Hi there!

Lara Luxardi (she/her)

I am an Italian artist and psychotherapist who has been living and working in Galway since 2010. With over 14 years of experience facilitating creative, relational, and trauma-informed work in Irish schools and community settings, my practice focuses on supporting emotional wellbeing and inclusion, particularly among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

My path into psychotherapy grew out of this engagement with the arts, where creativity became a vital language for children who lacked the words to be heard.

As both artist and psychotherapist, I work from an embodied, trauma-aware, and arts-centred perspective. Over time, I have learned to trust imagination as a resource and creativity as a profound healing force.

• IACP (pre-accredited)

• BA (Hons) Degree in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, ICPPD Galway

• Diploma in Psychology of Counselling, University Galway

• BA (Hons) Degree in Visual Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice