Health professionals for Ομαδική ψυχοθεραπεία

Η Γκαϊτατζή Ανδριάνα είναι Ψυχολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στην Ομόνοια. Είναι πτυχιούχος του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ) και κάτοχος άδειας ασκήσεως επαγγέλματος. Είναι ειδικευόμενη ψυχαναλυτική ψυχοθεραπεύτρια στο πενταετές πρόγραμμα του Ελληνικού Εκπαιδευτικού Ινστιτούτου Αναλυτικής Ψυχοθεραπείας Ομάδας και Οικογένειας (ΕΛ.ΕΚ.ΙΝ.), με εξειδίκευση στην ψυχαναλυτική ψυχοθεραπεία ατόμου, ομάδας, ζεύγους και οικογένειας. Αυτή τη περίοδο φοιτά στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα «Διασυνδετική Ψυχιατρική: Απαρτιωμένη Φροντίδα Σωματικής και Ψυχικής Υγείας» της Ιατρικής Σχολής του ΕΚΠΑ. Έχει επιμορφωθεί στη Συνθετική Ψυχοθεραπεία (ΕΚΙΣΥΠ), στην Ειδική Αγωγή (Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών) και στη Συστημική Θεραπεία Παιδιών στο εργαστήριο «Ροδάκινο». Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πλήθος σεμιναρίων και συνεδρίων ψυχολογίας στο ΕΚΠΑ, το Πάντειο και το City Unity College. Η επαγγελματική της εμπειρία περιλαμβάνει εργασία σε κέντρα ειδικών θεραπειών και κέντρα ψυχοθεραπείας ενηλίκων, καθώς και σε δομές ψυχικής υγείας παιδιών και οικογενειών, πρακτική με νεαρούς ενήλικες με αυτισμό και αναπτυξιακές διαταραχές, παράλληλη στήριξη σε σχολεία και ψυχολογική υποστήριξη σε παιδική κατασκήνωση.Ακόμη συνεργάζεται με μεγάλες διαδικτυακές πλατφόρμες όπου παρέχει εξ αποστάσεως συνεδρίες ψυχοθεραπείας.Έχει επίσης προσφέρει εθελοντική συμβουλευτική σε ενήλικες μέσω της πλατφόρμας «Μίλα Μου».

Σήμερα εργάζεται σε κέντρα ειδικών θεραπειών και σε κέντρο ψυχοθεραπείας ενηλίκων, ενώ δέχεται θεραπευόμενους σε έναν ζεστό, φιλόξενο χώρο στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, στην οδό Βερανζέρου 22 σε περιβάλλον εμπιστοσύνης και ασφάλειας. Πέρα από τις δια ζώσης συνεδρίες, προσφέρει και διαδικτυακές συνεδρίες, δίνοντας τη δυνατότητα πρόσβασης στη θεραπεία ανεξαρτήτως τοποθεσίας. Αναλαμβάνει παιδιά ,εφήβους, ενήλικες, συμβουλευτική γονέων, συμβουλευτική ζεύγους και οικογενειακή θεραπεία, ενώ εργάζεται πάνω σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα θεμάτων, όπως άγχος, κατάθλιψη, διαπροσωπικές δυσκολίες, πένθος, αυτοεκτίμηση, ψυχοσωματικά συμπτώματα, ζητήματα ταυτότητας και δυσκολίες στις σχέσεις. Η προσέγγισή της είναι ψυχοδυναμική/ψυχαναλυτική, με στόχο τη βαθύτερη κατανόηση του εαυτού και τη δημιουργία μιας πιο ικανοποιητικής και ισορροπημένης ζωής. Η ίδια βρίσκεται σε μακροχρόνια προσωπική θεραπεία και εποπτεία, τις οποίες θεωρεί θεμέλιο μιας αυθεντικής και ουσιαστικής θεραπευτικής σχέσης.

