Dr Alexia Caruana
- Counselling Psychologist
Dr. Alexia Rossi graduated with a B.Psy (Hons) from the University of Malta in 2006, following which she obtained her Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the same university and a Certificate in Global Mental Health, Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School. She then graduated with a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology from London Metropolitan University, UK.
Dr Rossi has worked in various fields including primary and secondary care and more specifically the fields of migrant mental health, paediatric oncology, substance abuse and child & adolescent mental health in both governmental and non-governmental settings both in Malta and the UK. Alexia is currently contracted by the Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta, to offer psychological assessment and therapy to refugees and asylum seekers in the community and detention centres and to provide training and consultation both locally and overseas, in the field of trauma and migrant mental health.
She currently contributes her skills within TAASC, conducting psychometric assessments and providing psychological interventions focussed on equipping adults and children with ADHD and ASD to deal with related social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Dr Rossi also holds a general clinic providing psychological therapy, mainly from a CBT perspective, to children, adolescents and adults with a range of presenting concerns not limited to mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, bereavement, adjustment issues, substance abuse and self-harm. She is further a Senior Visiting Lecturer with the University of Malta.