Speech therapists

The Special Therapy Center "Logopaixnidismata" in Nea Ionia provides speech therapy, occupational therapy, special education, psychological support, and parental counseling services, with Scientific Director the Speech Therapist Kentro Eidikon Therapeion Logopaixnidismata. She studied Speech Therapy at the School of Health Sciences of the Higher Technological Educational Institute of Ioannina and holds a master's degree in Special Education from the University of Nicosia. She has experience working in Special Therapy Centers and specializes in learning disabilities, speech delay, as well as developmental disorders.

Elli Tasia Kentro Logotherapeias Ergotherapeias Kai Psyxotherapeias Paidion Kai Enilikon - Dromoi Epikoinonias is a Speech Therapist who maintains her therapeutic practice in Kypseli, which offers a full range of specialties including speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychoeducational programs, psychotherapy, and social skills groups. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Queen Margaret University and has received further training in Acquired Neurological Disorders. She has attended numerous postgraduate seminars as well as the postgraduate program "Feeding Therapy SOS Approach Feeding" from the Interdisciplinary Center of Epirus. Additionally, she has completed other trainings such as Intensive Interaction, Makaton, TEACCH, feeding therapy, among others. She possesses extensive professional experience with children and adults and specializes in voice therapy through IVT training.

The Speech Therapy and Special Treatments Center - Lazari Kleopatra is located in Kallithea and specializes in Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, while also providing a Special Educator and Psychologist - Psychotherapist. The head of the center is Kentro Logotherapeias Kai Eidikon Therapeion - Lazari Kleopatra, who is a Speech Therapist. She holds a degree in Speech Therapy from the School of Health and Welfare Professions at the Technological Educational Institute of Patras, and her thesis entitled "Speech Disorders in Institutionalized Population" was presented at the 12th World Congress on Aphasia Rehabilitation. Subsequently, she received further training in "Special Education" and "Educational Psychology" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, while simultaneously attending numerous professional development and lifelong learning programs. She has worked as a Speech Therapist at the Special Vocational Gymnasium of Agios Dimitrios Attica, and during her clinical practice, she worked at the National Institute for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, where she dealt with cases of aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia, dysphagia, and voice disorders in adult patients. Additionally, her articles are published online on informational sites and portals, she collaborates with the charitable organization "Friends of the Child," and she is a member of the Association of Speech Pathologists - Speech Therapists of Greece.

Therapy Peristeri is a modern Therapeutic Intervention Center located in Peristeri, providing psychotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services both individually and in group settings.

Therapy Peristeri - Xarisis Euthymios Kai Synergates is the founder and scientific director of the Special Therapy Center Therapy Peristeri and is an occupational therapist who offers great passion in his work.

At Therapy Peristeri, therapy begins with the human relationship. The center's team consists of experienced and dedicated therapists who love what they do and genuinely care for each person. Through collaboration, respect, and a personalized approach, they create a safe and trusting environment where everyone can progress at their own pace. The team comprises Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Therapists.

Specialized therapeutic services are provided for children, adolescents, and adults, aiming to develop skills and improve quality of life. The primary goal of the center's team is to deliver high-quality care tailored to the unique needs of each individual.

The team approaches each client with utmost responsibility, full understanding, and always personalized care.

Chrysoula Mpouka is an Occupational Therapist and the scientific director of the Special Therapy Center "Epi Paidon Ergo," located in Glyfada, Attica.

She possesses extensive education and experience in her field. She is a graduate of the University of West Attica, a member of the Panhellenic Association of Occupational Therapists, and continues her postgraduate studies in Developmental Psychology. She has obtained certifications in Sensory Integration (S.I.T.), administration of the EDALFA test, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2, Greek version), Logometer, the Achenbach Preschool and School-Age forms, BAYLEY-4 Scales, RAVEN'S Educational CPM/CVS, as well as in dysgraphia. Additionally, she has attended the theoretical component of the Neurodevelopmental Bobath Approach (N.D.T.).

Her professional experience includes working with children and adolescents with various diagnoses, as well as participation as a member of Special Evaluation Committees within the framework of the "Personal Assistant for Persons with Disabilities" program. Continuous education and dedication to professional development are fundamental goals for her to provide high-quality occupational therapy services.

