Psychologists near Akadimia

Emmanouela Brun is a mental health counselor dedicated to helping individuals gain a deep understanding of themselves and face life’s challenges with strength and clarity. She combines dynamic psychology with insights from neuroscience to offer thoughtful, personalized support.Emmanouela has always been deeply curious about how the human mind works and has felt a natural calling to support and uplift others.This innate curiosity and empathy are what led her to the path she follows today.Being half Greek and half Italian, she grew up within two cultures — an experience that sparked a deep fascination with how people from different backgrounds think, communicate, and navigate the world.Through her life and work, she has witnessed how easily misunderstandings can arise between people from different perspectives — how one person may mean one thing and another interpret it differently. These experiences have continually reminded her how intricate and nuanced human psychology truly is.Emmanouela began her academic journey at the University of Padua, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Social Psychology and studied abroad for a semester at the University of Lisbon. After completing her degree, she immersed herself in dynamic psychology, attending courses at the University of Turin and exploring the power of the inner world.She later returned to Padua to complete her master’s in Cognitive and Applied Psychology, deepening her understanding of how thoughts, emotions, and the brain intertwine.Today, Emmanouela enjoys blending insights from psychoanalysis and dynamic psychology with discoveries from neuroscience and cognitive psychology.She spent a year providing psychological support to immigrant children and to those from abusive families in a school setting, and later offered assistance at a center for individuals with disabilities in Padua.Since 2023, she has established her own private practice, where she continues to offer therapy and psychological support.Each step of her journey has strengthened her belief in the power of human connection and in the profound impact that people can have on one another’s lives.In her practice, Emmanouela believes that behaviors, thoughts, and emotions are deeply influenced by unconscious processes and unresolved conflicts.She views the mind as a complex system, where what lies beneath the surface often holds the key to understanding current struggles. Every symptom, pattern, and emotional challenge has a deeper root cause — often stemming from past experiences, unconscious beliefs, and early life events.Her work focuses on uncovering these underlying forces, bringing them into conscious awareness, and understanding how they continue to shape behavior today.Emmanouela aims to help people make sense of their inner world, gain insight into their emotional lives, and work through unresolved issues that may be hindering their growth and well-being.She is also deeply interested in the connection between mind and body. For her, thoughts and emotions are not merely abstract ideas; they have a tangible, biological foundation that affects the nervous system, brain function, and overall health.By integrating insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, she explains how unconscious processes are also influenced by brain activity and physiological responses.This holistic perspective allows her to approach therapy in a more complete and practical way.Ultimately, Emmanouela’s work aims to help individuals explore what lies beneath the surface of their lives — to uncover the roots of their emotional patterns, understand their true motivations, and find clarity and purpose.Her goal is not only to guide people toward greater self-awareness but also to empower them to create meaningful, lasting change that leads to a more authentic and fulfilling life.

Η Ναταλία Άννα Γρυλωνάκη είναι Ψυχολόγος & Συστημική – Υπαρξιακή Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στα Εξάρχεια.Είναι απόφοιτη του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ) και διαθέτει άδεια ασκήσεως επαγγέλματος Ψυχολόγου.Η εκπαίδευσή της στο 6ετές πρόγραμμα Συστημικής – Υπαρξιακής Ψυχοθεραπείας του Θεραπευτικού & Εκπαιδευτικού Ινστιτούτου «Αντίστιξη», αναγνωρισμένου από την European Family Therapy Association (EFTA), αποτελεί τη βάση της ψυχοθεραπευτικής της ταυτότητας. Αντιμετωπίζοντας την επιστήμη της Ψυχολογίας ως μια δυναμική διαδικασία που εξελίσσεται συνεχώς, παρακολουθεί πλήθος σεμιναρίων και εκπαιδεύσεων από πιστοποιημένους δημόσιους και ιδιωτικούς φορείς. Έχει ολοκληρώσει το ετήσιο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα «Ψυχοπαθολογία Παιδιού & Εφήβου» της ΕΛΕΠΨΥΣΕΠ,τους δύο ετήσιους κύκλους εξειδίκευσης «Κλινική Ψυχοπαθολογία, Παναγιώτης Ουλής» και «Κλινικές Δεξιότητες στην Ψυχοπαθολογία», που διοργανώνονται από το Ερευνητικό Πανεπιστημιακό Ινστιτούτο Ψυχικής Υγείας, Νευροεπιστημών καιΙατρικής Ακρίβειας «Κώστας Στεφανής» (ΕΠΙΨΥ) και την Α’ Πανεπιστημιακή Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Αιγινήτειου Νοσοκομείου, καθώς και το ετήσιο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα «Ψυχική Υγεία Παιδιού και Εφήβου» του Τμήματος Ψυχιατρικής Παιδιών και Εφήβων του Σισμανογλείου Νοσοκομείου.Ξεκίνησε την επαγγελματική της πορεία με προπτυχιακή πρακτική άσκηση στην Εταιρεία Νόσου Alzheimer & Συναφών Διαταραχών, ενώ συνέχισε με διετή μετεκπαιδευτική πρακτική στο Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας του Αιγινήτειου Νοσοκομείου.Στη συνέχεια εργάστηκε στο Επιχειρησιακό Κέντρο κατά της Βίας και της ΠαιδικήςΕκμετάλλευσης του οργανισμού «Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού», καθώς και σε ιδιωτικά κέντρα ψυχοθεραπείας, υποστηρίζοντας παιδιά, εφήβους και ενήλικες. Η Συστημική – Υπαρξιακή Ψυχοθεραπεία συνδυάζει τη συστημική θεώρηση με την υπαρξιακή φιλοσοφία. Κοιτάζει το πρόσωπο τόσο ως μοναδική οντότητα με προσωπικότητα και αξίες, όσο και ως μέρος των συστημάτων στα οποία ανήκει (οικογένεια, φίλοι, εργασία).Εξετάζει τις καταβολές και τα βιώματά μας, εστιάζει στις σχέσεις και στα συναισθήματα, και στρέφει το βλέμμα στο μέλλον, στο πώς θέλουμε να εξελιχθούμε, παρέχοντας κατανόηση, αποδοχή και χώρο για αυτογνωσία.Η ψυχοθεραπεία είναι ένας χώρος συνάντησης, κατανόησης και προσωπικής εξέλιξης.Κύριο μέλημα είναι να δημιουργείται ένα ασφαλές περιβάλλον, όπου ο καθένας μπορεί να ανακαλύψει τον τρόπο να αξιοποιήσει τις επιθυμίες και τις δυνατότητές του και να καλλιεργήσει έναν ευχαριστιακό τρόπο ζωής.

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.