Giulia Lamiani, psychologist and psychotherapist, is Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Milan. She previously worked at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Humanitas University where she taught “Communication and relationship” to undergraduate students and healthcare professionals. He collaborates with the Clinical Psychology Unit of the Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, where she coordinated the adaptation of the “Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills” (PERCS) to the Italian context. For the development of PERCS in Italy, she received the Terzani Award for Humanization of Medicine.

Michela Maxia, is a psychologist and family psychotherapist. She works at the Clinical Psychology Unit of the Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, where she provides psychological support for children, adolescents, adults, and their families. For years she collaborated with the University of Milan as an adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology for occupational therapist’ students.