Mental Health Counselors

Karagianni Pinelopi is a Psychotherapist - Group Analyst and maintains her private practice in Exarchia. She successfully completed the training program of the Athens Institute of Group Analysis, which includes clinical practice in a Psychotherapeutic Community, coordination of analytic groups, participation in the Child and Family Therapy department, and supervision of therapeutic activities as required by the Hellenic Association of Psychotherapy. She has attended numerous trainings, including those on life coaching, eating disorders, adolescent psychopathology, parental counseling, LGBTQ+ counseling, and career orientation. It would be a significant omission not to mention that she holds a postgraduate degree in health unit management from the Hellenic Open University. In her private practice, she addresses a wide range of cases and specializes in Psychosomatic Symptoms, Individual, and Group Psychotherapy.

Georgiadou Vasiliki is a Mental Health Counselor, certified Psychotherapist, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, and Master Reiki Practitioner. She maintains a private practice in Metaxourgeio. She holds a BA Arts (Hons) degree from the University of Derby in the United Kingdom and is the representative/trainer in Greece for the British organization AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project), which specializes in non-violent communication systems within correctional facilities as well as broader social groups. Simultaneously, she is expanding her knowledge in Integrative Psychotherapy, specializing in Individual Psychotherapy. She holds the Certificate in Counselling Skills (COSCA). She completed her studies in Integrative Counseling to obtain the Diploma in Integrative Counselling and continues her psychotherapy training with the aim of understanding human psychological composition, behavioral and neurological differentiation, psychopathology, as well as the significance of positive psychology and its application in human life. As part of her personal research, she continuously seeks new therapeutic approaches concerning the connection and synthesis of physical expression and kinesiology with the deeper psychological needs and manifestations of the human psychosomatic system. Her articles have been published on the Scottish website “I’m Loving Yoga.”

Ioanna Psomiadi MSc is a Mental Health Consultant - Psychotherapist with private practices in Voula and Acharnes. She holds a degree in Psychology from the American College of Athens and possesses a Certification of Specialization in Cognitive Behavioral Theory & Clinical Practice from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Continuing her studies, she obtained a Master's degree in Human Resource Management for large enterprises (HR) from Bolton University and completed the Group Psychotherapy program at the Athens Center for the Study of Human Behavior (AKMA), as well as the one-year One-Way Mirror Seminar: Effects of mirrors on individual human behavior program. Subsequently, through a series of seminars and clinical training, she has worked in group psychotherapy programs at various psychological support centers in Athens, where she has developed extensive experience in emotional disorders, interpersonal relationships, mood disorders, separations, management of low self-esteem, and generally psychological monitoring and support of adolescents and adults. Since 2022, she has collaborated and contributed articles as a Scientific Associate on Mental Health topics for health and wellness blogs and magazines (Vita.gr, Shape.gr, etc.). In February 2025, she was awarded by the HEALTH EAGLES for patient preference and trust as a psychotherapist. Finally, she undertakes individual therapies providing flexible sessions outside regular office hours, conducting daily appointments by telephone and via Skype for urgent issues, for individuals residing abroad, and for those with difficult and inflexible work schedules and daily obligations.

Konstantinidis Dimitrios is a Mental Health Counselor and Psychotherapist specializing in Integrative Counseling with expertise in Clinical Bioenergetic Psychotherapy - Clinical Hypnosis. He maintains a private practice in Kozani and additionally offers online individual sessions. He is a graduate of the academic program in Mental Health Counseling as well as the program in Bioenergetic Psychotherapy - Clinical Hypnosis at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling. Furthermore, he is certified by the Hellenic (H.C.C.) and European (E.A.C.) Counseling Associations.

Eirini Printezi is a mental health counselor and psychotherapist. She holds a "Diploma in Integrative Counselling COSCA" and an ECP (European Certificate for Psychotherapy) from the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). She is a member of the European Association for Psychotherapy as well as the National Society for Psychotherapy of Greece (E.E.P.S.E.).

Η Αλεξάνδρα Κουράκου ΜSc Ιατρικής Αθηνών είναι Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια - Θεραπεύτρια Ζεύγους - Οικογενειακή Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια, διατηρεί γραφείο στους Αμπελόκηπους (πλησίον μετρό Πανόρμου). Δέχεται ενήλικες, ζευγάρια, εφήβους και γονείς..

