Psychiatrists

Dr. Plytas Nikolaos is a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist maintaining a private practice in Neo Irakleio. He graduated in Medicine from the Medical School in Rome, Italy, and has received training in Systemic (family) Therapy at the Family Therapy Department of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica. Through his extensive experience, Dr. Plytas effectively diagnoses and treats psychoses, bipolar mood disorders, and manic depression. Furthermore, in his private practice, he currently manages depression, anxiety, dementia, panic disorder, and various addictions using scientific and medical methods. In addition to the above, Dr. Plytas does not only handle individual cases; with his knowledge and experience in the field of Psychiatry, he is also capable of providing services such as couple therapy, assisting partners in addressing the various challenges they face.

Konstantinos Xatzirafailidis is a Psychiatrist and maintains his private practice in Thessaloniki. He manages a wide range of cases, always focusing on providing the best possible care tailored to the individualized needs of each person he treats.

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.

Serif Damadoglou Ekrem is a Specialist Psychiatrist – Psychotherapist with private practices in Komotini and Xanthi. He graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master's degree from the Hellenic Open University. He completed his rural service at the General Hospital – Health Center of Kos "Hippocrates." He received his psychiatric training at the Psychiatric Clinic of the General Hospital of Katerini and the University Psychiatric Clinic of the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis. During his specialization in Psychiatry, he trained in Neurology at the 2nd Neurological Clinic of the University General Hospital of Thessaloniki “AHEPA.” Alongside providing services at his private practice, Serif Damadoglou works at the University Psychiatric Clinic of the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis and is a Psychiatrist at the Counseling & Accessibility Structure of the Democritus University of Thrace. He has experience in the diagnosis and treatment of the entire spectrum of mental disorders. Mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder) and psychotic disorders are the focus of his interest. The physician has adopted the biopsychosocial model of modern psychiatry and applies psychotherapeutic methods, while in cases requiring pharmacological treatment, he follows the most recent clinical guidelines. Finally, he issues certificates and attestations for all legal uses.

Petrou Vaia is a Psychiatrist and psychotherapist, maintaining a private practice in Kalamaria and providing both in-person and online appointments. She completed her medical studies at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is a member of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association. She completed her residency at the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki and works as a private Psychiatrist. Since 2024, she has been employed as a psychiatrist at the Synthesi company, at the Estia Day Center. During her studies, she gained clinical experience in various medical fields at university clinics in Warsaw, Malta, Kaunas, and Budapest. She has attended Clinical Seminars on psychological trauma at the Institute of Psychology and Health, an introductory seminar on Group Dynamics and Group Psychotherapy, as well as numerous other seminars. She has received training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at Aeginiteio Hospital, in Cinematotherapy, Family and Couple Therapy, as well as in Forensic Psychiatry from NKUA. Additionally, she has participated in seminars in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy offered by the Hellenic Society of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, as well as by the Psychiatric Clinic of Ioannina in collaboration with the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society. As part of her specialty training, she has been educated in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy, Supportive Psychotherapy, Brief Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (BIDP), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Athanasiadis Konstantinos is a Specialist Adult Psychiatrist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Athens. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras. He trained in the specialty of Psychiatry at the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens, at Aeginiteio Hospital, and obtained his specialty certification in 2024. During his training, he was responsible for the medical supervision of hospitalized patients across the full spectrum of potential psychopathology and actively participated in designing therapeutic plans. He also participated in the general outpatient clinics of Aeginiteio Hospital. He attended the specialized clinic for affective disorders, the specialized clinic for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and actively participated in the specialized personality study clinic, where he was a member of the therapeutic team following a psychodynamic approach for treated patients, also managing their pharmacological treatment. Additionally, he actively participated in the on-call program at Aeginiteio Hospital, where his role involved handling emergency cases. He participates in the Cognitive Psychotherapy Program of the Research University Institute of Mental Health, where he provides psychotherapeutic follow-up for cases using the cognitive-behavioral method. He is a scientific collaborator of the Personality Disorders department of the 1st University Psychiatric Clinic and works at the Model Community Center for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. He has maintained a private practice since 2025.

Varsami Soultana is a Psychiatrist and maintains a Private Practice in Pylaia, Thessaloniki. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a postgraduate degree in Social Psychiatry from Democritus University of Thrace. She completed her rural medical service at the Patrikio Regional Clinic and the Nigrita Health Center in Serres. She worked as a psychiatric resident at the psychiatric clinic of the General Hospital of Katerini and at the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis. Additionally, she has worked as an on-call physician at the private psychiatric clinic San Vitale - Elpis and at the Rehabilitation Center Anagenisi. In her practice, she manages cases covering a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders, with a specialization in anxiety, depression, and panic disorder.

