Health professionals for Phobias in Athens

Miraxtsis Theodoros is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Kypseli. He studied Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and is a trainee at the Institute of Non-Directive Intervention (Non Directivite Intervenante, N.D.I). N.D.I is a method of psychotherapy, counseling, pedagogy, group facilitation, as well as a way of life. Overall, it constitutes a philosophy of the individual and their relationships, based on the power of experiences, emotions, and desires, as well as respect for the autonomy and freedom of each person, regardless of age, gender, personal and social characteristics, and particularities, within relationships of communication and interaction. He has experience in managing Acute Psychiatric Cases, having volunteered as a Psychologist at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital "Dromokaiteio." Finally, he completed his internship at the Counseling Center of KETHEA Intervention.

Venizelea Amalia is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist maintaining a private practice in Ilisia. She is a graduate of Psychology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and holds a postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also specialized in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy for Adults, Children, and Adolescents at the Institute of Research and Behavioral Therapy. She has clinical experience having worked as a Psychologist at Aeginiteio Hospital as well as at the Day Center of the Regional Development and Mental Health Company. Additionally, she worked as a Psychologist - Psychotherapist at the Vyronas - Kaisariani Community Mental Health Center, specifically in the Adult Department, in the Children and Adolescents Unit of the Peristeri Mental Health Center, and in the Adult Therapy Department of the Institute of Research and Behavioral Therapy. Finally, since 2021, she has been working as a Psychologist-Psychotherapist in the Endocrinology Unit of the University of Athens. In her office, she manages cases across the full spectrum of psychology and specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focusing on interpersonal relationships and anxiety and mood disorders.

Mpita Eirini is a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist – Mental Health Counselor and a graduate of Sociology from Panteion University, with private practices in Athens and Norway. She has been trained in Couples Therapy & Parenting Counseling and has further specialized in Child Psychology and Infant and Preschool Child Psychology (NKUA). Additionally, she regularly attends annual seminars and lectures. Her internship at the Greek Forum of Migrants and her voluntary work with the Norwegian Red Cross have enhanced her sensitivity to issues of cultural integration, identity, and mental health support for vulnerable populations. Having lived and worked in multicultural environments, she approaches therapy with openness, understanding, and respect for the uniqueness of each individual. She works with adults and couples facing difficulties such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, relationship challenges, or life transitional phases. For Mpita Eirini, therapy is a profound dialogue where symptoms serve as starting points for understanding and processing what has not yet been expressed. She creates a safe space where each person can freely express themselves and meaningfully connect with their inner self.

Η Οικονόμου Φιλιάννα είναι Ψυχολόγος,απόφοιτη του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου, με άδεια ασκήσεως επαγγέλματος. Έχει ολοκληρώσει το Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα της "Διασυνδετικής Ψυχιατρικής" της Ιατρικής Σχολής του ΕΚΠΑ και έχει εξειδικευτεί στη θεραπεία ατόμων με Διαταραχές Πρόσληψης Τροφής. Επιπλέον, ολοκληρώνει την εκπαίδευση της στην Γνωσιακή και Συμπεριφοριστική Θεραπεία (CBT), στο τεταρτοετές πρόγραμμα "Ιωάννης Παπακώστας" του Ε.Π.Ι.Ψ.Υ. σε συνεργασία με την Α' Ψυχιατρική Κλινική ΕΚΠΑ, τη Β' Ψυχιατρική Κλινική ΕΚΠΑ και την Ελληνική Εταιρεία Γνωσιακών Ψυχοθεραπειών.Έχει εργαστεί ως Ψυχολόγος στον συμβουλευτικό σταθμό "Ιπποκράτης" και στο Κέντρο Ημέρας του Χαμόγελου του Παιδιού παρέχοντας ψυχοθεραπευτικές υπηρεσίες σε εφήβους και ενήλικες. Στον παρόντα χρόνο εργάζεται στο Κέντρο Ημέρας Διαταραχών Πρόσληψης Τροφής ΕλπιΖώ της ΕΠΑΨΥ και παράλληλα διαθέτει ιδιωτικό γραφείο.

Η Ψυχογυιού Κατερίνα είναι Ψυχολόγος με άδεια ασκήσεως επαγγέλματος. Είναι απόφοιτος του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού Διπλώματος στην Κλινική Ψυχολογία από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Leiden στην Ολλανδία, όπου εκπαιδεύτηκε σε τεχνικές της Γνωσιακής Συμπεριφοριστικής Θεραπείας (CBT).

