giulia villa
Registered Psychologist
BA(Hons), MProfPsych
Giulia is a warm and thoughtful clinician who creates a validating and non-judgemental space for clients to explore their concerns. Working collaboratively, she support clients in shifting mindset and habits to make positive changes for a fulfilling life aligned with their values.
Giulia sees adults and also adolescents (14+) for emetophobia.
Giulia has a special interest in adjustment, grief, and anxiety (social, performance, exams), as well as emetophobia.
She helps clients gain a deeper understanding of their unhelpful patterns (mindset and behaviours), and collaboratively works with them to empower them to make changes to live a more fullfiling life.
Giulia’s clinic days are Tuesday PM, Wednesday, and Friday AM. Book online with Giulia using the button below, or Contact Us if you are new to The Skill Collective or have not seen Giulia before.
giulia’s areas of interest
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Giulia has a special interest in emetophobia and is sought out for her experience and knowledge in this area.
She also works with other phobias including injections/needles, food, spiders/insects/animals, and claustrophobia.
Giulia utilises exposure therapy and CBT in working with phobias.
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Change can be challenging and create significant shifts in routine and identity and bring with it anxiety and low mood.
Giulia helps individuals to navigate these changes with practical and emotional-based skills, whether it’s stepping from studies into work, stepping into adulting, navigating a promotion, or adjusting to changed relationship status.
In the work sphere, Giulia is also acutely aware of the impact that adjustment to work can have on early career individuals, having authored two articles on early career burnout (Workplace factors affecting early career burnout and Individual factors affecting early career burnout), and she has insight into working in a corporate environment.
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Loss, including in the forms of relationship breakdowns and divorce, can be devastating and leave emotional, social, and even practical voids in people’s lives.
Giulia provides a safe and nurturing space for individuals to explore their grief and process their loss, and to help reset themselves gradually over time.
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Giulia appreciates the significant impact that a fear of negative judgement has on self-esteem, leading individuals to hold back in day-to-day functioning due to fear and anxiety, and resulting in a lower quality of life.
She takes a compassionate and practical approach in supporting individuals to shift unhelpful thoughts, reduce avoidance and build positive coping strategies to help them achieve their goals.
Giulia runs our public speaking course Speaking Volumes as well as our social anxiety course Social Set.
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Giulia supports students in their studies, helping them stay on track and avoid procrastination using a combination of practical skills training (e.g. goal setting, time management) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
As Giulia also delivers our Public Speaking Anxiety course, she can also assist students with anxiety about giving presentations/performances.
Giulia also supports medical students undertaking their Basic Physician Training.
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Giulia is a real advocate of building resilience and improving one’s overall quality of life. She helps individuals to build a more resilient mindset and to get the most out of life by drawing on positive psychology. She has co-authored My Happy Place, our positive psychology-based journal.
A firm believer of a holistic approach to wellbeing, Giulia also has a strong interest in pilates and the balance it brings to the body as well as the stillness it affords the mind.
articles written by giulia
about giulia
Giulia completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne (with a Major in Psychology and minor in Linguistics), and her Honours in Psychology at Curtin University. Her honours thesis examined how social media impacts the way people experience grief. Giulia gained her Master of Professional Psychology from Edith Cowan University and is completing her final year psychology internship at The Skill Collective. She is also fluent in Italian.
Giulia is a thoughtful and inquisitive clinician who adapts evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema therapy, and Positive Psychology, tailoring these approaches to best suit her client’s needs. She is co-author of My Happy Place, a positive-psychology based journal.
Emetophobia, or a fear of vomiting, can have a significant impact on everyday life. Here’s a guide to signs of a phobia of vomiting and to treatments that work.