Eίναι κάτοχος MSc "Επιστήμη του Στρες και Προαγωγή της Υγείας" από την Ιατρική Σχολή Αθηνών του ΕΚΠΑ ενώ συμμετείχε σε έρευνες που εκπονήθηκαν από την Ιατρική Αθηνών, χορηγώντας ψυχομετρικά εργαλεία, με συνεντεύξεις αξιολόγησης ψυχικής κατάστασης και εκμάθησης τεχνικών διαχείρισης στρες.  Το άγχος και η κατάθλιψη αντιμετωπίζονται και στο σώμα, όχι μόνο στη σκέψη, με τεχνικές που έχουν ερευνητική τεκμηρίωση.

Το άτομο υπό τη Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεία αντιμετωπίζεται ως ολότητα μέσα από το πρίσμα της οικογενειακής του ιστορίας, των διαπροσωπικών του σχέσεων, της θέσης εργασίας του και γενικότερα μέσα από τους πολλαπλούς ρόλους που φέρει. Η προσέγγιση αυτή βοηθά τον θεραπευόμενο να μάθει καλύτερα τον εαυτό του μέσα από τις σχέσεις του με τους άλλους, να βάζει όρια, να συσχετίζεται με τους άλλους με έναν πιο λειτουργικό τρόπο και εν τέλει να σπάσει τους φαύλους κύκλους.

Είναι επίσης εκπαιδευμένη στο μοντέλο της Sue Johnson (ΑΚΜΑ), το πιο τεκμηριωμένο μοντέλο ζεύγους διεθνώς, για ζευγάρια που "μιλούν αλλά δεν ακούγονται". Μέσω αυτής της τεχνικής το ζευγάρι μαθαίνει να εκφράζει τις ανείπωτες ανάγκες και επιθυμίες του με βασικό πυξίδα το συναίσθημα.

Έχει λάβει μετεκπαίδευση στην Κλινική Ψυχοπαθολογία ("Π. Ουλής", Αιγινήτειο) και αναγνωρίζει έγκαιρα πότε χρειάζεται συνεργασία με ψυχίατρο. Είναι εισηγήτρια σεμιναρίων για επαγγελματίες ψυχικής υγείας (ΚΕΨΥΣΥ) και συγγραφέας της ελληνικής στάθμισης της Κλίμακας Αυτοεκτίμησης Rosenberg για εφήβους.

Το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της δουλειάς της είναι η ατομική και οικογενειακή ψυχοθεραπεία και η θεραπεία ζεύγους. Αναλαμβάνει περιστατικά με άγχος και κρίσεις πανικού, ζευγάρια που αντιμετωπίζουν προβλήματα επικοινωνίας, ενήλικες που αντιμετωπίζουν burnout, ψυχοσωματικά συμπτώματα, κατάθλιψη ή καταθλιπτική διάθεση, δυσκολίες στις σχέσεις, πένθος και χωρισμό. Παρέχει συμβουλευτικές υπηρεσίες σε γονείς και εφήβους με προβλήματα επικοινωνίας στην εποχή των social media, διαχείρισης άγχους εξετάσεων εφήβων, ενίσχυσης της αυτοεκτίμησης εφήβων.

Κατέχει πτυχίο Φιλοσοφίας, Παιδαγωγικής και Ψυχολογίας από το ΕΚΠΑ, διετές μεταπτυχιακό MSc στην"Επιστήμη του Στρες και Προαγωγή της Υγείας" από την Ιατρική Σχολή του ΕΚΠΑ, τετραετή εξειδίκευση τεστην Οικογενειακή Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεία και Συμβουλευτική, από το Κέντρο Εφαρμοσμένης Ψυχοθεραπείας και Συμβουλευτικής. Επιπλέον, έχει εκπαιδευτεί στην Emotionally Focused Therapy (Sue Johnson), στο ΑΚΜΑ, έχει παρακολουθήσει μονοετές μετεκπαιδευτικό σεμινάριο Κλινικής Ψυχοπαθολογίας "Παναγιώτης Ουλής", στο Αιγινήτειο Νοσοκομείο, έχει εξειδίκευση στην τεχνική Mindfulness και είναι υπό εκπαίδευση στον "Επαγγελματικό Προσανατολισμό σε εφήβους και ενήλικες" από το ΕΚΠΑ.

Konstantopoulou Vasiliki is a Mental Health Counselor and Psychotherapist with extensive experience in supporting individuals and groups. She maintains a private practice in Elefsina, where she combines the contemporary Psychodynamic psychotherapeutic approach with creative expressive methods such as dance therapy and music therapy. She has received advanced training in Dance Therapy and Music Therapy and is a graduate of the College of Sports Science of Massachusetts (1992–1996). Additionally, she possesses deep knowledge of the art of dance, having served as a Dance Instructor at the Professional and Advanced Dance School of Despoina Grigoriadou. Her experience in movement and bodily expression enriches her therapeutic work, offering a holistic approach to mental health care. From 2021 to 2025, she collaborated with the Open Child and Family Protection Center "Center of Love" (NGO), providing psychological support and therapeutic interventions to vulnerable populations. Her philosophy is based on the belief that therapy is a creative process of self-awareness, balance, and personal growth.

