Mental Health and Counseling results in Attica

Plakida Katerina BSc, MSc is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Vyronas. She is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a master's degree titled: "Addiction Treatment - Addictology" from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, she is specialized in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy, having trained at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling. She possesses significant clinical experience in both public and private institutions.

Zigka Katerina is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains her private practice in Cholargos. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Hull, UK, and a Master's degree in Occupational and Organizational Psychology from the same university. She has completed a 5-year training in Somatic Psychotherapy using the Biosynthesis method. After 10 years of working in the business sector focusing on human resource development, she decided to concurrently practice privately, oriented towards psychological support and personal development. She works by helping individuals achieve a harmonious experience with their will and capabilities, while simultaneously evolving optimally by charting an increasingly conscious path within any system to which they belong. At the same time, she continues her collaboration with employers, contributing to the optimal mental health of their employees by providing assistance during moments of personal or professional crisis. Lastly, it would be remiss not to mention her particular interest in cases of psychosomatic symptoms as well as interpersonal relationships.

The office manager is Diamantis Akis Kai Synergates, Psychologist – Psychoanalyst, PhD, graduate of the Department of Psychology at Panteion University, member of the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association. He has completed postgraduate studies in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at Paris 7 – Denis Diderot University, in the Doctoral School of Research in Psychoanalysis.

From 2008 to 2018, he worked at the University Child Psychiatry Clinic of the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," where he served as head of the Center for Adolescent Training and Psychosocial Support. He has extensive clinical experience in adult psychoanalysis and psychotherapy for children and adolescents.

The psychological office in Cholargos operates as a modern clinical setting for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, oriented towards scientific validity, the therapeutic relationship, and respect for the uniqueness of each patient. Therapeutic work is conducted within a stable and organized clinical framework, supported by collaborators with diverse psychotherapeutic specializations, sharing a common foundation in clinical reasoning and mental health ethics.

The office functions as a dynamic space for clinical practice, dialogue, and collaboration, offering comprehensive psychotherapeutic care for adults, children, and adolescents.

Pleuri Maria Msc Kai Synergates is a Psychologist - MSc Clinical Neuropsychologist with a professional license and clinical experience since 2014. She has maintained a private practice for several years in Heraklion, Crete, as well as in Athens. Her postgraduate specialization took place at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in collaboration with the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University. The Psychologist holds a certified 4th specialization in the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Model, which she acquired at the Society of Cognitive Behavioral Studies, along with two additional years of training for treating children and adolescents. Furthermore, she has attended the annual training "Basic Principles for Counseling and Psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ individuals" from Orlando LGBT+ and has collaborated with the Hellenic Mediterranean University for the educational training program on sexual health. She has completed her training in the Schema Therapy model from the Hellenic Society of Schema Therapy and is currently undergoing certification.

The specialist collaborates with Nektarios Meimets, Psychologist MSc and Trainee Psychotherapist, as well as with Georgia Koltsida, Psychologist with a professional license, who is mainly engaged professionally in the administration and interpretation of psychometric tests, as well as in psychotherapeutic intervention with children, adolescents, and adults.

