Neurofeedback, Akadimia
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Psychologist with experience in Neurofeedback in Akadimia

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Maria Krokou is a Psychologist – Psychotherapist, currently running a private practice at Kotzia Square, in the center of Athens. She graduated with distinction (grade: 8/10) from the Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, having been awarded a merit-based scholarship following an entrance examination. During her studies, she completed part of her academic training through an Erasmus scholarship at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where she focused on cognitive and behavioral techniques. In parallel, she participated for one year in the psychoeducational program of the Madrid City Council, Educamoscontigo, offering weekly online psychological support sessions to a secondary school student. She later completed a practical training program, also through an Erasmus scholarship, at the Las Torrecillas Therapeutic Educational Center of the NGO DIANOVA España, where she conducted psychoeducational classroom interventions as well as individual and group psychotherapy with adolescents facing recent addiction-related and emotional difficulties. Maria has also worked at the private psychotherapy center Moebius, where she participated in individual, family, group, and couples’ sessions, with a particular focus on psychosomatic conditions. Her supervisor there was Alicia Golijov, founder of the Iberian Neuropsychoanalysis Association. Currently, she works as a self-employed psychologist – psychotherapist, offering individual therapy for adolescents and adults. Her clinical focus includes supporting individuals in their parenting role, exploring ambivalence in relationships, promoting self-awareness, interrupting dysfunctional repetitive patterns, reducing distressing symptoms, building self-confidence, and enhancing relational capacity, among others. In the past, she has also worked at the “Anagennisi” Creative Employment Center for Individuals with Autism, supporting individuals with co-occurring symptoms such as ADHD, selective mutism, social withdrawal, and relational difficulties. Additionally, she worked as a shadow teacher for a first-year high school student facing emotional, social, and learning challenges. Maria completed her internship through an ESPA program at the Family Therapy Unit of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, where she participated in observation groups of family therapy sessions as well as systemic psychotherapy groups. She has also completed, among other programs, the one-year Postgraduate Clinical Training Program for Psychologists at the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens (Aiginiteio Hospital), where she coordinated group sessions with individuals on the psychotic spectrum at the hospital’s Day Unit. She is currently completing her training at the Hellenic Association for Analytic Group and Family Psychotherapy.

Therapy sessions are also available in Spanish.

Κλεισθένους 17 (Πλατεία Κοτζιά), Akadimia, ΑΤΤΙΚΗ

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Mental Health Counselor for Neurofeedback near Akadimia

Integrated Psychotherapy
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Η Αρβανίτη Βασιλική είναι Σύμβουλος Ψυχικής Υγείας - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια και διατηρεί ιδιωτικά ιατρεία στην Αθήνα και στον Άγιο Δημήτριο. Κατέχει μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο στην Εφαρμοσμένη Θετική Ψυχολογία (MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London, το πρώτο τέτοιο πρόγραμμα στην Ευρώπη), καθώς και στη Συνθετική Συμβουλευτική & Ψυχοθεραπεία (PGDip in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy). Επιπλέον, είναι μέλος της British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Η εκπαίδευση και η προσέγγισή της στη Συμβουλευτική είναι η Συνθετική. Αυτό στην πράξη σημαίνει ότι η θεραπευτική προσέγγιση και οι όποιες συνεπακόλουθες τεχνικές και δραστηριότητες προσαρμόζονται κάθε φορά στις συγκεκριμένες ανάγκες του εκάστοτε συμβουλευόμενου. Οι προσεγγίσεις που κατά βάση χρησιμοποιεί είναι η υπαρξιακή, η προσωποκεντρική και η Γνωσιακή-Συμπεριφορική. Παράλληλα, όπου χρήσιμο, αξιοποιείται η κατεύθυνση της Εφαρμοσμένης Θετικής Ψυχολογίας και οι δραστηριότητές της, ώστε πέρα από την εστίαση στην αντιμετώπιση των δυσκολιών, να δουλεύουμε πάντα με γνώμονα την αναγνώριση, την κατανόηση και την κατάλληλη ανάπτυξη και αξιοποίηση των δυνατοτήτων μας, με σκοπό την εδραίωση της ψυχολογικής μας ανθεκτικότητας σε γερά θεμέλια και τελικά την ψυχολογική μας άνθηση. Ψυχοεκπαιδευτικά, έχει εργαστεί για την εφαρμογή θεμάτων της Θετικής Ψυχολογίας ως Σύμβουλος και Συντονίστρια για μια σειρά οργανισμών, σε Αγγλία και Ελλάδα, μεταξύ των οποίων: τo Βρετανικό Μουσείο (consultancy και εργαστήρια), The Iris Project (συνεργαζόμενο φορέα του Πανεπιστημίου της Οξφόρδης), The Light Box (για την προαγωγή της Θετικής Ψυχολογίας στις κοινότητες μέσω της τέχνης), σε δημόσια και ιδιωτικά σχολεία, σε κέντρα νέων, ιδιωτικές επιχειρήσεις και φυσικά στον τομέα της ψυχικής υγείας. Άξιο αναφοράς είναι ότι έχει διδάξει στα Μεταπτυχιακά Προγράμματα της Εφαρμοσμένης Θετικής Ψυχολογίας & Coaching Ψυχολογίας καθώς και της Συνθετικής Συμβουλευτικής & Ψυχοθεραπείας στο Μητροπολιτικό Κολέγιο της Αθήνας (Metropolitan College). Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Σχολικής Ψυχολογίας (HASP). Τέλος, εξειδικεύεται στην Κατάθλιψη, τις Διαπροσωπικές Σχέσεις και τις Διαταραχές άγχους και διάθεσης.

Aiolou 73, Athens, ΑΤΤΙΚΗ

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