Health professionals for Anxiety and Stress near Petralona

Apataggelos Dimitrios is a Psychiatrist - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Kallithea. He holds a degree from the Medical School of the University of Turin and completed his Psychiatry specialty at the Attikon Psychiatric Hospital "Dafni." Concurrently with his Psychiatry specialization, he received specialized training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling of Athens, as well as in the Greek Training Program of Short-Term Anxiety Provoking Psychotherapy (STAPP). He has participated in post-graduate seminars on group analysis - psychodrama, psychodynamic understanding of psychiatric patients, and served as a co-therapist in psychotherapy groups for alcoholics in the open program of 18 ANO. He has presented scientific papers at conferences and maintains continuous professional development in Greece and abroad. Additionally, he has engaged in social activities as an elected member of the Union of Physicians of Athens-Piraeus Hospitals of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica (PSNA), former chairman of school committees, and former member of the administrative board of the KAPI of the Municipality of Kallithea, focusing on the prevention and treatment of mental disorders across all age groups. Finally, he is the former Psychiatrist and Scientific Director of the Sikiarideio Foundation for the training of young people with intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties.

Η Νατάσα Κονιδιτσιώτη είναι Ψυχολόγος (MSc) - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια με ειδίκευση στην ψυχοδυναμική ψυχοθεραπεία και την ομαδική ανάλυση. Είναι απόφοιτη του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου και κάτοχος διακρατικού μεταπτυχιακού διπλώματος στην Ειδική Αγωγή και Εκπαίδευση από το Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου και το Πανεπιστήμιο του Τορίνο. Έχει μετεκπαιδευτεί στην Κλινική Ψυχοπαθολογία στο Αιγινήτειο Νοσοκομείο και ολοκλήρωσε τετραετή εκπαίδευση στην Ομαδική Ανάλυση στο Ινστιτούτο Ομαδικής Ανάλυσης «S.H. Foulkes» (Ι.Ο.Α.Φ.).

Για περισσότερα από δέκα χρόνια εργάστηκε ως Ψυχολόγος σε σχολεία Πρωτοβάθμιας και Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης, παρέχοντας υποστήριξη σε μαθητές, γονείς και εκπαιδευτικούς. Έχει συνεργαστεί με το Νοσοκομείο Παίδων «Η Αγία Σοφία» και τη Γραμμή Βοήθειας «Μαζί για το Παιδί», ενώ συμμετέχει ως εισηγήτρια σε ημερίδες και επιμορφώσεις γύρω από την ψυχική υγεία και την εκπαίδευση.

Είναι τακτικό μέλος του ΣΕΨ και ιδρυτικό μέλος της Ακαδημίας Ποίησης και Παραμυθιού. Παράλληλα, έχει εκδώσει συλλογή παραμυθιών με ψυχαναλυτική προσέγγιση. Σήμερα εργάζεται ψυχοθεραπευτικά στο ιδιωτικό της γραφείο, παρέχοντας ατομικές και ομαδικές συνεδρίες, καθώς και συμβουλευτική γονέων.

Koutra Aggeliki is a Psychologist Msc and systemic psychotherapist. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at the University of Bordeaux, France, and holds a master's degree in Health Psychology from Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. She has completed her training in the four-year specialization program in Systemic Psychotherapy and Counseling implemented by the Center for Systemic Study and Therapy. Additionally, she attended the two-year seminar on Eating Disorders at the ANASA Day Center. She has volunteered her services in various organizations and has been involved in psychotherapeutic intervention in addiction treatment in Greece and the UK. Currently, she maintains a private practice in Kallithea, Attica, and is an external collaborator of the Special Clinic for Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder at the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens at Aeginiteio Hospital.

Maria Zerva is a Psychologist and certified Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Panteion University and continued her postgraduate studies in "Clinical Psychology and Integrative Psychotherapy" at the University of Sorbonne.

Subsequently, she pursued a four-year specialization in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Society of Cognitive Behavioral Studies (E.G.S.S.), which is accredited by the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT).

In the past, she has worked in mental health facilities in Paris and in Athens, collaborating with private psychological service centers and other private institutions, providing services to adults, adolescents, and children.

She currently maintains a private practice in Koukaki, where she conducts individual cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy sessions for adults.

Pappa - Katsiafa Aleksandra is a Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Kallithea (Mindful Path) and also collaborates with the Psychotherapy & Alternative Therapy Center Roots Wellness Center. She is a graduate of Psychology from the University of Crete and holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the Hellenic American University. She has worked as a Psychologist in a Chronic Disease Treatment Center in Trikala and completed her clinical internship as a Clinical Psychologist at the Municipality of Ilioupoli. Additionally, she has attended two seminars on Social Clinical Psychology of Addiction and on Education in childhood and adolescence from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Concurrently, she has been trained at the Center for Training & Treatment of Eating Disorders (KEADD). Currently, she is attending the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program at the Institute for Research & Behavioral Therapy. Finally, in private practice, she manages cases across the full spectrum of psychology, with a specialization in eating disorders, panic attacks - phobias, as well as anxiety and mood disorders.

