She holds a doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Existential Psychotherapy from Middlesex University and is a registered clinical supervisor. She has also gained training in play therapy (PTUK) and Jungian sandplay therapy (BISS). Her fields of interest are working with children and adolescents experiencing an early onset of mental health issues, complex trauma, attachment difficulties and alienating behaviours. After gaining specialised training in treating alienating behaviours and working with high-conflict relationships at the Family Separation Clinic in London, she pursued accreditation in conflict dispute resolution in Oxford. She serves as a court-appointed expert in parent-child interventions in the Maltese Family Court. She is a part-time lecturer at the University of Malta, Faculty of Education, and a research supervisor in the Department of Counselling. Claire Francica is a diploma candidate in child, adolescent and adult psychoanalysis at the CG Jung Institute in Kusnacht, Zurich.
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