Thera Place is a center for therapies for children and adolescents located in Patras. It has been operating since 2013 and was relocated and renamed to Thera Place (from Special Therapeutic Intervention) in 2023. It features a suitably designed space equipped with modern diagnostic and therapeutic tools and a well-trained multidisciplinary team that actively supports and contributes to the provision of high-quality services. The main objective is close collaboration with the family, physicians, and the school of each child in order to ensure their comprehensive development in all areas. Validity, reliability, and, above all, trust and love towards each child and their family reflect the values that guide us and highlight the way we choose to connect with them. Prior to the start of therapies, a meeting is held with the parents to assess the child and discuss their concerns as well as the goals they wish to achieve.

Το Κέντρο Ειδικών Θεραπειών «Μεταγνώση» παρέχει ολοκληρωμένες υπηρεσίες αξιολόγησης και θεραπευτικής υποστήριξης σε παιδιά και εφήβους. Η διεπιστημονική ομάδα του κέντρου, συνεργάζεται στενά, με στόχο την αναπτυξιακή, μαθησιακή και συναισθηματική ενδυνάμωση του παιδιού, καθώς και την καθοδήγηση της οικογένειας.

Παρέχονται υπηρεσίες Λογοθεραπείας, όπου η λογοθεραπευτική παρέμβαση εστιάζει στην ανάπτυξη των δεξιοτήτων λόγου και επικοινωνίας. Απευθύνεται σε παιδιά με αρθρωτικές και φωνολογικές διαταραχές, δυσκολίες λόγου (κατανόηση και έκφραση), καθυστέρηση λόγου και νευροαναπτυξιακές διαταραχές, όπως ΔΑΦ και ΔΕΠ-Υ. Η προσέγγιση είναι εξατομικευμένη και βασίζεται σε σύγχρονες, τεκμηριωμένες θεραπευτικές πρακτικές.

Επιπλέον, παρέχονται υπηρεσίες Εργοθεραπείας που έχουν στόχο την βελτίωση της προσαρμογής του παιδιού στο σπίτι, στο σχολείο και στο κοινωνικό περιβάλλον, υπηρεσίες Ειδικής Διαπαιδαγώγησης με εξατομικευμένα προγράμματα σύμφωνα με το μαθησιακό προφίλ του παιδιού και τις απαιτήσεις του σχολικού πλαισίου, υπηρεσίες Ψυχοθεραπείας παιδιών και εφήβων από την επιστημονικά υπεύθυνη του κέντρου κα Κουρουμπλή Αικατερίνη με σεβασμό στο αναπτυξιακό στάδιο του παιδιού.

Το κέντρο παρέχει και υπηρεσίες συμβουλευτικής γονέων το οποίο αποτελεί θεμελιώδες κομμάτι της θεραπευτικής διαδικασίας και στοχεύει στην ενίσχυση των γονεϊκών δεξιοτήτων και της αποτελεσματικής επικοινωνίας στην οικογένεια. Περιλαμβάνει εκπαίδευση σε στρατηγικές οριοθέτησης και διαχείρισης συμπεριφοράς καθοδήγηση για την υποστήριξη του παιδιού στην καθημερινότητα συμβουλευτική για τη διαχείριση πένθους και προσαρμογής σε απώλειες συμβουλευτική για διαζύγιο, με στόχο την ομαλή προσαρμογή του παιδιού και τη βελτίωση της γονεϊκής συνεργασίας. Η προσέγγιση βασίζεται σε σύγχρονα ψυχοπαιδαγωγικά μοντέλα και εξατομικεύεται ανάλογα με τις ανάγκες της οικογένειας.

Τέλος, στο κέντρο παρέχονται και Ομαδικά Προγράμματα παιδιών και εφήβων τα οποία σχεδιάζονται ανά ηλικία και θεραπευτικό στόχο, προσφέροντας ασφαλές πλαίσιο αλληλεπίδρασης. Στοχεύουν στην ανάπτυξη κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων, συναισθηματικής νοημοσύνης, συνεργασίας και επικοινωνίας, αυτορρύθμισης και ομαδικότητας. Όλα τα προγράμματα πραγματοποιούνται από εξειδικευμένους θεραπευτές με οργανωμένο και δομημένο θεραπευτικό πλάνο.