Papazoglou Sakis is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in the Ampelokipoi area. He is a graduate of the Psychology Department of the European University Cyprus and has completed a four-year training in group analysis at the Hellenic Organization of Education and Psychotherapy in Group Analysis (HOPE in GA). Additionally, he has completed the training program: Basic Principles for Counseling and Psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ individuals, at ORLANDO LGBT+, Mental Health Without Stigma, as well as the Training Program in Learning Psychotherapeutic Techniques and Tools in the Synthetic Approach. Within the framework of his ongoing education, he is currently attending the postgraduate program Gender Studies: Methodologies, Theories, Politics at the Hellenic Open University (HOU). As a psychotherapist and group analyst, he has volunteered in various settings with psychiatric cases (Air Force General Hospital - 251 GNA), economically vulnerable social groups (Synypaksi - Network of Social Solidarity, Mental Support, and Culture), as well as rheumatic diseases (Hellenic Society for Rheumatic Disease - EL.E.AN.A.). At the Hellenic Organization of Education and Psychotherapy in Group Analysis, he is a lecturer for the seminars "LGBTQI+ Sensitization and Group Analysis" and "Violence in Society. Domestic Violence, A Psychodynamic Approach." In his private practice, he offers services across the full spectrum of Psychology, providing appropriate support to his clients.

Kapoulea Katerina is a Psychologist with a postgraduate specialization in Counseling Psychology (MSc) and psychotherapeutic training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, with a focus on children and adolescents. She has specialized in pain management and, through continuous participation in postgraduate seminars, conferences, and workshops, remains informed on topics related to Developmental, Counseling, and Clinical Psychology. Having worked in various mental health settings, she has acquired clinical experience in a wide range of psychological difficulties, both in adults and in children and adolescents. At the psychological center Opsis, she offers individual counseling and psychotherapy sessions for adults, children, and adolescents, as well as parental counseling and couples counseling. Additionally, she organizes, in collaboration with other mental health professionals, parent groups with specific thematic focuses.

Η Μαρινάκου Εύη είναι Σωματική Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια - Σύμβουλος Ψυχικής Υγείας και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στους Αμπελόκηπους Αττικής. Είναι κάτοχος δύο μεταπτυχιακών τίτλων: στην «Επιστήμη του Στρες και την Προαγωγή της Υγείας» από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και στις «Εφαρμογές της Ψυχολογίας στην Υγεία» από το Τμήμα Ιατρικής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης , με ερευνητικό έργο που εστιάζει σε κρίσιμους τομείς όπως το εργασιακό στρες, το περιγεννητικό τραύμα, η επίδραση του στρες στην υγεία, καθώς και στη φροντίδα ασθενών και φροντιστών. Έχει παρακολουθήσει το Ετήσιο Μεταπτυχιακό Σεμινάριο Εγκληματολογικών Σπουδών στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο, συμμετέχοντας παράλληλα σε ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα για τη μικρή εγκληματικότητα και τα Ιδρύματα Αγωγής Ανηλίκων. Είναι πτυχιούχος Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου. Η επαγγελματική της εμπειρία εκτείνεται σε δύο βασικούς άξονες: την πολυετή (28 χρόνια) παρουσία της στον φαρμακευτικό κλάδο σε θέσεις στρατηγικής και διοίκησης ομάδων, όπου ανέπτυξε ιδιαίτερη ευαισθησία στις επιπτώσεις του επαγγελματικού στρες, & την ενασχόληση με την ψυχική υγεία, παρέχοντας υποστήριξη σε άτομα με συμπτώματα κατάθλιψης, άγχους, μετατραυματικού στρες, δυσκολίες στις διαπροσωπικές σχέσεις και θέματα αυτοεκτίμησης. Έχει προσφέρει τις υπηρεσίες της ως ψυχοθεραπεύτερια σε συλλόγους όπως ο Κ.Ε.Φ.Ι. και η "Πνοή Αγάπης", αναλαμβάνοντας ατομικές συνεδρίες, ομάδες υποστήριξης, εκπαίδευσης και εποπτείας εθελοντών. Παράλληλα, έχει μακρόχρονη εκπαίδευση και εξειδίκευση στη Σωματική Ψυχοθεραπεία και στη Ραϊχική Νευροφυτοθεραπεία, ολοκληρώνοντας εξαετές εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα στο Ε.Ι.Ν.Α. , με μετεκπαιδεύσεις από διεθνώς καταξιωμένους θεραπευτές (Genovino Ferri, Alberto Torre, Xavier Serrano κ.ά.). Το 2024 έλαβε τον τίτλο της Επόπτριας στη Ραϊχική Σωματική Ψυχοθεραπεία. Έχει ολοκληρώσει την πιστοποιημενη Επαγγελματική Εκπαιδευση στην Συστημικη Αναπαρασταση στο Ελληνικό Ινστιτούτο Συστημικής Αναπαράστασης (Ε.Ι.Σ.Α.) Bert Hellinger . Τελος εχει παρακολουθήσει πληθος εκπαιδευτικών σεμιναρίων σε θεματικές όπως η θεραπεία ζεύγους και οικογένειας, η Βιοενεργειακή Ανάλυση και η Ψυχοφαρμακολογία. Τέλος, η ειδικός είναι τακτικό μέλος επαγγελματικών ενώσεων όπως η Πανελλήνια Ένωση Σωματικής Ψυχοθεραπείας (ΠΕΣΩΨ), η European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP), η Εθνική Εταιρεία Ψυχοθεραπείας Ελλάδος (ΕΕΨΕ) και η European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).

