Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (ABA Roma)

The ABARoma Listening Center is dedicated to all students, offering a free and confidential space to find support, develop self-awareness, and activate the resources needed to successfully navigate their academic, professional, and personal journeys.
Psychological counseling supports students in shaping, pursuing, or redefining their life goals. It helps them face challenges such as academic orientation and career choices, adjusting to a new environment, exam anxiety and stress, academic underperformance or failing exams, difficulties completing their degree, and emotional struggles.
As part of the WAVE Pro.Ben. project, a dedicated Counseling Desk is also available, focusing specifically on issues related to abuse, gender-based violence, and discrimination.

Useful Links:

• https://abaroma.it/centro-ascolto/
• https://abaroma.it/avviso-attivazione-sportello-counseling-proben-wave-2025/
• https://abaroma.it/servizi-per-studenti-con-dsa-e-disabilita/

The service is open to students experiencing difficulties related to:

• adjusting to university life
• exam anxiety, stress, and difficulty concentrating;
• uncertainty about your choice of study;
• relationship and emotional difficulties;
• feelings of disorientation, isolation, or general dissatisfaction;

The service is free of charge and open to all currently enrolled students, specifically to:

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students
• PhD students and specializing students
• Erasmus students (both incoming and outgoing)
• Erasmus students (both incoming and outgoing)
• Visiting students
• Students with Disabilities and/or Specific Learning Difficulties

Starting this academic year, as part of a broader initiative to promote wellbeing across the university community, the WAVE project is extending access to its counseling service to faculty and administrative staff.

Number of free counseling sessions offered: 1 initial intake session + 3 psychological counseling sessions (free of charge).

Follow-up: 1 session, 6 months after the final appointment.

Professional Staff Involved: WAVE Desk: Psychologists and Psychotherapists (Dr. Jacopo Camponeschi, Dr. Simona Sacchi, and Alice Tomaselli) – Listening Center: Psychologists and Psychotherapists (Dr. Jacopo Camponeschi and Dr. Simona Sacchi)

Types of Support

• Individual Psychological Counseling
• Guidance Counseling
• Support during transitional phases (starting university, graduating)
• Exam Anxiety and Academic Stress Support
• WAVE Pro.Ben. Counseling Desk (Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, and Discrimination)

Sessions are held in person.

Online sessions are available to:

• Erasmus or international mobility students
• Visiting Students
• Students at regional campuses
• Students with disabilities or mobility impairments

Services for international and visiting students

The service provides specific support measures for Erasmus and international students:
Option for online sessions from abroad

Description of the support offered

Erasmus students can access the counseling service online and with the same frequency as in-person meetings (1 initial intake session + 3 psychological counseling sessions + 1 follow-up session 6 months after the final appointment).

If you feel the need to talk, want more information, or wish to find out how our counseling services can support you, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Fill out the fields below, and a member of the WAVE network and Listening Center team will get back to you as soon as possible to offer a listening ear and support.

Opening Hours: Monday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM; Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM; Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM; Thursday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Friday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The WAVE Pro.Ben. Counseling Desk is available until October 9, 2026. The Listening Center is a permanent service provided by ABARoma.

Find us at:

• Wheelchair ramps
• Elevators