Panagidi Adamantia is a PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Essex with a specialization in Clinical and Community Psychology from the University of East London at the Master's level and maintains a private practice in Chalandri. She specializes in Systemic - Family Psychotherapy at the Institute of Education and Research - Logou Psychis, based on the SANE model (System Attachment Narrative Encephalon). This model is an enriched systemic psychotherapy approach that incorporates elements from attachment theory, the narrative approach, and neuroscience findings into therapeutic practice. In her private practice, she sees adult clients and provides couple and family therapy services as well as individual sessions for the management of anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, depression, grief, interpersonal relationship issues, and emotional and psychosexual dysfunctions. She collaborates with the OKPA Vrilissia structure and provides counseling therapy to the adult population. Concurrently, she is a Psychology Lecturer at Metropolitan College, teaching academic writing, critical skills, social psychology, and individual differences courses. She also supervises undergraduate Psychology students' theses. Lastly, she is an advocate for continuous professional and personal development and regularly attends seminars and conferences related to the fields of Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Dr. Vlaxakis Georgios, MD, is a specialist child-adolescent-family psychiatrist, as well as a psychotherapist for all ages. He is a graduate of Democritus University and has specialized at the University Clinic of Zurich in Switzerland, one of the most prestigious clinics and cities worldwide in the field of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Eugen Bleuler, among others). After 13 years of career experience abroad (Switzerland and Berlin), he has maintained his professional base in Athens since 2024, where he offers specialized psychosomatic health services to children, adolescents, and adults. Simultaneously, he maintains a consistent external collaboration with a medical service in Berlin as a psychiatric expert with a focus on social medicine. Through the doctoranytime platform, online appointments are available for child psychiatric evaluations, issuance of certificates, child psychiatric reports, EOPYY, KEDASY, KEPA assessments of all kinds, counseling, and more.

Holistic (psycho-)medical psychotherapy and psychiatric counseling are also provided to adults within the frameworks of CBT and SFBT approaches. If you require strictly in-person appointments outside the platform, please contact directly through the contact form on the doctor’s personal website.

Pittaras Aggelos is a Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Galatsi. He completed his studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the Department of Psychology, from which he obtained his degree, and subsequently trained at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). He has gained extensive experience, having also worked as a Psychologist for the Municipality of Petroupoli. He addresses a wide range of issues with respect for each client, including fear management, anxiety management, relationship counseling, personal development and self-improvement, and management of depression, anger, and grief.

Kosmaoglou Athanasia (Nasia) is a Psychologist - Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and conducts online sessions. She graduated in Psychology from Panteion University and is a final-year Psychodynamic Psychotherapist at the European Institute of Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers individual psychodynamic psychotherapy sessions to adults online, aiming to provide support in issues related to emotional difficulties, relationships, anxiety, self-awareness, and personal development.

Digalaki Tania holds a professional license and operates her private practice in Kallithea. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Crete and specializes in Synthetic Systemic-Family Psychotherapy from the Laboratory of Human Relations Research. She continually participates in educational programs and seminars aimed at her personal and professional development. She completed her internship at the Rethymno Mental Health Center and subsequently volunteered at the Short-Term Hospitalization Clinic of Dromokaiteio. Additionally, she has collaborated with specialized therapy centers, providing psychological support services to children, adolescents, and parents across a broad range of needs. Since 2021, she has been working with an online psychotherapy session service. Her areas of expertise include anxiety management (generalized anxiety, panic attacks, etc.), anger management, crisis intervention, relationship issues, loss and grief, and couple counseling and therapy.

Gkirlemi Aria is a Clinical Psychologist and PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a private practice in Glyfada. She graduated from the Department of Psychology and holds a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, she received further training in the Medical School Program on "Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents" and "Assessment and Treatment of Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)" from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also attended a postgraduate seminar in Clinical Psychopathology at the "Panagiotis Oulis" First Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Athens - Aeginiteio Hospital, in collaboration with the Research University Institute of Mental Health. She served as an external collaborator at the Inpatient Unit - Child Psychiatry Department at the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia" and subsequently worked as a psychologist at the Center for Special Therapies "Speech and Communication." From 2020 to 2022, she worked as a psychologist at the Center for Special Therapies "Efthymia Logou." Since 2022, she has been working in the Mobile Mental Health Units of the Northeastern and Western Cyclades of the Regional Development and Mental Health Company. In 2023, she began collaborating with the Galinos Mental Health Institute. Finally, she has published articles in reputable journals.

