Marco Andrea Piombo, Psychologist and PhD student at the University of Bologna. Employment ●2020 – present: PhD student (Fellowship) - University of Bologna (Italy), Department of Psychology- PhD course in Psychological Science (supervisors: Dr. Federica Andrei and Full Professor Elena Trombini). Research project entitled: "Exploring the influence of Social and Trait Emotional Intelligences, Anxiety and Depression on scholastic competence in primary school children" (to be defended in 2024). 2019–present: Licensed Psychologist- Subscription No. 9606 – Professional Association of Italian Psychologists Education 2019: License for Photolangage Method, Group Psychoanalysis Research Center, Palermo, Italy. License to lead mediation group Intervention in the clinical and psychoeducational context. 2019: License as Psychologist 2015–2018: University of Palermo, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, magna cum laude. Main themes: Clinical Psychology, Psycho-Diagnostics, Psychopathology, and Clinical assessment. Dissertation Title: Serial Killer’s Psychodynamics: risk factors, psychic functioning, and personality. (supervisor: Prof. Sabina La Grutta) 2011–2015: University of Palermo, B.A. in Psychological Sciences and Techniques. Research Themes: Clinical psychology, developmental and educational psychology, health psychology, emotional development, emotional intelligence, psychodynamics, and developmental psychopathology.