Συστημική Σύμβουλος Ψυχικής Υγείας, πιστοποιημένη στη Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεία

Why she is suitable for you

Maria Kontaksaki is a Systemic Mental Health Counselor, certified in Systemic Psychotherapy, with a private practice in Gazi, Heraklion. She works with individuals, couples, and families seeking to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships, offering a framework of safety, acceptance, and trust. Her goal is to create a warm and supportive environment where each person can freely express themselves, process their difficulties, and discover new ways of connection and communication. Through the therapeutic process, self-awareness, emotional insight, and the capacity for meaningful and authentic relationships are enhanced. She has experience in individual counseling, couples counseling, and family therapy, and has also been involved in coordinating therapeutic groups. Additionally, she has completed clinical training under supervision and actively participates as a scientific collaborator in mental health institutions. She has attended and participated in numerous conferences, seminars, and trainings related to counseling, couples therapy, trauma, and the systemic approach, and is engaged in community support and group coordination activities. Her approach is based on systemic thinking, emphasizing relationships, interaction patterns, and the broader context in which the individual lives and evolves.

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10.0
Αθηνα • 1 review
05 June 2026

10.0
Γιώργος • 1 review
Εξαιρετική επαγγελματίας!!! Ανθρωπιά και ενσυναισθηση ειναι χαρακτηριστικά που την ξεχωρίζουν!!!
04 June 2026

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Νίνα • 1 review
04 June 2026

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Βασιλάκης • 1 review
02 June 2026

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Κλαίρη • 1 review
02 June 2026

Contact and location

    • Address
      1η πάροδος Αλατσατιανών 1, Heraklion, Kriti
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  • Payment Methods

    • Bank Card
    • Cash

    Appointment Policy

    • Payment at the practice

      During your visit, you can select the payment method of your choice from the options mentioned above.

    • Cancellation

      You can always cancel up to 3 hours before the appointment. For more information please read our cancellation policy.

Curriculum Vitae and Career

Studies

  • Systemic Mental Health Consultant, ALLILEPIDRASIS IKE (2020 - 2024)
  • Clinical Training – Supervised by Dr. Kontaksaki Maria, ALLILEPIDRASIS IKE (2024 - 2025)

Professional experience

  • Mental Health Consultant, Private Mental Health Counseling Office (2025 - Present)

Participation in conferences

  • 1ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο στη Θεραπεία Ζεύγους, Σεπτέμβριος 2026 – Μέλος Οργανωτικής Επιτροπής & Ομιλήτρια
  • 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Συμβουλευτικής Ψυχολογίας, Νοέμβριος 2023
  • EFTA-CIM Congress, Μπορντό, Γαλλία, Οκτώβριος 2024
  • Βία στο Σχολικό Περιβάλλον
  • Κακοποίηση Παιδιών και Παιδική Ψυχολογία
  • Κλινικές Δεξιότητες στη Συμβουλευτική Ζεύγους
  • Ζήλια, Φόβος, Απόρριψη και Ενοχή
  • Σχολική Ψυχολογία
  • Σεμινάριο Οικογένειας και Ζεύγους (ΕΚΠΑ)
  • Ψυχολογία για Όλους (Ετήσιο Πρόγραμμα)
  • Ψυχολογική Πρώτη Βοήθεια
  • Εστιασμένες Τεχνικές στη Συμβουλευτική
  • Θεραπεία Προγονικού Τραύματος

Spoken languages

  • English
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
mental health

What it is

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy applied to problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, abuse, relationship and marriage problems, eating disorders and serious mental illness.The therapist emphasizes what is happening in the current life rather than the past and what led to the difficulties.

Approach

Identifying the distortions in a person's thinking that are causing problems and then examining these in the light of reality. Understanding the behaviour and motivations of others and using problem-solving skills to deal with difficult situations. Dealing with fears rather than avoiding them. Role-playing to better prepare for potentially problematic interactions with others. You become your own self-therapist.

How it could benefit you

Helps the individual to change dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviors. Improves your functioning and quality of life by helping to change patterns and behaviours. Teaches you to be your own self-therapist.

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
mental health

What it is

It is a form of psychotherapy that teaches a person to identify negative thought patterns and change them. DBT reinforces the acceptance that all your thoughts are valid, as they are part of your life experiences and who you are. The person acts by doing the best they can for the moment. It is used for people with suicidal behavior, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, ADHD, depression, anxiety.

Approach

DBT focuses on acceptance and change. It helps the person to get to know themselves better, to think about why they do what they do, without judgment. Replacing a negative behavior or habit with ones that can improve the quality of life. Dialectic is the idea that two different things can be true at the same time. At the same time as accepting yourself exactly as you are, comes the recognition of your effort to change.

How it could benefit you

It helps you make positive changes in the way you act. It identifies your negative thought patterns and changes them, helping to make positive changes in the way you act. Teaches you ways to manage intense emotions and stressful thoughts when they occur.

Humanistic psychotherapy
mental health

What it is

Humanistic therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which self-awareness and self-acceptance are considered the keys to personal growth. It emphasizes creativity, collaboration and interaction between the individual and the therapist, using techniques such as role-play.

Approach

Each person is a combination of mind, emotions, body and soul with unique experiences and events. No single life event, personality trait or psychological diagnosis defines you.

How it could benefit you

It improves self-awareness and self-confidence, helps you understand how your past affects your present, how to deal effectively with stressful situations, improves human relationships and helps you better manage your emotions.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy
mental health

What it is

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is talk therapy that aims to understand current thoughts and feelings through the behaviours shaped by past experiences and the past. Understanding the past can help you avoid repeating unhelpful patterns that have existed in it and facilitate your quality of life alongside relief from distressing symptoms. It is used in depression, anxiety, interpersonal problems, addictions, trauma, eating disorders, personality disorder.

Approach

Psychodynamic psychotherapy provides a space to explore and understand how unhelpful patterns from the past may be influencing our current difficulties. Defence mechanisms are explored and how our feelings and behaviours in the present are shaped by our past experiences.

How it could benefit you

It helps people to live a healthier life. There may be things in a person's unconscious that they are not aware of that cause them pain or keep them stuck in the past. Identifying these and understanding them can lead you to move forward.

Systemic psychotherapy
mental health

What it is

Systemic psychotherapy is an approach about how the individual acts as part of a wider group or broader system of relationships: family, partner relationship, work, friendships, and social environment. This approach connects communication and interaction patterns with a problem or a difficulty that the individual may be experiencing.

Approach

Systemic psychotherapy identifies behavioral patterns within a persons’ relationships and in the way someone connects with others. It helps the individual understand themselves more effectively, along with their roles and communication style and supports them in developing more functional ways of thinking and communicating within their system.

How it could benefit you

It helps improve understanding of relationship and family dynamics. It can change dysfunctional communication and behavior patterns within the system, strengthen empathy, support the development of stronger relationships and help with managing conflicts and difficulties.