Dritsoulas Konstantinos is a Psychologist (MSc) specializing in Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and maintains a private practice in the Neos Kosmos area. He is a graduate of Canterbury Christ Church University with postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology (MSc) at the University of Essex. He trained and holds a postgraduate Diploma of Specialization in Clinical Skills based on Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ISOPS). Since 2022, he has been a trainee in group analytic psychotherapy at the Hellenic Network of Group Analysts (E.D.O.A.). In 2025, he began specialized training in Sexual Health and Diversity and in the Clinical Skills of a Psychosexologist at the Institute of Psychosexual Education (IN.PS.E.).

As part of his lifelong learning and professional development, he attends training seminars, certified programs, workshops, and conferences, and has presented his clinical work at scientific panels in Greece and abroad. Currently, he is a scientific collaborator and responsible for practical training at Psychoplefsi, where he also conducts individual case consultations. He is engaged in individual therapy and supervision at the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ISOPS) and in group therapy and supervision at the Hellenic Network of Group Analysts. Finally, he is a member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA).

Danai Kousta is a Psychologist - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist for adults, adolescents, and young adults, maintaining a private practice in Zografou while also working as a school psychologist. She holds a degree in Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master's degree from the Medical School of Athens in "Promotion of Mental Health – Prevention of Psychiatric Disorders." She has received training in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice in the "Epekeina – Psychoanalytic Practice" program, where she is also a collaborating member. She has conducted scientific work at Aeginiteio Hospital as an external collaborator of the Personality Disorders Unit and the Psychological Laboratory. Finally, she has worked in secondary education as well as in KEDASY (Centers for Differentiated Diagnosis, Diagnosis, and Support).

Aleksopoulos Dimitris BSc, MSc is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Kifisia. He holds a degree from the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete. He possesses a Master's degree in "Psychology of Physical Education and Sports" from the University of Thessaly, while simultaneously receiving training in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through the four-year program of the Society of Cognitive-Behavioral Studies (IEΘS). He has pursued further education in the School Psychology Program at the University of the Aegean and has specialized within the framework of Organizational Psychology in the postgraduate program "Human Resources Management and Organizational Analysis" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has extensive collaboration with counseling structures and frameworks, where he provides individual psychotherapy and counseling services. Additionally, he cooperates with muscle-strengthening facilities, organizing seminars, events, and conferences focusing on the connection between mental health and sports. Concurrently, he collaborates with schools, delivering lectures addressed to educators, parents, and students on contemporary issues of the school community. In the past, he has worked with a social reintegration structure, providing psychotherapeutic support to formerly incarcerated individuals in their efforts toward social reintegration. His primary concern is empathy towards the client, active listening, understanding their needs, and the gradual establishment of a healthy therapeutic relationship founded on trust. Therefore, through guidance in techniques for managing emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, the aim is to promote the mental health and well-being of the client.

Inner Balance Analyti Aleksandra Kai Synergates is a facility offering counseling therapy for individuals, couples, and families. The scientific director of the office is the Mental Health Counselor - Family Counselor Inner Balance Analyti Aleksandra. She is a certified Mental Health Counselor and has completed studies in Counseling and Couples and Family Therapy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Kastrinaki Antonia is a Psychologist with a private practice in Agioi Anargyroi. Additionally, she works as a Psychology Lecturer at the Scientific College of Greece in collaboration with the University of Strasbourg. She holds a degree from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and a Master of Science (MSc) in Counseling Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She specialized in Special Education at the Center for Psychophysiology and Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Furthermore, she has completed two one-year Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis through the Hellenic Psychoanalytic Society and the one-year postgraduate seminar "Psychosis in Adolescence" organized by the Adolescent Psychiatry Department of the General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas." Regarding her professional experience, she has served for five years in the Adult Department of the Peristeri Mental Health Center. Also, as part of her internship for postgraduate studies, she collaborated with the National Center for Social Solidarity, where she worked both on the telephone counseling and psychological support line "197" and at the shelter for abused women. Additionally, she has worked at the Equality Office of the Municipality of Athens, providing counseling services. Finally, her experience includes collaborations with psychosocial rehabilitation units.

