Anna Zanardi Cappon completes a degree in Economic and Commercial Sciences in Switzerland, where she meets Paul Watzlawick, with whom she specializes in Systemic Communication at the Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto.
She attends the specialization course in Systemic Psychology at the University of Stanford, Berkeley, and she gains the specialization in Expressive and Artistic Therapies at the Harvard University's Lesley College of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She completes the Master in Neuro-linguistic Programming at Trenton College, New Jersey and, at the same time, she gains experience in organisational consultancy at the Mental Research Institute and collaborates with the staff of Watzlawick and Fish on the definition of organisational counselling programs.
After her return to Italy, she attends the two-year specialization in Psychosociology at the Professor Kaneklin's 'Studio APS' and she attends the Specialization School in Dynamic Psychology Erich Fromm in Florence. After a specialization course in Mourning Psychology with Elisabeth Kubler Ross, she completes her doctorate (Ph.D) in Psychology at the University of Ljubljana, where she collaborates as a visiting professor for the two-year period.
Her professional activity has always focussed on two main aspects: the clinical aspect and the organizational-consulting aspect, with consultancy prestigious companies or directly at multinational companies.
She is a chartered psychologist and journalist.
She is a member of EAP - European Association of Psychotherapists. Besides, she's a FAIP - Federation of Italian psychotherapy associations chartered counsellor, both as a counsellor and a counsellor trainer.
She fluently speaks and writes German (bilingual), French, English, Spanish, Russian and a satisfactory Arabic.
Formely professor of group psychology at the 'Università Cattolica' of Milan and Brescia; at the 'Università Statale' of Milan, Faculty of Pharmacology, and at IULM in Milan, Faculty of Communication Sciences.
She taught at the International Master at the Polytechnic of Milan till 2005.
Formerly Honorary Judge at the Juvenile Court of Milan, penal expert of the Italian Ministry of Grace and Justice, she worked for the remand San Vittore of Milan and she is assessor at the Ordinary Court of Milan.
Formerly Assessor at the Surveillance Court of Milan.
She wrote several specialized articles about training and organisational consultancy, both in field publications and in the newspapers Il Sole 24Ore and La Repubblica.
Besides, she published various books (15 in total) about training and clinical subjects for Franco Angeli and Tecniche Nuove.
She focussed on the themes of development of emotional quotient, self-motivation, human resources strategic management and well-being psychology.
Currently Scientific Director of Psychologies Italy for the Hearst Group; the monthly psychology and costume magazine for women addressed to the general public, on sale at the kiosks, with a circulation of over 160k copies per month.
Since 2006, she has carried out coaching activities towards partners and directors of the most renowned international consultancy companies.
Since 2010, she lives in Ticino, Switzerland, where she obtained federal and cantonal rewards for the practice of the profession and she's active both within the institutions and the private companies in the territory.
She is a certified member of BSO Swiss professional association for the supervision and the organisational consultancy and coaching, and of S*DM/FSM Swiss civil and penal mediation association*.