Sklaveniti Xristina is a Psychologist – Psychotherapist with many years of experience in Greece and abroad, accompanying individuals through both small and significant life stories. She emphasizes the unique characteristics and needs of each person, offering personalized care with respect for human rights, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or gender expression. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Crete and a master's degree in Gender Studies from the Hellenic Open University, awarded with an academic excellence scholarship. Her research work focused on the phenomenon of obstetric violence as experienced and narrated by those who have undergone it, through a feminist research perspective with an emphasis on the voices of the subjects. She is specialized in Narrative Psychotherapy and Systemic Psychodrama, as well as in approaches that incorporate feminist, intersectional, and inclusive perspectives. She provides individual therapy, couples therapy, support for children and adolescents, parental counseling, therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals, and experiential empowerment groups. Her focus is on the therapeutic relationship, empathy, and the creation of a safe environment where one can rewrite their story with meaning and purpose.

Dimou Eleni-Maria is a Psychologist - Systemic Psychotherapist with a private practice located in the center of Corinth. She studied Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, from which she graduated with distinction. Subsequently, she completed a four-year clinical specialization in Systemic Psychotherapy at the Institute of Education and Research in Systemic Psychotherapy "Logo Psychis". She has also completed her postgraduate studies with distinction in the scientific field of Applied Developmental Psychology at the Hellenic Open University. As part of her ongoing professional development, she has attended annual training programs and clinical trainings in areas such as trauma management, mental health of children and adolescents, among others, as well as numerous seminars in her field of expertise. She continues to pursue further education and training to this day. She has worked as a psychologist and psychotherapist in various settings. Specifically, she has served as a psychologist in secondary education schools, as a psychologist and child protection officer in a sports summer camp, as a psychologist and psychotherapist in specialized treatment centers, as well as a psychologist and scientific staff member at a prevention center for addiction and promotion of psychosocial health. In recent years, she has maintained a private practice, offering counseling and psychotherapy services to adults, children, adolescents, parents, couples, and families.

Panagiotakopoulou Eleni and Associates maintain a private practice in Nea Smyrni. Eleni Panagiotakopoulou holds a degree in Psychology from Panteion University and is trained in Interventional Non-Directive Psychotherapy. She works with adults in individual sessions and facilitates self-awareness groups. She addresses those who wish to deepen their personal relationships as well as their self-knowledge, and those whose bodies signal that "something is not right," functioning not as an expert who interprets, but as a facilitator to help them explore their emotions, thoughts, and desires. Takis Pantelopoulos is a Mental Health Counselor and a student in the Department of Psychology at Panteion University. Although his initial studies were in the field of Informatics, his interest in people and human relationships led him to the field of psychology and counseling. He is trained in the Interventional Non-Directive method of training, facilitation, and psychotherapy. He works with adults in individual sessions and facilitates self-awareness groups. He addresses individuals with questions and concerns who wish to understand themselves and others, emphasizing the emergence of their desires.

Panagiotis Varkopoulos Msc - Kentro Psyxotherapeias Synyparxo is a Psychologist MSc and founder of the Kentro Psyxotherapeias Synyparxo in Thisio. He holds a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has completed a training program on awareness related to addiction issues at the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals (K.E.TH.E.A.). He also holds a Master's degree in "Liaison Psychiatry" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, he has undertaken training and practical internship in Systemic Theory and Family Therapy and attended a specialization seminar titled "Contemporary Issues in Special Education: Learning Difficulties - Dyslexia" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Currently, at Kentro Psyxotherapeias Synyparxo, he offers a wide range of services including individual sessions, couples therapy, family therapy, therapy for children and adolescents, and sessions via Skype. Finally, he believes that the desire of the client becomes an opportunity to expand their world, harness their potential, and become the creator of themselves.