Mr. Fanourakis Dimitris is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist, specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy and maintains a private practice in Ampelokipoi (near the metro station). He holds certification with full training in a synthetic approach (Counselling and Psychotherapy) from the Athens Synthesis Center. He has completed postgraduate training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with a diploma from the European University, and additional training in Gestalt therapy (empty chair technique) at the Unity Energetics Institute. Additionally, he is an active member of the Hellenic Society of Synthetic Counseling and Psychotherapy (E.E.S.S.Ps). He has attended and continues to participate in advanced training sessions in the analytical psychodynamic approach of Carl G Jung. Mr. Fanourakis supports his clients with dignity and respect for the uniqueness of each individual, while he himself engages in experiential and academic training with continuous supervision of all cases he undertakes in his practice. In the current era, as demands increase and daily life becomes increasingly complex, more and more individuals find themselves needing to explore deeper emotions and justify unconscious motives and behaviors that trouble them; in this effort, the professional therapist serves as a companion. The protective framework created with empathy and trust enables the client to cope with and become aware of their fears and anxieties. As a result, by speaking with a healthcare professional using combined therapeutic approaches, new representations are formed, granting the capacity to receive help and alleviate the psychological symptoms that trouble them, improving quality of life with new values and perspectives...

A Step Beyond is a center for Counseling, Psychotherapy, Personal Development, Wellness, and Prosperity Growth. It was established by Kentro Psyxikis Ygeias Kai Euimerias A Step Beyond - Katranis Konstantinos Kai Synergates with the aim of providing therapies to individuals who wish to overcome their problems, to make their lives fuller and more beautiful, and to be guided towards wellness and prosperity through the necessary and appropriate means. The center’s specialists act as allies and companions for those who seek to discover new strategies and apply them, to enhance and utilize their internal resources, to learn new things or to view old matters from new perspectives, to heal traumas, to acquire new skills, to overcome fears and phobias, to eliminate chronic stress, and to live mindfully in the present moment, setting goals and achieving them. At A Step Beyond, the individual’s needs are addressed by selecting the appropriate specialist from among the trained Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Mental Health Professionals, or Personal Development Counselors to design a flexible and tailored evolution plan for each person.

Eleutheria Fourtouni is a Mental Health Counselor and Sociologist with a rich academic background and specialized training in individual support. She holds a degree in Sociology from Panteion University and possesses the EPPAIK diploma (Educational Competence) from ASPAITE.

Her specialization as a Mental Health Counselor was completed through the three-year program at KETHESY, which included intensive supervised practical training and personal therapy. Her approach is based on the model of Recombinant Elective Counseling, a method that strategically combines different types of psychotherapy with a central focus on the psychodynamic approach.

Guided by holistic support,

she has further specialized in key areas such as: Career Counseling, Special Education, the Autism Spectrum and Learning Disabilities, Parent Counseling, Child Drawing Analysis, and Music Therapy.

Sociology plays an important role in her work as it takes into account both the individual's environment and its influence on them, as well as the reciprocal impact.

Combining scientific knowledge with empathy, she works with the aim of empowerment, support, and personal development of her clients, tailoring her tools to the unique needs of each individual.

Sarikoudis Apostolos is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. He has completed studies as a Mental Health Counselor with full qualification and certification of a three-year training program at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling, as well as his three-year training at the same center as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Psychotherapist. Concurrently, he is pursuing additional training in new therapeutic approaches. He has been professionally involved in psychological support and parental counseling for the municipality of Oraiokastro, Thessaloniki. During his internship, he served as a coordinator in groups for individuals with addictions at the rehabilitation center "Change of Life" and as a research observer in a personal development and self-awareness group at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling. He is a registered full member of the Hellenic Counseling Society (HCS) and a recognized registered member of the European Association for Counseling (EAC). In his private practice, he handles a wide range of cases and notably offers the option for online sessions.

Pantelis Vranas is a Mental Health Counselor with a integrative approach, holder of a diploma in integrative counselling from COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland), and maintains a private practice in Ano Patisia. He provides individual and group support using a comprehensive therapeutic method that integrates various approaches, emphasizing counseling for individuals facing difficulties, as well as supporting couples wishing to strengthen their relationship or resolve conflicts. He focuses particularly on counseling individuals from the LGBTQ+ community and addressing issues of loneliness and interpersonal relationships. He is a graduate of the Athens Synthesis Center and has attended educational programs at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) on "Psychology of Religion" and "Interpersonal Relationships: The Phenomenon of Loneliness in the Modern Era," as well as workshops on LGBTQ+ counseling (Psychopedia). He is a regular member of the Hellenic Society of Integrative Counseling and Psychotherapy (EESTP).

