Meet the Team

CAROLINA MEUCCI, licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, and Head Counselor.
Dr. Meucci graduated in Clinical Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, in 2002. Dr. Meucci then spent 1 year completing an internship at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. She worked with the same hospital for two more years on a research project with children and adolescents affected by the trauma of September 11th. Dr. Meucci then enrolled in a two-year master’s program in Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, graduating in 2007. She later completed a four-year specialization in psycho-dynamic psychotherapy at ISIPSè in Rome, graduating in 2012. She recently became a certified EMDR practitioner. Dr. Meucci currently works at the JCU Counseling Center as Head of Counseling and in her private practice.

LISA GABBARELLI, licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Ph.D.
Dr. Gabbarelli graduated in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florence, in 2006; she then completed a one-year internship in the Clinical Psychology Unit at the Careggi Hospital in Florence. In 2009 Dr. Gabbarelli moved to London to complete a 3-year Ph.D. program in Psychology at the University of London, St. George’s Hospital. When she moved back to Rome, Dr. Gabbarelli decided to undertake a four-year of psychotherapy training at the Winnicott Institute of Rome. Dr. Gabbarelli currently works at the JCU Counseling Center and in her private practice.

DOMENICO SCARINGI, licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Ph.D.
Dr. Scaringi graduated in clinical psychology from Sapienza University of Rome; he then completed an M.Sc. in Developmental Psychopathology and Neuroscience through a bridge program between University College London and Yale University. He then completed a 4-year psychotherapy program in Rome, specializing in adolescents and young adults. Finally, Dr. Scaringi completed a Ph.D. in psychology and cognitive sciences at Sapienza University in Rome. Dr. Scaringi currently works at the JCU Counseling Center, Nostos Cooperativa Sociale, and in his private practice.

CATHERINE ROSSI, Italian licensed clinical psychologist and a US licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist.
Dr. Rossi graduated from Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in Developmental Psychology. She then moved to New York City where she worked at the NYU Child Study Center and attended a master’s program at NYU. After earning her graduate degree, Dr. Rossi worked at an outpatient clinical program for the treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system. In New York, Dr. Rossi also trained in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Dr. Rossi currently works at the JCU Counseling Center and in her private practice.

JAMES PERRY, licensed clinical psychologist 
Dr. Perry graduated in clinical psychology from Sapienza University of Rome and then completed post-graduate clinical training at the Psychological Services department of INMI Spallanzani Hospital, Italy's leading infectious disease hospital. He is currently completing his four-year psychotherapy training at Istituto Gestalt Analitico in Rome. Prior to moving to Europe, he completed an undergraduate degree in business administration at Boston University. He has 15 years of experience working with US undergraduate students abroad in Italy and Spain. Dr. Perry currently works at the JCU Counseling Center, INMI Spallanzani, and in his private practice.

IRENE PINUCCI, psychiatrist.
Dr. Pinucci received her medical degree from the University of Florence in 2016 and completed her residency in psychiatry at Sapienza University of Rome in 2022. She did part of her medical studies at Sorbonne University in Paris and spent a period of her residency at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Dr. Pinucci is a doctoral candidate in Clinical-Experimental Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Sapienza University in Rome, and she works at JCU and in her private practice.

CARLO RAGO, psychotherapist.
Dr. Rago obtained his master’s degree in Psychology and Clinical Neurosciences from Sapienza University of Rome in 2014. He specialized in Gestalt Psychotherapy at SIG (Società Italiana Gestalt) and has since been working in the field of mental health with the expat and study abroad community in Rome. He is a trained EMDR therapist and psychodiagnostician, as well as a psychology professor at the undergraduate level.

ALEXIA KOUKOPOULOS, medical doctor, psychiatrist, Ph.D.
Dr. Koukopoulos graduated from Sapienza University of Rome’s medical school in 2001, completed her residency in psychiatry in 2005 at Sant'Andrea Hospital in Rome, and worked as a Research Fellow at MGH Harvard University Perinatal Psychiatry Program in Boston from 2005 to 2007. In 2006 she completed her United States Medical Licensing Examinations, and in 2017 she completed her Ph.D. in Psychiatry at Sapienza University of Rome. Dr. Koukopoulos’ research focuses on mood disorders and perinatal psychiatry. From 2008 to 2024 she worked in university hospitals in Rome, in inpatient and outpatient services. Currently, Dr. Koukopoulos works as psychiatrist at Centro Lucio Bini, an outpatient clinic that specializes in mood disorders and at the JCU Counseling Center.