Παράλληλα, εκπαιδεύεται στη Γνωσιακή Συμπεριφοριστική Θεραπεία στην Εταιρεία Γνωσιακών Συμπεριφοριστικών Σπουδών του Ινστιτούτου Έρευνας και Θεραπείας της Συμπεριφοράς (ΙΕΘΣ), με πιστοποίηση από τον Ευρωπαϊκό Σύλλογο Γνωσιακής και Συμπεριφορικής Θεραπείας (EABCT). Έχει ολοκληρώσει συμπληρωματική εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευση στην Ιατρική Ψυχολογία του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, καθώς και το μετεκπαιδευτικό σεμινάριο στην Κλινική Ψυχοπαθολογία «Παναγιώτης Ουλής», στην Α΄ Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Ε.Π.Ι.Ψ.Υ.

Έχει αποκτήσει κλινική εμπειρία μέσα από τη συνεργασία της με δημόσιους και ιδιωτικούς φορείς ψυχικής υγείας, παρέχοντας ψυχολογική υποστήριξη και ψυχοθεραπεία σε ενήλικες, υπό εποπτεία. Έχει εργαστεί με ένα ευρύ φάσμα ψυχολογικών δυσκολιών και χρόνιων ψυχιατρικών διαταραχών, πραγματοποιώντας ατομικές συνεδρίες δια ζώσης και διαδικτυακά. Παράλληλα, έχει συμμετάσχει στην υλοποίηση ομαδικών προγραμμάτων υποστήριξης, καθώς και σε επιστημονικά συνέδρια και ημερίδες στον χώρο της ψυχικής υγείας και της ψυχοθεραπείας.

Σήμερα εργάζεται ως Ψυχολόγος – Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια σε ιδιωτικό κέντρο συμβουλευτικής και ψυχοθεραπείας.

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.

Therapyway Psychotherapy Center is a model Mental Health Services Center located in Piraeus and Galatsi. It represents an innovative initiative in the field of mental health, integrating the principles and the most up-to-date data of psychotherapy and NLP tailored to each case. Utilizing the capabilities of its interdisciplinary team, it offers a range of diagnostic and therapeutic services on-site, responding holistically and individually to mental health needs. The areas of specialization include generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety attacks, grief, depression, panic attacks, dilemmas, separation, professional and personal deadlocks, and various others. The center’s interdisciplinary team consists of psychologists, NLP Coaches, and specialized psychotherapists, capable of receiving a request, conducting a comprehensive evaluation, and proposing the appropriate therapeutic approach.

Η Μιντζιβίρη Μάρα MSc είναι Ψυχολόγος, απόφοιτη του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, με μεταπτυχιακή εξειδίκευση στις Νευροεπιστήμες και τα Νευροεκφυλιστικά Νοσήματα και εκπαίδευση στην Ψυχοθεραπεία Gestalt.

Στην επαγγελματική της πορεία έχει συνεργαστεί με δομές ψυχικής υγείας και φορείς που δραστηριοποιούνται στον χώρο της ψυχοθεραπείας, της νευροψυχολογικής αξιολόγησης και της υποστήριξης ατόμων και οικογενειών. Παρέχει συνεδρίες Ψυχοθεραπείας Gestalt σε ενήλικες, εφήβους και ζευγάρια, προσαρμόζοντας τη θεραπευτική διαδικασία στις ανάγκες και τους στόχους κάθε ανθρώπου.

Πιστεύει ότι κάθε άνθρωπος έχει τη δυνατότητα να κατανοήσει βαθύτερα τον εαυτό του και να αναπτύξει τρόπους αντιμετώπισης των δυσκολιών της ζωής, όταν νιώθει ότι βρίσκεται σε ένα ασφαλές και υποστηρικτικό περιβάλλον.

Στόχος της είναι να δημιουργήσει μαζί με τον/την θεραπευόμενο/νη μια σχέση εμπιστοσύνης και αποδοχής, μέσα στην οποία θα μπορέσει να εκφραστεί ελεύθερα, να επεξεργαστεί όσα τον/την δυσκολεύουν και να ενισχύσει την ψυχική του/της ανθεκτικότητα και ευεξία.

Mixou Efraimia is a Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Panormou. Additionally, some sessions are conducted in the rented spaces of Therapy Nest. She holds a degree in Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has been trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. In her office, she handles a wide range of cases, with particular expertise in Depression, as well as Anxiety and Stress.

