Mental Health and Counseling results in Prefecture of Cyclades

Η Πετρίνα Ρούσσου είναι Ψυχολόγος και Ψυχαναλυτική/Ψυχοδυναμική Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια Παιδιών, Εφήβων & Ενηλίκων (Ειδ.) και διατηρεί το ιδιωτικό της γραφείο στον Πειραιά, όπου παρέχει ατομικές συνεδρίες ψυχοθεραπείας Διά ζώσης και Διαδικτυακά. Η επαγγελματική της πορεία έχει αναπτυχθεί στη συνάντηση της κλινικής πρακτικής, της ψυχαναλυτικής σκέψης και της ακαδημαϊκής δραστηριότητας, με σταθερό προσανατολισμό στην κατανόηση της μοναδικότητας του κάθε ανθρώπου και της προσωπικής του ιστορίας.

Ολοκλήρωσε τις βασικές της σπουδές στην Ψυχολογία (UEL), αποφοιτώντας με Άριστα (First Class Honours). Στη συνέχεια πραγματοποίησε στο ίδιο Πανεπιστήμιο μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στην Κλινική και Κοινοτική Ψυχολογία (UEL), τις οποίες ολοκλήρωσε με Διάκριση (Distinction). Είναι μέλος του British Psychological Society (GMBPsS), διεθνές μέλος της American Psychological Association (APA), καθώς και δόκιμο μέλος της European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) και της Εθνικής Εταιρείας Ψυχοθεραπείας Ελλάδος (ΕΕΨΕ).

Η πρώτη της επαφή με το κλινικό πεδίο πραγματοποιήθηκε, μεταξύ άλλων, στο Ναυτικό Νοσοκομείο Πειραιά, όπου συμμετείχε στη λειτουργία του Εξωτερικού Νευρολογικού Ιατρείου και ήρθε σε επαφή με ασθενείς νευρολογικών παθήσεων και γνωστικών δυσκολιών, μεταξύ των οποίων άνοια, νόσος Parkinson και σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας. Παράλληλα, συμμετείχε στη λειτουργία του Κέντρου Νοητικής Ενδυνάμωσης του νοσοκομείου. Η εμπειρία αυτή συνέβαλε στην εξοικείωσή της με τη σύνθετη σχέση ανάμεσα στην ψυχική λειτουργία, τη γνωστική κατάσταση, τη σωματική νόσο και το οικογενειακό περιβάλλον. Στο ΚΕΘΕΑ Εν Δράσει εντάχθηκε στο ερευνητικό τμήμα, αποκτώντας εμπειρία στη συλλογή, οργάνωση και επεξεργασία ερευνητικών δεδομένων στο πλαίσιο του έργου του φορέα. Η επαφή της με διαφορετικά κλινικά και ερευνητικά περιβάλλοντα αποτέλεσε σημαντικό υπόβαθρο για τη μετέπειτα εξέλιξη της επαγγελματικής της ταυτότητας.

Παράλληλα με την κλινική της πορεία, ξεκίνησε η πορεία της στον ακαδημαϊκό χώρο της Ψυχολογίας. Στο Μητροπολιτικό Κολλέγιο εργάστηκε ως Personal Academic Tutor, υποστηρίζοντας και εποπτεύοντας την ακαδημαϊκή πορεία φοιτητών Ψυχολογίας, ενώ στη συνέχεια ανέλαβε και το συντονισμό της ομάδας των Personal Academic Tutors. Συνέχισε διδάσκοντας μαθήματα Ψυχολογίας, με ιδιαίτερη ενασχόληση την Επιστημολογία, εποτεύοντας πτυχιακές εργασίες και καθοδηγώντας φοιτητές στη διαμόρφωση, οργάνωση και εκπόνηση ερευνητικών εργασιών. Παράλληλα, έχει συμμετάσχει στη συγγραφή και ανάπτυξη εκπαιδευτικού υλικού για μαθήματα του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας, καθώς και για μαθήματα Ακαδημαϊκής Γραφής του Τμήματος Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων. Η ακαδημαϊκή αυτή διαδρομή λειτούργησε συμπληρωματικά προς την κλινική της εξέλιξη. Η συστηματική ενασχόληση με την επιστημονική γνώση, την έρευνα, τη διδασκαλία και την εποπτεία φοιτητών εμπλούτισε τον τρόπο με τον οποίο προσεγγίζει και κατανοεί την κλινική πράξη. Διατηρεί ενεργή παρουσία μέσα από ομιλίες σε σεμινάρια και συνέδρια Ψυχολογίας, καθώς και μέσα από συνεργασίες με διαφορετικούς φορείς και κέντρα ψυχικής υγείας, με θεματολογία γύρω από την ψυχική υγεία, την ψυχοθεραπεία και την ψυχαναλυτική προσέγγιση.