Antonopoulou Despoina is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Neos Kosmos. She is also a scientific collaborator at the Special Women's Mental Health Clinic at Aeginiteio Hospital. She graduated from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She specialized in adult psychiatry at Aeginiteio Hospital and the Hellenic Center for Mental Health and Research.

The extensive and broad clinical psychiatric experience has provided him with the opportunity to manage anxiety, emotional, psychotic disorders, alcoholism, and other conditions at his successfully maintained clinic for 35 years in Athens. Besides the diagnostic and therapeutic management of psychotic and emotional disorders (such as unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, etc.), he has focused on alcoholism, particularly in conducting aversion tests to alcohol. Additionally, he has been involved in the training of clinical psychologists and social workers.

Dimitris Vasiadis is a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist with extensive experience in providing psychiatric care and psychotherapy across both public institutions and private practice. His professional journey began in 2003 as an independent psychotherapist, and over the years, he has held key clinical roles in well-established hospitals and mental health units.

He graduated from the Medical School of Athens in 2002 and completed his rural medical service at the Health Center of Pyli in Trikala (2016–2017). He then began his psychiatric specialization at the Psychiatric Clinic of the 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital and continued his training at Evangelismos General Hospital in Athens, where he worked as a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist from 2018 to 2023.

Since 2023, he has been collaborating with "VIMA KOINO", offering comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and psychotherapeutic treatment. His academic training includes clinical psychopharmacology (Hellenic Psychiatric Association), psychoanalytic approaches to trauma (Hellenic Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy), and specialized training in the management of Borderline Personality Disorder at the Gunderson Institute, McLean Hospital – Harvard Medical School (2024–2025).

He has completed a four-year training program in Cognitive and Analytic Psychotherapy through the **Panhellenic Union of Cognitive and Analytic Psychotherapy, where he has been an active member since 2022. His scientific activity includes participation in national and international conferences, such as the 8th Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance (2023), where he presented "The art of psychopharmacology: tailoring the antipsychotic treatment."

Dimitris Vasiadis combines scientific rigor with long-standing clinical experience, offering patient-centered and personalized care in both psychiatry and psychotherapy.

Asomatou Arezina MD, MSc is a Psychiatrist who maintains a private practice in Mavili Square. She graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2006 with a grade of Very Good. She also holds a postgraduate diploma from the University of Athens with a thesis on "Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Psychiatric Disorders," awarded with distinction. She completed her Psychiatry residency at the Athens Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria" in 2016 and subsequently worked as an assistant Psychiatrist at the Kallithea Health Center. From 2018 to 2025, she worked at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Argolis General Hospital - Argos Nursing Unit, where she held the position of Consultant Psychiatrist B'. She has gained valuable experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of mental disorders, both at the primary healthcare level and in inpatient hospital care. She has attended seminars on psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic approaches. Finally, Dr. Arezina has participated in numerous psychiatric conferences and has published papers in Greek and international conferences and journals.

Η Λυμπεροπούλου Φωτεινή είναι Ψυχίατρος ενηλίκων και Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια ψυχοδυναμικής κατεύθυνσης, με πολυετή εμπειρία στην ατομική κι ομαδική θεραπεία, καθώς και στη θεραπεία ζεύγους και οικογένειας. Είναι απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών και ειδικεύτηκε στην Ψυχιατρική και Ψυχοθεραπεία ενηλίκων στο Πανεπιστημιακό Νοσοκομείο της Γενεύης (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève), στην Ελβετία. Ολοκλήρωσε το μετεκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα στην ψυχοδυναμική ψυχοθεραπεία του Πανεπιστημίου της Γενεύης, ενώ παράλληλα έχει εξειδικευτεί στην αναλυτική ομαδική ψυχοθεραπεία και το ψυχόδραμα μέσω του φορέα Association Romande pour la Psychothérapie Analytique de Groupe (ARPAG). Έχει παρακολουθήσει σεμινάρια σχετικά με τη mentalisation-based therapy (Université de Genève, University College London, Anna Freud National Centre, RF-TBM), η οποία αφορά τη θεραπεία ασθενών με οριακή διαταραχή προσωπικότητας. Εργάστηκε ως Επιμελήτρια επί σειρά ετών στο Τμήμα Διασυνδετικής Ψυχιατρικής του Πανεπιστημιακού Νοσοκομείου της Γενεύης, με ειδίκευση στην περιγεννητική ψυχική υγεία της γυναίκας, καθώς και στα Εξωτερικά Ιατρεία του Κέντρου Διατροφικών Διαταραχών (Espaces de soins pour les troubles du comportement alimentaire - ESCAL) του Πανεπιστημιακού Νοσοκομείου της Γενεύης. Από το 2017 έως το 2022 διετέλεσε Υποδιευθύντρια του Τμήματος Γενικής Ψυχιατρικής και Ψυχοθεραπείας κι Επιστημονική Υπεύθυνη του Κέντρου Βραχείας Θεραπείας του ψυχιατρικού ιδρύματος Fondation de Nant - Secteur Psychiatrique de l'Est Vaudois, όπου συντόνιζε ένα πρόγραμμα βραχείας θεραπευτικής παρέμβασης στην κρίση, ένα πρόγραμμα βραχειών ψυχοδυναμικών θεραπειών κι ένα πρόγραμμα θεραπευτικής παρέμβασης για νέους 18-25 ετών. Παράλληλα, από το 2019 διατηρούσε και ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στη Γενεύη. Από τον Απρίλιο του 2025, λειτουργεί το ιδιωτικό της ιατρείο στους Αμπελόκηπους, στην Αθήνα.

