Mauridou Despoina MSc

Mauridou Despoina is a Psychologist specialized in clinical psychology and a psychotherapist. In recent years, she has been working privately in an office in Agia Paraskevi. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed the postgraduate program Foundations of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton. She has been trained in Existential and Phenomenological Analysis, an existential approach to psychotherapy that focuses on understanding experience, meaning-making, and the search for new possibilities and perspectives. Additionally, she is influenced by Systemic Family Therapy and Group Analysis. She has worked in secondary mental health services in the United Kingdom (NHS) and in psychotherapy centers in Greece. She has contributed voluntarily to various organizations and structures in Greece, such as the Municipal Clinic of Agia Paraskevi, the NGO PRAKSIS, and the Hearing Voices Network. She is interested in integrating different ideas, psychotherapeutic models, and techniques to adapt therapy to the unique needs of each individual. She views psychotherapy as a meeting and dialogue, where an atmosphere of trust can develop, opening new paths and possibilities. As she understands it, the healing aspect of psychotherapy lies in that environment which allows unspoken matters to be expressed in a way that liberates and broadens perspective. She works with individuals experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties as well as with those who wish to better understand themselves and their world through psychotherapy and who may not necessarily present clinical symptoms. Finally, she maintains a strong interest in social issues that affect mental health and in the application of alternative, non-oppressive therapeutic methods that do not pathologize human suffering.