Έχει εργαστεί θεραπευτικά με παιδιά που αντιμετωπίζουν συναισθηματικές και αναπτυξιακές δυσκολίες, εφήβους και ενήλικες, ενώ έχει πραγματοποιήσει και συμβουλευτική εργασία με γονείς σε κέντρα ειδικών θεραπειών στον Πειραιά και στη Σύρο. Η εμπειρία της με διαφορετικές ηλικιακές ομάδες έχει ενισχύσει την κατανόηση της ψυχικής ανάπτυξης ως μιας συνεχούς πορείας, στην οποία οι πρώιμες σχέσεις, οι μεταγενέστερες εμπειρίες και ο τρόπος με τον οποίο κάθε άνθρωπος σχετίζεται με τον εαυτό του και τους άλλους παραμένουν ουσιαστικά συνδεδεμένα.

Στην ψυχοθεραπευτική της εργασία προσεγγίζει κάθε άνθρωπο πέρα από το σύμπτωμα ή τη δυσκολία που τον οδηγεί στη θεραπεία. Μέσα από την ψυχαναλυτική και ψυχοδυναμική οπτική, δίνεται χώρος στην προσωπική ιστορία, στις πρώιμες και σύγχρονες σχέσεις, στις ασυνείδητες διεργασίες και στα επαναλαμβανόμενα σχεσιακά μοτίβα που συχνά επηρεάζουν τον τρόπο με τον οποίο το άτομο βιώνει τον εαυτό του και τους άλλους. Η θεραπεία είναι μία διαδικασία στην οποία όσα δεν έχουν ακόμη μπορέσει να ειπωθούν ή να κατανοηθούν μπορούν σταδιακά να αποκτήσουν λόγο, νόημα και ψυχική αναπαράσταση. Συμπτώματα, επαναλαμβανόμενες δυσκολίες στις σχέσεις, φόβοι ή συναισθήματα που μοιάζουν δυσνόητα δεν αντιμετωπίζονται απομονωμένα, αλλά διερευνώνται μέσα στο ευρύτερο πλαίσιο της ιστορίας και του εσωτερικού κόσμου του ανθρώπου. Μέσα σε ένα σταθερό, ασφαλές και εμπιστευτικό θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο, θεραπευτής και θεραπευόμενος μπορούν να διερευνήσουν από κοινού όσα επαναλαμβάνονται, όσα δυσκολεύουν και όσα μέχρι σήμερα παρέμεναν λιγότερο προσβάσιμα στη συνειδητή κατανόηση. Μέσα από αυτή τη διαδικασία μπορεί να δημιουργηθεί περισσότερος ψυχικός χώρος για κατανόηση, επεξεργασία, νοηματοδότηση και σταδιακή αλλαγή.

Kyriakou Thomai is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist who maintains a private practice in Marousi and Argos. She also collaborates with the Center for Speech, Language, and Learning "Spell" as a Family Counselor and Psychoeducator and is the co-founder of the company "Morfogenesis," which provides counseling, training, support, guidance for individuals and groups, and training through seminars in workplace environments. She holds a degree in Psychology from the Open University of England, focusing on developmental psychology and the role of the father in the Greek family. Subsequently, she completed postgraduate studies in Psychology at the same university, specializing in criminology, prevention, and semiotic analysis. Throughout her career, she specialized as a family and group therapist in the Synthetic - Systemic approach at the Laboratory of Human Relations and as a couple therapist in the Emotionally Focused Therapy direction at the EFT Greek Network. Additionally, she recently completed the Gestalt Coaching in Business & Organizations Program to enhance her awareness of workplace issues and conditions, which are highly relevant in today's era. With children, she works psychotherapeutically using the Therapeutic Play method and is a Certified Play Therapist from Play Therapy Greece. To date, she has continuously updated and further educated herself on scientific topics related to psychology, psychotherapy, and education, considering their contribution essential to her professional practice. Finally, her extensive studies, experience, and collaborators enable her to work psychotherapeutically with individuals at different life stages, concerns, and needs. She works with adults, couples, families, and groups addressing issues such as the management of negative or intense emotions, low self-esteem, the creation and maintenance of functional relationships, and existential matters.

Flerianou Aggeliki is a Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist. She also holds additional training in Child Psychology, Couples and Family Counseling, as well as Positive Psychology. Additionally, she is studying Psychology at Oxford Brookes University, continuously participates in training and professional development programs, and works under regular supervision.

She specializes in supporting individuals facing difficulties such as anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, dysfunctional relationships, and emotion regulation challenges. She employs modern and scientifically validated psychotherapeutic approaches tailored to the unique needs of each patient.

Her philosophy is based on empowering the individual, developing self-regulation skills, and enhancing quality of life through a safe, confidential, and supportive therapeutic relationship.

Fagkountes - Papoudos Tzoulia is a Psychologist – Psychotherapist based in Kifisia, where she maintains a private practice, offering individual psychotherapy for adults as well as online sessions.

She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of East London and has completed postgraduate studies in Clinical Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Strasbourg. She has been trained in Systemic – Family Therapy and Child Psychology.

She specializes in the management of anxiety, depressive mood, interpersonal relationships, and parental counseling, emphasizing the understanding of patterns that affect emotional life and relationships.

