Marco Montanari is a Jungian psychologist and psychotherapist based in Rome, Italy. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome and as Head of R&D and Training at Casa Santa Rosa (Opera Don Guanella). His path into clinical psychology came through history and language: he originally studied history at Sapienza University of Rome before continuing with Japanese history at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, where he lived for more than ten years. Japanese culture, and Japanese developments in analytical psychology in particular, continue to shape his clinical thinking, and he has translated works by Hayao Kawai into Italian. He maintains ongoing academic and clinical ties with Japan through lectures and future visiting appointments.

While Montanari is trained in EMDR, his clinical orientation is grounded primarily in Jungian analytical psychology rather than in trauma-focused methodology alone. He is a member of CIPA (Centro Italiano di Psicologia Analitica), the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), and the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability (EAMHID), and is registered with the Order of Psychologists of Lazio. His clinical work with adults addresses anxiety, relational difficulties, mood and personality disorders, and neurodevelopmental conditions, with a particular focus on adults with intellectual disabilities — a population that has gradually led him to explore art and music as possible bridges between the inner worlds of patient and analyst.

His earlier European project work included the ERASMUS+ SOULSS initiative in collaboration with Sapienza University on digital learning. His current European project work is mainly connected to Casa Santa Rosa, where he is organizing a conference this November on intellectual disability, emotion, communication, and the relational dimension of clinical work. He practices in Italian, English, French, and Japanese.