Special Heroes is an organized therapeutic framework for children, adolescents, and families, where comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided by specialized professionals of various disciplines. At our center, among other services, Psychological Assessment of the Child-Adolescent's Intellectual Functioning and Personality is offered. Intelligence assessment tests constitute scales that provide significant information across multiple areas of cognitive development, such as general knowledge, abstract reasoning, logical thinking ability, problem-solving skills, auditory and visual memory capacity, social judgment, and cognitive flexibility. The WPPSI-III is administered to children aged 2.6 to 7.3 years. The WISC-V is administered to children aged 6 to 16 years. Personality tests include various methods for the objective evaluation of behavior and personality, which are classified into three main categories: a) observation methods, b) questionnaires, and c) projective tests (Rorschach Inkblot Test), which reveal motives and personality traits that even the individual may be unaware of.

Kindercare - Markou Katerina MSc is based in Marousi. Kindercare - Markou Katerina is a Speech Therapist who has been working with children and adolescents with various speech, language, and communication difficulties for the past 10 years. She studied in Greece and the United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor's degree in Speech Therapy (University of Ioannina, 2013) and a Master of Science in Speech Difficulties (University of Sheffield, 2014). Since 2013, she has worked as a clinician in private settings in Athens and Sheffield with children and adolescents with speech, language, fluency, and communication disorders. Having attended and participated in numerous seminars and trainings, she applies her expertise through various intervention methods and therapeutic programs. Simultaneously, as part of her more functional collaboration with children and their parents, she has received certification in infant, child, and adolescent counseling, as well as parent counseling. Additionally, she maintains partnerships with several kindergartens and private schools, assessing students and supporting educational staff in the areas of speech and language. Furthermore, she collaborates with and supervises fellow speech therapists, providing guidance regarding their cases. Finally, she holds a professional license to practice in Greece and is a member of the Panhellenic Association of Speech Therapists (PSL).

The Speech Therapy - Occupational Therapy - Psychological Support Center En Arxi In O Logos - Lygkouri Athanasia Kai Synergates is based in Aigaleo. It has been operating since 2008, providing services in Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Psychological and Counseling Support. It caters to children presenting with autism, ADHD, articulation difficulties, language delay, stuttering, sensory processing difficulties, learning disabilities, dyspraxia, language dyspraxia, behavioral issues, emotional disorders, lack of self-confidence, and specific language impairment. The Center's Speech Therapists are Chroni Valia [graduate of the Speech Therapy Department of ATEI Ioannina, with training related to Autism Spectrum Disorders (Early Intensive Intervention for children with ASD - ABA, alternative communication Makaton, and "play as a therapeutic and educational tool for children on the autism spectrum"), Social Stories - Comic Strip Conversations, Training related to oral functions (Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy - MTF)], Apostolidou Anastasia (graduate of the Speech Therapy Department of ATEI Ioannina with numerous seminars and workshops on pervasive developmental disorders, phonological disorders, as well as speech motor planning disorders and dysarthria in preschool and school-aged children), and Rizos George (graduate of the Speech Therapy Department of ATEI Patras with extensive seminars, including the use of the alternative therapeutic communication method PECS, Social Stories, feeding disorders, stuttering, intensive interaction, and articulation disorders) with many years of experience in the field. Speech Therapy focuses on human communication, voice, speech, language (oral, written), non-verbal communication, and swallowing disorders.

The Center for Special Therapies Development of Speech and Work is located in Kaisariani, with Scientific Director Kentro Eidikon Therapeion Anaptyksi Logou Kai Ergou. The Center for Special Therapies is staffed by highly qualified therapists with many years of experience, covering a wide range for a more effective approach and treatment of each patient. Specifically, there is a Speech Therapist, Psychologist, Special Educator, and Occupational Therapist providing individualized therapeutic programs tailored to the needs of each person, with respect for their personality and particularities. Some of the services provided at the Center for Special Therapies Development of Speech and Work include the treatment of articulation and phonological disorders, management of learning difficulties, autism, ADHD, as well as psychological support and counseling for children and adolescents.