She provides sessions at her office in Kifisia, conducts sessions in Mykonos during specific time periods, and also offers online psychotherapy, serving individuals from all over Greece and abroad.

Marianna Papadopoulou is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist. She completed her Psychology studies (BSc Hons) at the University of East London, while her postgraduate training is in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy at the Centre for the Investigation of Human Relations (4 years). She holds an Advanced Professional Diploma in Counseling from the International European University of Paris, has been trained in Psychoeducation, and has received additional training related to substances and addictions from KETHEA. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Hellenic Society for Systemic Therapy (ELESYTH).

Her career began in the social sciences, with a degree in Political Science and postgraduate studies in Sociology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. For many years, she worked in positions that required substantial contact and interaction with people, supporting groups and individuals in demanding, changing, and international work environments. She had the opportunity to collaborate with people from different cultural backgrounds and to come into direct contact with the difficulties hidden behind roles, responsibilities, and transitions. This experience served as a springboard for her engagement with Psychology.

As a Psychologist - Psychotherapist, she works with adults, adolescents, couples, and families of various ages who are facing difficulties, challenges, or are in a transitional phase. Sessions are addressed to individuals living in Greece or abroad and can be conducted either in person or online, in Greek or English.

Xrysolora Artemis Kai Synergates is a Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Syros. She holds a degree from the Open University Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom and has completed postgraduate training in Art Therapy, focusing on "Behavior Analysis - Therapy through Art," as well as postgraduate training in Play Therapy specializing in “Sensory & Messy Play.” Additionally, she completed postgraduate studies in “Child and Youth Studies” at University West in Sweden. In her private practice, she handles a wide range of cases encompassing the full spectrum of her specialty, always prioritizing the best possible care tailored to the individual needs of each person she supports.

Eustratiou Amalia BSc, MSc is a Psychologist who maintains a private practice in Nea Erythraia. She holds a postgraduate degree in Mental Health and Psychological Therapies from the Medical School of Queen Mary University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The Open University in London. She has specialized in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy for adults and adolescents, as well as in Systemic Psychodrama at the Center for Applied Counseling and Psychotherapy (KE.PSY.SY). Additionally, she has specialized in Clinical Hypnosis (Biothymic Psychotherapy). Finally, as part of her lifelong learning, the Psychologist has attended numerous seminars in Greece and abroad focusing on Psychology.

Hello! I am Maria, and I come from Montreal, Canada. I am a licensed psychologist with a BA and MA in Psychology, specializing in anxiety, stress management, and relationship dynamics. My approach is compassionate and evidence-based, helping clients build emotional resilience and develop healthier coping strategies. I aim to create a safe and supportive space where you can explore challenges, gain clarity, and work toward meaningful change.

I speak fluent English and Greek.

Georgia Raptopoulou BSc, MSc, PhDc is a licensed Psychologist - Child Psychologist and Psychotherapist, maintaining a private practice in Santorini, Greece. She studied Psychology and specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (CBT) for adults, adolescents, and children. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Derby in the UK, a specialization in Child Psychology from the University of Central Lancashire, as well as a postgraduate specialization program focusing on depression, anxiety, and stress in vulnerable populations.

Additionally, she has specialized in Positive Psychology at Panteion University and holds a certification in Couples and Family Counseling from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is also certified in enhancing communication between parents and children, and has received training in Sexual Education, Play Therapy, and Dramatic Play for children at the Institute of Mental Health (DI.KE.PSY.).

She is a scientific collaborator at Eurolab Santorini (Eurognosi), providing expertise on matters concerning students, teachers, and children within the school environment. She organizes workshops related to exams, student and parent stress and its management, as well as communication between students, parents, and teachers to foster more effective and positive collaboration.

Her research interests focus on children and families, and she runs a mental health center dedicated to the psychological well-being of children and families in Santorini.

Kollia Mairi is a psychologist. She holds a professional practice license with protocol number 4346/07-11-2019. She graduated with honors from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Athens. She specialized at the postgraduate level in Clinical Psychology (MSc in Clinical Psychology) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where she graduated with distinction cum laude. She has completed a four-year study program in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the Society of Cognitive and Behavioral Studies (ΕΓΣΣ). Additionally, she has been trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), also provided by the Society of Cognitive and Behavioral Studies (ΕΓΣΣ). Furthermore, she has specialized in trauma therapy using the EMDR method at the Institute of Trauma Therapy. She has also received training in "Counseling and Mental Health in Infertility, the Perinatal and Reproductive Period" at the University of West Attica, focusing on psychological support regarding infertility, pregnancy, and transition to parenthood (postpartum depression, perinatal anxiety, tokophobia, birth trauma, etc.). Currently, she works privately, conducting individual therapy sessions with adults, both in-person and online. She also collaborates with a clinic based abroad, providing psychotherapy online to clients worldwide. In parallel, she maintains a collaboration with an assisted reproduction (IVF) clinic and is a member of an interdisciplinary team at a gynecological clinic in central Athens. Sessions are conducted in Greek and English.

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.