Health professionals for Depression near Platia Victorias

Panou Mairi is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in the center of Athens. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, where she graduated with distinction. She continued her studies with a Master's degree in "Applied Cognitive and Developmental Psychology" (MSc in Applied Cognitive and Developmental Psychology) at the same university. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an internship at the Psychiatric Clinic of the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria", while during her postgraduate studies, she trained in psychosocial support structures of Municipalities and at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Subsequently, she specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Society of Cognitive Behavioral Studies, where she also worked in the Adult Therapy Department of the Institute of Research and Behavior Therapy. Her considerable experience with adult, adolescent, child, and parent populations stems from her career, as she has worked in adult and adolescent psychotherapy centers, in primary and secondary education schools, in specialized therapy centers, as well as voluntarily on the psychosocial support hotline of the Ministry of Health 10306 and in the "Community Intervention" program of the NGO "IASIS". She currently maintains collaborations with Adult Psychotherapy Institutes, where she participates in peer supervisions and interdisciplinary teams including psychiatrists, social workers, and others.

Elafros Mixalis is a psychiatrist who maintains a private practice in the center of Athens. He holds a Medical Degree from the Psychiatric School of Verona in Italy and has been trained in Descriptive Psychopathology - Phenomenology at Palazzo Borghese in Florence. As a psychiatrist, he has many years of experience in Mental Health Centers, participating, among other things, in group psychoeducation therapy for hospitalized patients as well as their parents and relatives. Until 2023, in addition to his private practice, he was the head of the 2nd Psychiatric Department at the "Galini" Clinic, where he has managed hundreds of cases of patients with major mental disorders. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that in the past he worked at the same clinic as an on-call psychiatrist, as well as at the "Lyrakos Psychotherapeutic Center." Finally, he has attended numerous seminars and conferences in Greece and abroad and is a member of the Athens Medical Association. In recent years, he has specialized in Relational Psychotherapy at ISOPS (Institute of Relational Psychoanalysis and Group Psychotherapy according to Yalom). He is a member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA).

Η Δήμητρα Γ. Φύκα είναι Ψυχολόγος – Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια με ιδιωτικό γραφείο στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, στην περιοχή της Ακαδημίας Πλάτωνος, καθώς και στο Ξυλόκαστρο Κορινθίας. Παράλληλα, παρέχει υπηρεσίες και μέσω διαδικτυακών συνεδριών, διευκολύνοντας την πρόσβαση στην ψυχοθεραπεία από οπουδήποτε.

Είναι απόφοιτη του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ), ενώ ο πρώτος κύκλος σπουδών της ήταν στο Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης του ίδιου πανεπιστημίου. Η ακαδημαϊκή της πορεία συνδυάζει τη βαθιά κατανόηση της ανθρώπινης ψυχής με τη γνώση της εκπαιδευτικής διαδικασίας και της ανάπτυξης του παιδιού.

Μετεκπαιδεύτεται στη Σωματική Ψυχοθεραπεία στο Ελληνικό Ινστιτούτο Νευροφυτοθεραπείας και Ανάλυσης Χαρακτήρα (Ε.Ι.Ν.Α.), με εκπαίδευση πιστοποιημένη από διεθνείς και ελληνικούς φορείς, όπως η European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP), η European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP), η Εθνική Εταιρεία Ψυχοθεραπείας Ελλάδος (ΕΕΨΕ) και η Ελληνική Εταιρεία Συμβουλευτικής (ΕΕΣ).

Διαθέτει 15ετή επαγγελματική εμπειρία στον χώρο της εκπαίδευσης, έχοντας εργαστεί ως εκπαιδευτικός σε ιδιωτικό σχολείο. Η εμπειρία αυτή της επιτρέπει να προσεγγίζει με ουσιαστικό τρόπο παιδιά, εφήβους και γονείς, κατανοώντας σε βάθος τις ανάγκες κάθε αναπτυξιακού σταδίου.

