Psychologist
Academic research and publications
- Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., Gari, A., & Mylonas, K. (2020). Υoung adults’ assertiveness in relation to parental acceptance-rejection in Greece and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sage. Psychological Reports, 0(0), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120980967
- Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., Γκαρή, Αικ., & Μυλωνάς, Κ. (2019). Παρουσία του πατέρα στην οικογένεια και αντιλαμβανόμενη γονική αποδοχή-απόρριψη. Ψυχολογία, 24(1), 123-137.
- Orovou, E., Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., & Antoniou, E. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in Greek women after cesarean section. PLOS ONE, 16(8): e0255689. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255689
- Gari, A., Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., & Nikolopoulou, V. (2023). Greek teachers’ beliefs as correlated with students’ self-efficacy during a nomination procedure of students with high potential. In V. Chiou, V., L. Gunis, O. Holz, O. N. Ertȕrk, J. Ratkowska-Pasikowska, & F. Shelton, (Eds.), Voices from the classroom (pp. 120-129). Waxmann Publishing Co.
- Dagla, M., Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., Daglas, V., et al. (2025). Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale. Cureus 17(6): e86979. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.86979
- Dagla, M., Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, I., Daglas, V., Antoniou, E., Rigoutsou, E., Papatrechas, A., Dagla, C., Tsolaridou, E., & Karagianni, D. (2025). The Development and Psychometric Validation of the Fainareti Screening Tool for Perinatal Mental Health in Greek Pregnant Women. Clinics and practice, 15(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract15020037
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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)
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
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
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
What it is
Systemic psychotherapy focuses on the interactions and relationships between the group to help them deal with any problems and move forward. It gives all group members the opportunity to explore their feelings and say what they think in a safe, non-judgmental environment. It is applicable to family conflict/problems, family dynamics, child and adolescent behaviour problems, addictions, anger management, mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders.
Approach
Therapy seeks to identify deep-rooted patterns within the individual's relationships and with group members. The process helps to uncover the ways in which members communicate and behave within a system, based on beliefs about their respective roles. Circular questions, narrative techniques, reframing and restructuring are used.
How it could benefit you
It helps to understand and improve the dynamics within the family and relationships. Changes dysfunctional patterns of communication and behaviour in the system, enhances empathy, helps build stronger relationships and pushes the team to overcome their problems.
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