr. Laura Fontanari

I am a licensed Psychologist and Doctor in Cognitive Neuroscience with 10 years of experience working with international clients.  

What makes my approach unique is the combination of neuroscientific and psychological training, grounded in an individually focused and human-centred way of working.

After the Master’s degree in Psychology (University of Padua), I completed a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the International Doctorate School in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CIMeC, University of Trento).

Academic and research path

∙ Teaching: Biological Psychology (Master’s level), University of Cosenza, University of Trento
∙ Research: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Nijmegen) · University of Trento · University of Venice · University of Padua · National Research Council of Italy

I then lived in Guatemala and the Philippines, where I worked as a psychologist for international cooperation projects, supporting children and women in rural communities.

I became an Amsterdam resident in 2015, when I moved here to run a digital health startup I had co-founded, focused on promoting well-being through personalised stress management and burnout prevention.

Teaching: Biological Psychology (Master’s level), University of Cosenza, University of Trento

For about a decade, I have my private practice in Amsterdam, working in person and online, in English and Italian (I am also familiar with Spanish). I work primarily with internationals and expats living in the Netherlands, bringing an open and culturally informed perspective to every session.