Aggeletaki Arxontoula is a Psychologist with a private practice in Piraeus. She graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology (majoring in Psychology) at the University of Ioannina and studied Psychology at Coventry University. She has experience and works with issues such as anxiety and mood disorders, personal development and relationship problems, grief, self-esteem and self-image improvement, phobias, and more.

Η Ματζαρίδου Ελένη, Ιατρός MSc και Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια, με εκπαίδευση στην Ψυχιατρική και Ψυχοθεραπεία ,παρέχει ολοκληρωμένη Συνθετική ψυχοθεραπευτική υποστήριξη σε ενήλικες και νέους, με στόχο τη βαθύτερη κατανόηση του εαυτού και τη βελτίωση της καθημερινής ζωής. Στο πλαίσιο της θεραπευτικής διαδικασίας αντιμετωπίζονται ζητήματα όπως το άγχος και το στρες, ιδιαίτερα στη μετεφηβεία, η κατάθλιψη, οι κρίσεις πανικού, η αγοραφοβία και ο κατ’ οίκον εγκλεισμός, το πένθος και η απώλεια, η επαγγελματική εξουθένωση (burnout), η εργασιακή πίεση στον χώρο εργασίας, καθώς και δυσκολίες που σχετίζονται με την εικόνα σώματος και την αυτοεικόνα.Παράλληλα διαθέτει εξειδίκευση στην ψυχοθεραπευτική υποστήριξη ατόμων σε ρυθμισμένη φαρμακευτική αγωγή για σχιζοφρένεια, πρώτο ψυχωσικό επεισόδιο, ψυχωσικές διαταραχές και διπολική διαταραχή. Η θεραπευτική της προσέγγιση βασίζεται στη συνθετική ψυχοθεραπεία σε συνδυασμό με ιατρική αξιολόγηση, δημιουργώντας έναν ασφαλή και υποστηρικτικό χώρο όπου κάθε άνθρωπος μπορεί να εκφράσει ακόμη και τις πιο δύσκολες ή αδιευκρίνιστες εμπειρίες του. Στόχος της θεραπείας είναι η ουσιαστική αλλαγή, η κατανόηση του εαυτού, η επανάκτηση του ελέγχου και η πορεία προς μια ζωή με μεγαλύτερη ισορροπία και νόημα.

Η Ελένη Ματζαρίδου αποφοίτησε από το Θρακικό Πανεπιστήμιο Στάρα Ζαγόρα με πτυχίο Ιατρικής και μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο, τα οποία αναγνωρίστηκαν από τον ΔΟΑΤΑΠ. Έχει εκπαιδευτεί στην παθολογία στο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Σπάρτης και υπηρέτησε σε περιφερειακά ιατρεία στη Λακωνία και την Κρήτη, αποκτώντας σημαντική εμπειρία. Παράλληλα, εκπαιδεύτηκε στη συνθετική ψυχοθεραπεία, την ψυχοπαθολογία, την ψυχοφαρμακολογία και την ψυχιατρική μέσω εκτεταμένων σεμιναρίων σε πανεπιστημιακές κλινικές της Γερμανίας. Η εμπειρία και η εκπαίδευσή της στη Γερμανία έχουν αναγνωριστεί επισήμως από το Υπουργείο Υγείας της Ελλάδας.