Σήμερα εργάζεται ως Ψυχολόγος &Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια, παρέχοντας ατομικές συνεδρίες σε ενήλικες, εφήβους και γονείς, με στόχο την ενίσχυση της ψυχικής ανθεκτικότητας, τη διαχείριση συναισθηματικών δυσκολιών και τη βελτίωση της ποιότητας ζωής. Παράλληλα, πραγματοποιεί ομιλίες και βιωματικά εργαστήρια σε δημόσιους και ιδιωτικούς φορείς, εστιάζοντας σε θέματα ψυχικής υγείας, γονεϊκότητας και προσωπικής ανάπτυξης.

Από το 2012 έως και σήμερα συνεχίζει αδιάλειπτα την επιμόρφωσή της, παρακολουθώντας σεμινάρια και βιωματικά εργαστήρια στον τομέα της Ψυχολογίας, της Ψυχοθεραπείας και της Εκπαίδευσης, με στόχο τη συνεχή εξέλιξη και την παροχή υψηλού επιπέδου υπηρεσιών στους ανθρώπους που την εμπιστεύονται.

Mata Eirini BSc is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Kolonaki. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a professional license to practice. She is currently undertaking postgraduate training in Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ISOP). She has been in personal therapy since 2010 and under supervision since 2023. She is a member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). As part of her personal development and professional training, she participates in conferences, workshops, and educational seminars. Her aim is to enhance psychological resilience, facilitate the patient’s adaptation to new challenges and situations with flexibility and confidence, and ultimately, to promote self-awareness and personal integration.

Stergiopoulou Vasiliki is a Clinical Psychologist, licensed to practice, and maintains a private practice in the Kypseli area. She is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete (BSc) and holds a master's degree (MSc) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. She has specialized in Group Analysis at the Athens Institute of Group Analysis, within the Open Psychotherapeutic Center, where she actively works as a Psychotherapist and Group Coordinator. Additionally, she has served as a Psychotherapist and Coordinator of therapeutic groups for children and adolescents at the Supportive Psychosocial Services Center "Amphiaraos," and has volunteered at EPANODO, providing psychological support for the smooth reintegration of released prisoners. She has also worked as a Clinical Psychologist at the National Center for Social Solidarity (E.K.K.A), providing counseling support through the 24-hour national emergency social assistance line 197 and the child protection hotline 1107. In the context of her continuous professional development, she completed a postgraduate program in Child Psychology at the University of the Aegean and has participated in numerous seminars and conferences. In her private practice, she offers individual psychotherapeutic sessions for adults, adolescents, and children, as well as group sessions, aiming to address a wide range of issues related to the improvement of mental health.