Η Παναγοπούλου Νίκη είναι Ψυχολόγος - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια, MSc, κάτοχος Άδειας Άσκησης Επαγγέλματος, και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στην Καλλιθέα.

Σπούδασε Ψυχολογία στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης και ολοκλήρωσε μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στην "Έγκαιρη Παρέμβαση στην Ψύχωση" στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Παράλληλα, εκπαιδεύεται στη Γνωσιακή - Συμπεριφορική Θεραπεία (CBT) από την Ελληνική Εταιρεία Γνωσιακών Ψυχοθεραπειών.

Είναι επιστημονική συνεργάτιδα του Ψυχομετρικού Εργαστηρίου της Α' Πανεπιστημιακής Ψυχιατρικής Κλινικής στο Αιγινήτειο Νοσοκομείο, καθώς και Επιστημονικά Υπεύθυνη στο Εξειδικευμένο Γραφείο Υποστηριζόμενης Απασχόλησης για Ενήλικες στο Φάσμα του Αυτισμού του ΚΟΙ.Σ.Π.Ε. «Διαδρομές».

Στο πλαίσιο της κλινικής της πρακτικής, αναλαμβάνει την ψυχοθεραπευτική υποστήριξη βασισμένη στις αρχές της CBT, καθώς και τη νευροψυχολογική αξιολόγηση με τη χρήση αξιόπιστων ψυχομετρικών εργαλείων Η συνεχής επιστημονική της κατάρτιση την κατευθύνει σε παρεμβάσεις τεκμηριωμένες από την έρευνα, πάντα με σεβασμό, ενσυναίσθηση και εξατομικευμένη προσέγγιση για κάθε άτομο.

Gioumpasi Zefi is a Psychologist with a private practice in Kallithea. She studied Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and holds a professional license. She has received postgraduate training in Clinical Psychopathology from the Research University Institute of Mental Health (E.P.I.PSY.) and the First Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens - Aeginiteio Hospital, as well as in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy. Her extensive professional experience includes collaboration with various organizations as a Coordinator and Psychologist in Non-Profit Organizations, Day Centers, and Supported Living Facilities, providing individual and group sessions for children and adolescents, both typically developing and high-functioning individuals with disabilities, psychoeducation, and parental counseling. She also collaborates with private centers, offering individual and group sessions for children and adolescents focused on Career Guidance. Additionally, she administers School Readiness Tests and WISC V Intelligence Tests to children and adolescents. She has participated in a psychosocial support telephone hotline from the First Psychiatric Clinic of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Federation of Mental Health and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Bodies "ARGO." She has worked as a psychologist with the Onassis Foundation in the program "In the Heart of Autism" and the program "The Art of Recycling." Keeping up with ongoing developments in Psychology and the increasing needs, she has attended numerous seminars and postgraduate trainings. She offers a wide range of services tailored to the needs of each individual based on Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy.

Anastasia Kastranta is a Psychologist with private practices in Kallithea and Chalkida and holds a professional license to practice psychology. She graduated from the Psychology Department of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and holds a postgraduate specialization from the Medical School of the University of Ioannina, titled "Pain Management," with a focus on Health Psychology. She is specialized in supporting individuals with chronic physical illnesses and pain-related conditions, following the biopsychosocial model of health, which emphasizes not only the physical but also the psychological and social dimensions of physical illness, thus providing a comprehensive approach to individuals' difficulties. Furthermore, regarding her psychotherapeutic approach, with extensive clinical experience and continuous training in various therapeutic approaches and treatment models, she has integrated into her therapeutic work a synthetic model of a holistic mental health approach based on contemporary principles of humanistic psychotherapy. She addresses therapeutic support requests across the full spectrum of psychological difficulties that an individual may experience temporarily or long-term, such as depression and emotional disorders, anxiety problems, panic attacks, psychosomatic symptoms, anger management and conflict resolution, grief and painful/traumatic experiences, phobias, self-esteem enhancement, couple problems, domestic violence, among others. Her academic interests include topics of gender, education, and psychosociology of health.

Konstantelias Athanasios is a Neurosurgeon Acupuncturist, maintains an Acupuncture practice in Athens and Peristeri. He specializes in the application of Medical Acupuncture according to therapeutic protocols, which are specific to each patient. He holds a degree in Medicine from the University of Crete and a diploma from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been post-trained in the Department of Neurotraumatology and Spine at the SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl in Germany. He has served as a Consultant Neurosurgeon (Facharzt Neurochirurgie) at the Cereneo Clinic in Lucerne, Switzerland. He holds a Diploma in Medical Acupuncture, which he obtained after 2 years of training and examinations from the Acupuncture Training Institute of Greece. He holds a Diploma in Medical Acupuncture from the ICMART World Council of Medical Acupuncture. She has further postgraduate specialization in Yamamoto's Scalp Acupuncture at the International School of Scalp Acupuncture. Yamamoto's method is also referred to as neuroacupuncture. In this method, acute and chronic pain and neurological conditions are treated by inserting a small number of needles into specific areas of the head. The method is used for a variety of conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, headaches, musculoskeletal pain and neuralgia. The practitioner carries out acupuncture treatments across the therapeutic spectrum.