Στη Γερμανία εργάστηκε στην πανεπιστημιακή κλινική Hans-Prinzhorn-Klinik ένα σημαντικό κέντρο εκπαίδευσης στην ψυχιατρική και την ψυχοθεραπεία. Εκεί εργάστηκε αρχικά ως ειδικευόμενη ιατρός και απέκτησε άδεια άσκησης ιατρικού επαγγέλματος στη Γερμανία (Approbation). Στη συνέχεια εργάστηκε πλήρους απασχόλησης σε ψυχιατρική και ψυχοθεραπεία, συμμετέχοντας σε εφημερίες και στη διαχείριση οξέων περιστατικών σε κλινική δυναμικότητας 600 κλινών. Κατά την εκπαίδευσή της εξειδικεύτηκε στην σωματική και ψυχολογική απεξάρτηση εξειδικεύτηκε στην ψυχολογία της εξάρτησης και στην ειδική ψυχιατρική, εργάστηκε σε κλειστές και ανοικτές μονάδες αποτοξίνωσης για αλκοόλ, ναρκωτικές ουσίες και τζόγο, συμμετείχε στη θεραπεία συναισθηματικών διαταραχών και ψυχώσεων, απέκτησε εμπειρία στην ιατροδικαστική ψυχιατρική και εκπαιδεύτηκε στη διαχείριση περιστατικών διπλής διάγνωσης. Παράλληλα ανέπτυξε δεξιότητες στη διάγνωση, τη διαφορική διάγνωση και τη θεραπεία ψυχικών διαταραχών, καθώς και στη διαχείριση επειγόντων περιστατικών, αποκτώντας σημαντική εμπειρία.

Αργότερα εργάστηκε στο Essen στην Κλινική Ψυχιατρικής και Ψυχοθεραπείας του νοσοκομείου Philippusstift, όπου συμμετείχε σε κλειστή γέροντοψυχιατρική πτέρυγα και σε μονάδα παρέμβασης κρίσεων, διαχειριζόμενη περιστατικά γενικής ψυχιατρικής και εξαρτήσεων μέσω ατομικής και ομαδικής ψυχοθεραπείας. Ανέλαβε πλήρως την ψυχοθεραπευτική πορεία ασθενών υπό εποπτεία, συνέτασσε ιατρικές εκθέσεις και συμμετείχε ως εμπειρογνώμονας σε δικαστικές διαδικασίες για υποθέσεις ακούσιας νοσηλείας συναναστρεφόμενη μέ εισαγγελεις .Στη συνέχεια ειδικεύτηκε στο Νοσοκομείο Niederberg, πανεπιστημιακό εκπαιδευτικό νοσοκομείο του Duisburg-Essen, όπου αντιμετώπισε ευρύ φάσμα ψυχιατρικών διαταραχών, εφάρμοσε σύγχρονες διαγνωστικές μεθόδους και εκπαιδεύτηκε σε πολλαπλά θεραπευτικά μοντέλα, όπως ψυχαναλυτικά, γνωσιακά-συμπεριφορικά, συστημικά και υποστηρικτικά. Εκεί πραγματοποίησε αυτόνομα κλινικές αξιολογήσεις και θεραπείες, συμμετείχε σε σεμινάρια και ανέπτυξε περαιτέρω την κλινική της εμπειρία στην επείγουσα ψυχιατρική και στη συμβουλευτική διασυνδετική ψυχιατρική. Συνολικά παρακολούθησε πάνω από 45 δίωρα σεμινάρια αναγνωρισμένα από τον ιατρικού σύλλογο του Duesseldorf . Το 2016 εκπαιδεύτηκε στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο Ψυχικής Υγείας και Ερευνών. Στη συνέχεια εργάστηκε στη Νευρολογική και στην Α’ Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Αιγινήτειου Νοσοκομείου και συνεργάστηκε με ιδιωτικές ψυχιατρικές δομές, (ΓΑΛΗΝΗ& ΓΑΛΗΝΕΙΟ ΜΕΛΑΘΡΟ)αποκτώντας εμπειρία στη γενική ψυχιατρική, στις εξαρτήσεις, στις σωματικές απεξαρτήσεις και στη διαχείριση οξέων περιστατικών. Τα έτη 2023–2025 εργάστηκε στον τομέα της ψυχικής υγείας σε υπηρεσίες επείγουσας ψυχιατρικής φροντίδας στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Αθήνας. Από το 2007 έως σήμερα συνεχίζει αδιάκοπα την επιστημονική της κατάρτιση, συμμετέχοντας σε σεμινάρια και εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα στον τομέα της ψυχοθεραπείας και της ψυχιατρικής.