GMC Number: 7017882
Dr Morando qualified as a doctor from Torino Medical School, Italy, in 2003, where she also trained as a psychiatrist. She has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS and in the private sector for more than 12 years, in eating disorders, personality disorders and psychotherapy services. She has a special interest in eating disorders, ADHD, autism, personality disorders, OCD, trauma and psychotherapy. She has been assessing people with ADHD and autism for more than 4 years. She trained in a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, and is currently providing mentalization based therapy (MBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). She is a mentalization based treatment supervisor and is supervising NHS teams through the Anna Freud Centre, where she also supports the delivery of mentalization based therapy training. She is passionate about research and teaching and completed a PhD in 2024 at University College London, with a dissertation on Mentalizing in Eating Disorders. She is an honorary clinical lecturer at UCL and module lead for the MSc in Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition, where she is supervising several research projects.
She has been a Responsible Officer since 2021, and has a strong interest in clinical governance and clinical leadership.
Her warm, reflective, non judgmental, creative and curious personality and her extensive psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and academic experience allow her to develop a holistic and innovative view to patients’ care, which is person-centred and recovery-focused.
Dr Morando is adept to assess and treat mental health conditions experienced from working age people and age 16 plus, including the following:
ADHD (Age 18+)
Autism (Age 18+)
Eating Disorders (Age 16+)
Anxiety Disorders (including OCD and PTSD) (Age 16+)
Depressive Disorders (Age 16+)
Personality Disorders (Age 18+)