Xorianopoulou Andriani is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Pangrati. She holds a degree in Sociology from Panteion University and a master's degree in Counseling and Psychotherapy from the University of East London. Additionally, she specialized in Cognitive Psychotherapy at the Kostas Stefanis Research University Institute of Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine, in collaboration with the First Psychiatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has also volunteered as a psychotherapist at the Social Protection and Solidarity Organization of the Municipality of Vrilissia and at the Parental Equality for the Child Association. Furthermore, in the context of ongoing professional development, she has attended numerous training programs, workshops, and seminars and is a member of the Hellenic Association of Cognitive Psychotherapies and the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.

Athanasiou Katerina Kai Synergates is a Mental Health Consultant, Systemic Psychotherapist with private practices in Ioannina and Kolonaki. Simultaneously, she is a founding member and Therapist at the Systemic Therapy and Counseling Center Ke.Sy.The.S. in Ioannina, a recognized Training Center of the E.F.T.A. She is specialized in Systemic Family and Human Systems Therapy (individuals, families, organizations) from the Society of Systemic Therapy and Human Systems Intervention. Additionally, she has specialized in Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Reframe Greece and has attended numerous trainings in Systemic Thinking & Coaching. She is a member of the HEAP (Hellas Employee Assistance Programs) network, a regular member of EFTA (European Family Therapist Association), and a member of the European and Hellenic Counseling Association. She works as a Systemic Coach and Mindset Motivator, with expertise in Family Businesses, work-related stress, and guiding Executives and Entrepreneurs in their personal development and fulfillment of their vision. Her focus areas include: management and improvement of quality of life and well-being (Weight Management Groups), anxiety management for employees and others, life change management, depression, life meaning, conscious separation from marriage or relationships, empowerment for achieving relationship or professional success, family conflicts and creating new family goals, support and empowerment for Entrepreneurs, Business Executives and teams interested in developing themselves, their teams, and consequently their businesses, Family Businesses and succession management issues, conflicts with relatives, single parents dealing with partner and child management issues, etc. Finally, she contributes articles to magazines such as Psychology Now, Alternative Action, Epixeiro, Metalogos, and regularly participates in conferences and seminars.

Giannakis Paulos is a Psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Ioannina. He completed his primary studies in Psychology and specialized in individual and group adult Psychotherapy. He has also received further training in Psychoanalysis and Substance Addiction. He worked for a decade within the National Health System of England in severe mental illness units and for the past 15 years as a private practitioner, providing therapy to adults and supervision to therapists. Additionally, he has participated in Greek and European conferences.

I have maintained a private practice – Valsamo – in Thessaloniki since 2022. I work with the aim of co-creating new life possibilities with the individuals who turn to me, so that suffering is transformed with respect and care into balsams.

I studied Sociology (Hons) at the University of Crete and continued with a four-year training in Systemic Psychotherapy and Counseling at the Laboratory of Systemic Psychotherapy & Pedagogy «Rodakino». At the laboratory of systemic ideas, research, and intervention «Entropia», I trained in counseling for parents, children, and adolescents, as well as in creative therapeutic techniques such as systemic sculpture, genogram, and the family board. Concurrently, I completed a two-year program at the Observatory for Rights in the Mental Health Field in the accompaniment of individuals experiencing mental crises and their families, and I am a member of the active accompanying team.

My professional and research activity focuses on social empowerment, depathologization, and meaning-making of the mental experience, as well as on the development of collaborative, non-psychiatric accompaniment and support practices for extreme mental experiences. I present at conferences and seminars and have published scientific articles. I am an active member of the Systemic Society of Northern Greece, the Observatory for Rights in the Mental Health Field, and the Thessaloniki Health Runners Association.

Pantazi Ntepi is a Person-Centered Psychotherapist and in her private practice in Ilion, she offers individual psychotherapy sessions, while also assisting professionals in developing their skills through personalized guidance. Combining knowledge from the fields of psychotherapy, sociology, and forensic investigation, she supports individuals and organizations in managing challenges, making decisions, and creating meaningful changes. Her approach is based on safety, authenticity, and empowerment. She believes that therapy, as well as professional development, is a space of exploration where vulnerability and self-awareness lead to a deeper understanding of the self and reconciliation with every aspect of it.