Η Δαμάσκου Πάρις είναι Ψυχολόγος απόφοιτος του University of Central Lancashire και εκπαιδευμένη στην Συμβουλευτική Ψυχοθεραπεία απ’το Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Έχει, επίσης, ειδικευτεί ως Εκπαιδευτής Γονέων στο Attachment Theory (Θεωρία του Δεσμού) από την Attachment Parenting International και είναι επιστημονικός συνεργάτης της Attachment Parenting Hellas. Το παρόν διάστημα εκπαιδεύεται στη Συνθετική Ψυχοθεραπεία (Συστημική, Υπαρξιακή και Πολυπολιτισμική) στο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα "Αλυπίας Τέχνη" του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας. Διατηρεί το ιδιωτικό της γραφείο στην Κυψέλη. Οι πρώτες της σπουδές είναι στην Ιστορία, Αρχαιολογία και Διαχείριση Πολιτισμικών Αγαθών στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου και οι επόμενες στην Υποκριτική στη Δραματική Σχολή “ΕΜΠΡΟΣ”. Το 2016 δημιούργησε τη δική της start-up οργάνωσης και εμψύχωσης παιδικών εκδηλώσεων “Let’s Be Unicorns”, έχοντας ως προσεγγιστικό εργαλείο εμψύχωσης διαμορφωμένο μέσα από το πρίσμα του Attachment Theory. Αργότερα, δόμησε το εργαστήριο “Drag For Kids”, όπου έπειτα από ψυχοεκπαίδευση των συμμετεχόντων drag performers στις βασικές αρχές του ΑΡ, προσφέρανε στον χώρο του Atopos CVC στους κόλπους του installation “FLUFFY” της καλλιτέχνιδος Αντιγόνης Τσαγκαροπούλου, ένα δημιουργικό εργαστήριο απευθυνόμενο σε παιδιά 4-9 ετών και των συνοδών τους την εμπειρία του drag art, των συμβολισμών του, των εννοιών της αυτοέκφρασης, της δημιουργίας μιας περσόνας, των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων στον αυτοπροσδιορισμό, στην αποδοχή της μοναδικότητας κάθε ατόμου, όπως και στην έννοια της οικολογικής συνείδησης κατά τη δημιουργία κουστουμιών με ανακυκλώσιμα υλικά. Κατέχοντας μια πληθώρα γνώσεων και εμπειριών, σε φαινομενικά διαφορετικούς τομείς, αλλά ταυτόσημων στον παρονομαστή τους, τουλάχιστον όπως τους αντιλαμβάνεται η ίδια, η αγάπη, το ενδιαφέρον και η διάθεση φροντιστικότητας για τον Άνθρωπο την οδήγησαν στο να ανοίξει το δικό της γραφείο παροχής Συμβουλευτικής Ψυχοθεραπείας. Στον χώρο της είναι αποδεκτά όλα τα άτομα, μηδενός εξαιρουμένου, τα οποία αντιμετωπίζονται με το σεβασμό και την αποδοχή που αξίζει σε όλα.

Ana de la Guía is a qualified Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist and professional license holder. After completing her five-year studies in Psychology at the University of Jaén, Spain, she continued her studies at the University of Málaga in a pre-doctoral master's degree in Social Research and Intervention. After that, she specialized in a four-year certified program by the European Association for Psychotherapy in Person-centered Psychotherapy at the College of Humanities ICPS in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde (Scotland). Later, she completed a two-year master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Elche, Spain. Ana has also specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy as a Bachelor's and Master's approach and she has completed the first level of EMDR in trauma. In this moment, she has just completed her specialization in sexual therapy from the University of Valencia. As a personal interest, she studies existential psychology, as well as philosophy and anthropology. She is currently taking a training program in Couples Counseling Therapy at KETHESY. During her professional career she has worked in the public and private sectors in Spain and in Greece providing psychotherapy services in different contexts as well as psychosocial intervention in international organizations such as the UN High Commissioner, International Organization for Migration or the Greek Forum of Refugees. In recent years until today, she has been working privately providing individual and group sessions for adults and teenagers, educational programs and workshops as well as personal development retreats.

Lona Elisavet is a Psychologist with a private practice in Athens. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of East London and a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the same university. Additionally, she has been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She participates in various conferences in her field. She works in a facility with individuals on the autism spectrum. Finally, she is a member of the British Psychological Society.

Professor Nestoros Ioannis Md Frcpc Phd Neurophysiology Mcgill Iapcp Lfiba Lfabi is a Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Technical Consultant, and Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete with a private practice in Athens.

Simultaneously, he serves as the President and Scientific Director of the University of Crete's Technological Spin-off "Contemporary Amphiaraia" and is its founder. In his private practice, he provides an individualized holistic approach tailored to the needs of each patient, utilizing psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, or a combination of both. He has conducted innovative academic research in psychoses, integrative psychotherapy, and neurofeedback.

He offers psychiatric services, psychotherapy, and online psychotherapy. He studied Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specialized in Psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he subsequently completed his PhD in Neurophysiology funded by a Medical Research Council of Canada scholarship. He has extensive experience in the fields of Academic Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Neurosciences in both Greece and Canada, as well as significant teaching experience. Additionally, he holds professional licenses in the USA (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) and Canada (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).

He is a founding member of the Hellenic Psychological Society, the Hellenic Society for Neurosciences, and the European Institute of Psychotherapy. Finally, he is the author and editor of numerous important academic texts and scientific articles published in reputable scientific journals such as "SCIENCE".