Kentro Mesini is a Special Therapy Center in Keratsini, with Occupational Therapist Eva Mesini serving as the Scientific Director. The Center is staffed with experienced and specialized Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, a Special Educator, and a Psychologist. Anna Triantogianni holds a degree in Speech Therapy from the Speech Therapy Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Ioannina, is a member of the Association of Speech Pathologists and Speech Therapists of Greece, and holds a professional license from the Region of Piraeus. As part of her educational curriculum, she trained in the management of speech and language disorders in children and adults through clinical workshops in schools and rehabilitation clinics. She has worked at a Special Therapy Center with cases involving speech and language disorders, learning difficulties, as well as developmental disorders. Additionally, she works as a parallel support companion for a child with pervasive developmental disorder. She has attended training seminars related to acquired and congenital speech and language disorders, stuttering, learning difficulties, and pervasive developmental disorders. Finally, she has been trained in alternative communication methods and interventions for pervasive developmental disorders and autism spectrum disorders.

The facility "Euglottia" is a Center for Special Therapies in Athens, offering services in Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Voice Training - Phonospeech Therapy.

The Scientific Director of the center is Psychologist and Speech Therapist Euglottia - Mperi Maria.

Euglottia - Mperi Maria holds a PhD from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University, specializing in the field of Social Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships. Additionally, she is active as a Seminar Instructor in Psychology and Speech Therapy at Lifelong Learning Centers.

She graduated from the Department of Psychology and the Master's Program "Psychology and Mass Media" at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Subsequently, she completed her studies in Speech Therapy at the corresponding department of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Western Greece.

Within the framework of Lifelong Learning, she systematically continues her personal and scientific development, having attended specialized seminars in Psychology and Speech Therapy, and having obtained certifications for the application of modern methods of assessment and therapeutic intervention.

She has worked in public and private institutions in the fields of Health and Education, providing counseling support, psycho-emotional management, and speech therapy services to children and adults. She specializes in Voice Disorders, Speech Delay, and Developmental Disorders.

Anna Maria Smyrnaiou is a Speech Therapist and the scientific director of the Speech Therapy & Special Education center "Prota Logia", located in Moschato since 2022. She graduated from the Franco-Hellenic school Jeanne D' Arc in 2007 and subsequently pursued her studies at the University of Western Greece in the Department of Speech Therapy. Upon completing her studies, she began working as a speech therapist in 2012. From 2014 to 2017, she was a member of the board of directors of the Association of Speech Pathologists and Speech Therapists of Greece. In 2018, she completed her postgraduate studies in Educational Psychology at the University of Nicosia. Simultaneously, she continued to train and expand her knowledge in her field according to her specific scientific interests. Some of the certifications she holds include ABA method, PECS, OPT, TEACCH, INTENSIVE INTERACTION, GESTALT LANGUAGE PROCESSING, among others. Additionally, she has attended numerous seminars covering ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, Early Intervention, as well as articulation and phonological disorders.

The Special Therapy Center "Speech Ability", located in Neo Irakleio, provides services in speech therapy, occupational therapy, special education, psychological support and parent counseling, as well as play therapy, under the Scientific direction of Speech Therapist Kentro Eidikon Therapeion Speech Ability - Venizelea Maria. She studied Speech Therapy at the School of Health Sciences of the Technological Educational Institute of Patras and specialized in "Special Education and Upbringing in Neurodevelopmental and Sensory Disorders" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also holds pedagogical training from the School of Education Sciences of the Pedagogical Department of the University of Crete. She is specialized in the “SOS Approach to Feeding” method, aimed at assisting individuals with feeding selectivity. She has served as an External Collaborator at the "Agia Sofia" University Children's Hospital in the Child Psychiatry Clinic, the Audiology Department, and the Autism team. Furthermore, she has participated in numerous conferences and seminars as part of her ongoing professional development, and during her ten-year career, she has worked in many special therapy centers.