Students of the Corp-osa-Mente Group

What makes these individuals Xtraordinary to you?

I have always believed that a therapist should be a role model for their patients, teaching them how to adapt to various life contexts and how to interact with others. However, the members of the Corp-osa-Mente group, which is a cognitive-behavioral therapy group, have become a role model for me! Indeed, their sincerity and resilience inspire me every day to fight for a better society and to be a better person. When I started working with them, I did not think that the X-universi would have become the focus of my clinical and research work. Over time, however, I have embraced the struggle for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, and I now consider myself a member of this great Italian family that fights for the rights of those with Fragile X syndrome. I really thank all my Italian patients for their love, that in the worst moments of my life, convinced me not to give up! I ‘envy’ their memory for names and people. No matter how long it has been since they last saw you and no matter how shy they are, their gaze indicates that they know exactly who you are! I love they way in which they repeat words and sentences when they are anxious. They are so sweet that I cannot stop to sincerely ‘smile’. I admire their truly sincerity. They trust everyone and they seem to live in a word without malice.