Creating Narratives is a team of therapists providing support to individuals interested in their mental health. Common difficulties arising in human relationships (family, romantic, professional, friendships) can be addressed within a safe environment of understanding and empowerment. Psychotherapy is not only about managing mental health challenges and symptoms. It involves the effort to change a situation into one that is more functional, both for ourselves and for those around us. Furthermore, it can lead to an improvement in an individual's quality of life as well as the discovery of new ways to connect with others. The scientific collaborators of Creating Narratives include Psychologist Jo Grigoriadou, Sociologist Konstantinos Galazios, and also Psychologist Katerina Manioti.

Papadatou Efi is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist, trained in the Synthetic Systemic Psychotherapy model (Laboratory of Human Relations Research) with postgraduate studies in Child Psychology at UCLAN and certification in couples counseling therapy. Additionally, the specialist holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire, recognized by the Ministry of Education, and has completed a 50-hour training program in "Support and Grief Counseling for Children, Adolescents, and Bereaved Families" at "Merimna" - Thessaloniki Counseling Center, an organization dedicated to the care of children and families dealing with illness and death. In her office, a comfortable and welcoming space for the client, she provides individual and group counseling and psychotherapy (for adolescents and adults), couples counseling and therapy, family psychotherapy, as well as parental counseling aimed at improving communication, creative conflict resolution, and effective management of behavioral problems.

Petamis Aristeidis is a Psychotherapist with a private practice in Dafni. He holds a degree in Social Anthropology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and a master's degree in Human Resource Management from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He received an Erasmus scholarship in Medical Anthropology from the Institute of Cultural and Social Studies at Leiden University. Additionally, he completed further training in Introduction to Psychiatry and Psychiatric Subspecialties at the 2nd Psychiatric Clinic of the Medical School and was trained in Group Analysis at the "S.H. Foulkes" Institute of Group Analysis. He has worked as a Human Resources Manager in non-profit organizations (NPOs) and businesses, as well as a Dormitory Coordinator (Panhellenic Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Vocational Reintegration), where he worked with individuals with severe intellectual disabilities and serious mental disorders. In his practice, he handles cases across the entire spectrum of mental health, with a specialization in individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy.

Arapi Xristina is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. She graduated with distinction from the Department of Applied Psychology at the University of Derby and completed her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London.

Subsequently, she trained in Systemic Therapy at the Hellenic Institute of Human Relations, and in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapy at DIKEPSY and the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society, completing an internship at the 251 Air Force General Hospital.

Concurrently, she completed her training in Art Therapy at the Hellenic Center for Art and Psychotherapy.

Finally, she has pursued specialized training in three particularly human fields that often remain on the periphery of psychological care: Criminology, Special Education, and Giftedness, through the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), applying the latter by coordinating, as a member of Greek Mensa, the corresponding special interest group.

With over ten years of experience in psychotherapeutic practice, she has worked both privately and within institutions (psychiatric clinics, mental health facilities, and therapeutic groups).

Alongside individual sessions, she coordinates personal development groups and psychodynamic therapy groups (group therapy).

She continues to actively participate in scientific conferences and seminars, aiming for ongoing education, maintaining the belief that the boundaries of scientific knowledge, like those of human beings, are nearly inexhaustible.

Particular emphasis is placed on confidentiality, safety, and freedom of expression within the therapeutic framework, because above all, psychotherapy is a relationship governed by authenticity. Therefore, the value of this relationship always remains at the core, as the foundation of any meaningful change.

Pantos Dimitris is a Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Nea Erythraia. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of East London and a postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire. Additionally, he has been trained in Systemic Family Psychotherapy at the Systemic Center for Psychotherapy and Counseling SKEPSYS. In the past, he has worked as a Psychologist at the Genesis Athens Center and at the Multispace for People with Disabilities "Asterion Draseis," while continuing to offer his services online and at Pneuma. In his private practice, as well as online, he provides a wide range of services, respecting the unique needs of each patient.