Serra Sofia is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Athens, in the Syntagma area. She is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Athens. She holds a postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology from Paris 7–Denis Diderot University in the Doctoral School of Research in Psychoanalysis. In her postgraduate research, she studied emotional disorders, specifically focusing on depression, deepening her understanding of the psychopathology according to psychoanalytic theory. She has worked in various public psychosocial support organizations as well as in private clinical settings. Since 2009, she has been working as a clinical psychologist at the ANASA Day Center (an organization for the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders). At the day center, she provides psychotherapy for adults and adolescents as well as parental counseling, having gained extensive therapeutic experience in the psychopathological spectrum of eating disorders. Since 2021, she has been collaborating with the Eating Disorders Unit of the Institute of Mental Health for Children and Adults. She has been trained in the administration and qualitative analysis of the projective tests T.A.T. and Rorschach test at the Society for Psychosocial Health of Children and Adolescents. Since 2003, she has participated in annual seminar cycles on psychoanalysis under the auspices of the International Winnicott Association, the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society, the Hellenic Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and the Institute of Mental Health for Children and Adults. She has delivered lectures and presentations at educational seminars as well as at national conferences related to the clinical approach and understanding of the psychopathology of eating disorders.

Katsarou Euaggelia is a psychologist and psychotherapist. She lives and works in Athens. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Subsequently, she completed postgraduate studies in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of East London. She has also specialized in Systemic Psychotherapy at the Institute of Education and Research Logos Psychis and maintains a private practice in Ilisia, where she works as a systemic psychotherapist with adults, couples, families, and groups. She is a regular member of the Hellenic Psychological Society (SEPS).

Mylonaki Lydia is a graduate psychologist from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a postgraduate diploma in forensic psychology from Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is also a Systemic-Family psychotherapist and EMDR therapist. Additionally, she has been trained in Problem Management +, both as a counselor and supervisor, as well as a trainer. She is a member of the Hellenic Psychological Society, the British Psychological Society, ELESYTH, and EMDR Hellas, with extensive professional experience in a variety of therapeutic settings, including inpatient environments and community-based psychotherapy groups. She began her career working in the national health system and continued in the NHS UK, working in various facilities focused on the treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with mental health difficulties. She has also worked in English prisons and in victim support with Victim Support UK. Over the past four years, she has provided consultancy services in various organizations working with the refugee population, including clinics, community centers, and reception facilities. Her primary goal is to support, treat, integrate, and rehabilitate refugees experiencing mental health challenges. Furthermore, she serves as a Lecturer in Forensic and Clinical Psychology at City Unity College. She also maintains a private practice in Kaisariani, offering mental health services to individuals, couples, and families, as well as group psychotherapy, with particular expertise in anxiety, depression, and trauma. In her private practice, she addresses a wide range of cases, utilizing her experience and scientific expertise, always focusing on providing the best possible care tailored to the individualized needs of each person she undertakes.

Sofia Aperi is an honors graduate Psychologist, BSc from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA), and holds a professional practice license. She works in counseling and psychotherapeutic settings (psychodynamic-psychoanalytic orientation). She undertakes individual therapies (adults, adolescents, children) as well as family and couples counseling. She provides her services both in-person and online, offering individual psychotherapy sessions with respect and responsibility. Notably, she has collaborated with the Mental Health Center of the Research University Institute of Mental Hygiene, Neurosciences & Precision Medicine "Kostas Stefanis" (E.P.I.P.S.Y.) and the Special Primary School of Agios Dimitrios. Additionally, she has academic research activity and has attended, among others, training programs on Loss and Grief Counseling, Depression, and Psychosomatic Disorders.

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.

Aggelaki Dimitra - Eugenia is a Psychologist with a private practice located in Neos Kosmos. She graduated in Psychology from the University of Crete and specializes in Psychodynamic Clinical Practice. She has completed the two-year postgraduate program "Psychosexual Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment" at the Research University Institute of Mental Health (EPIΨY). She has also been trained in "Eating Disorders" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as in the "Management and Psychoeducation of Anxiety and Depression" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, she has completed the training program in Psychodynamic Clinical Practice at the Hellenic Organization for Psychotherapy and Education in Group Analysis (HOPEinGA). She has also attended postgraduate seminars in advanced-level psychodynamic psychotherapy and existential psychotherapy. She has worked in a private elder care facility, a private center for special therapies, and in the sexual health clinic of the University Psychiatric Clinic at Aeginiteio Hospital. Furthermore, she has given presentations at parent and guardian associations on the topic of psychosocial issues during adolescence. Additionally, she has volunteered with the Greek seropositives association "Positive Voice." In her private practice, she offers individual psychotherapy and counseling services for adults, both in-person and online, along with specialized interventions for the management and treatment of emotional disorders, interpersonal relationship issues, and eating disorders.