Προσφέρει εξατομικευμένη υποστήριξη σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα θεμάτων ψυχικής υγείας, εστιάζοντας στους εξής τομείς:

• ψυχική υγεία γυναικών (ειδικά θέματα ψυχικής υγείας σε σχέση με τη γονιμότητα, την κύηση και τη λοχεία)
• διαχείριση της κρίσης/στρεσογόνων γεγονότων στη ζωή
• διαταραχές πρόσληψης τροφής (ψυχογενής ανορεξία, βουλιμία, υπερφαγία)
• αγχώδεις διαταραχές
• διαταραχές διάθεσης (κατάθλιψη, διπολική διαταραχή)

Dr. Mpeis Ioannis is a Psychiatrist – Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Ilisia, Athens. He holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He completed the majority of his specialty training in Germany, at the Vitos Philippshospital Riedstadt psychiatric clinic and the MEDIAN Klinik NRZ Wiesbaden neurological clinic. Concurrently, he trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at IKVT Hessen (Institut für Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie) in Wiesbaden, where he attended the theoretical training program.

In Greece, he continued and completed his training at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital Dromokaiteio, undertaking additional specialty rotations at P.G.N. Attikon and G.N. Evangelismos. He also completed the theoretical part of his training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Society of Cognitive Behavioral Studies, while simultaneously applying psychotherapeutic interventions within his clinical practice framework and participating in supervision.

In his private practice, he primarily works psychotherapeutically, with an emphasis on approaches within the broader family of cognitive-behavioral therapies, while also providing pharmacological treatment when indicated, within the context of comprehensive psychiatric monitoring.

Papyrakis Ioannis is a Psychiatrist who maintains a private practice at Mavili Square. He completed his specialization in Psychiatry at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital Dafni, while simultaneously specializing in other medical fields, specifically Neurology and Pathology. He possesses significant professional experience, having worked in the adult department, at the Child and Adult Mental Health Institute, at the Mental Health Center of Agioi Anargyroi, in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit, in the Addiction Sector of 18Ano, and in the Psychological Detoxification Unit for Substance Abusers at Dafni. Currently, his practice offers treatment for a full spectrum of psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety disorders, panic attacks, sleep disorders, mood disorders, depression, personality disorders, and psychiatric manifestations of somatic illnesses, with the possibility of treatment in English. Finally, as part of his continuous education, he has completed seminars and study cycles concerning community psychiatry, substance addictions, internet use and misuse, eating disorders, psychopharmacology, and forensic psychiatry.

Klonizakis Markos is a psychiatrist-psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Kypseli. He is a graduate of the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and completed his psychiatry specialty at the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, the Mental Health Center of Nea Filadelfeia - Agioi Anargyroi, the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas," and the 18 ANO Addiction Program. Additionally, he received training in Systemic-Family Psychotherapy from the Family Therapy Unit of the Psychiatric Hospital of Athens and the Athens Center for Human Studies. Alongside his private practice, he serves as the Scientific Director at the Day Care Center for People with Disabilities in Salamina. He manages cases of anxiety disorders, panic disorder, depression, character difficulties, interpersonal and couple relationships, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. His therapeutic approach includes psychopharmacological treatment, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. Finally, Dr. Klonizakis is a member of the Athens Medical Association, the Hellenic Psychiatric Society, and the Hellenic Society of Systemic Thinking and Family Psychotherapy.

Delliou Euanthia is a Psychiatrist - Psychotherapist and has maintained a private practice in Thessaloniki since 2013. She holds a degree from the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has specialized in Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapy, and has additionally trained in Cognitive Behavioral, Systemic, and Supportive Psychotherapy. In her private practice, following an initial diagnostic evaluation and depending on the request and needs of each patient, she provides counseling services, psychotherapy, and/or pharmacological treatment. She addresses the full spectrum of adult psychiatric disorders, with particular expertise in the treatment of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, psychosomatic symptoms, as well as in managing interpersonal relationship issues. She does not treat substance or gambling addictions. She is a member of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki and the Hellenic Society of Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapy.