Psychotherapists in Peloponnese

Vasiliki Mitrakopoulou is a Psychologist with a private practice in Patras. She holds a degree from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and has specialized in Cognitive Psychotherapy at the Cognitive Psychotherapy Unit of the Hellenic Centre for Mental Health and Research in Patras. Additionally, she possesses a diploma in "Integrated Somato-Emotional Release Therapy and Personal Development" from the Center for Non-Directive Psychology in Patras and has acquired further specialized knowledge in Counseling and Anxiety Disorders. Throughout her career, she has accumulated extensive volunteer work experience and has also gained teaching experience at a technological institute in Patras. Currently, in her private practice, she provides therapy and counseling for issues such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and phobias. She also assists in addressing interpersonal relationship problems, personal development, and conducts counseling for adolescents, families, and parent groups. Finally, she has attended numerous conferences, seminars, and training programs that have equipped her with the knowledge she possesses today.

Anastopoulou Filippa is a Psychologist (MSc) offering online sessions. She holds a degree from the Department of Applied Psychology at the University of Derby and a postgraduate qualification in Clinical Psychology and Counseling. She continually enhances her knowledge through specialized seminars on mental health and psychotherapy topics, while also undergoing training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is a member of the Cyprus Association of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapists (S.G.S.P.K.) and the EABCT. She possesses significant clinical experience, having worked in mental health facilities, including a Psychiatry department, providing support to individuals with various psychological difficulties. Her work focuses on the management of anxiety, somatoform and depressive disorders, grief, addictions, and other mental health issues. With scientific training and a person-centered approach, she delivers high-quality psychological support and therapy services.

Thymi Faii is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Loutraki. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of South Wales and postgraduate qualifications in Counseling, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Play Therapy, and Integrative Counseling Psychotherapy. Among other roles, she has provided valuable services as a Play Therapist at The Smile of the Child organization and has worked in Wales with foster parents, children, and adults. Currently, in her private practice, she addresses a wide range of cases, with a noted specialization in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity issues, Counseling, and Integrative Psychotherapy.

Most recently, she specialized in Eating Disorders and MBCT (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy) for anxiety and depression.

Maria Kristina Papanidi is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist, with an ID# 829619, and runs a private office in Vari. She holds a dual degree from The American College of Greece and the Open University in the UK. Maria has been attending intensive programs in Integrative Psychotherapy and Carl Jung's Analytical Psychology, following a holistic and integrative perspective in order to help achieve psychological healing and wellness by aligning conscious and unconscious aspects of the personality. She treats a variety of conditions, such as anxiety disorder, depression, bereavement, work stress, and personality difficulties, with an emphasis on personal development and self-awareness. Additional services include relationship management, family problem solving and dream analysis. Sessions can be held in Greek or English, as well as in person or online.

Konstantinos Moysiadis is a Psychologist, a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, and holds a Master's degree (MSc) in Psychology of Child Development from the University of Central Lancashire. He maintains a private practice in Corinth. He has worked as a Psychologist at the Community House "Ariadne," as well as a Volunteer Psychologist at the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit "Galini B." In his private practice, he offers a wide range of services, respecting the unique needs of each individual.

Aretaki Dafni is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Ymittos and Corinth. She holds a degree from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, possesses a Master's degree in Political Science and Sociology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and has completed four years of training in Group Analysis. She has worked as a trainer in intercultural training programs for public sector personnel nationwide (detention centers, local government, and municipal police) and as a supervisor of the cultural mediation team at the General Thoracic Diseases Hospital "Sotiria." She has collaborated with the Hellenic Society for the Rheumatic Diseases, mainly providing psychological support to individuals with rheumatic conditions through a helpline and support groups. She currently works privately, offering psychological support and analysis for adolescents and adults in both individual and group settings. She follows the psychodynamic approach and provides individual, group, and couple therapy sessions.

Η Κέλλυ Δεσύπρη είναι Ψυχολόγος - Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια.Η επαγγελματική της πορεία ξεκίνησε από τον χώρο των media, όπου ήρθε σε άμεση επαφή με τις απαιτήσεις και τους έντονους ρυθμούς της σύγχρονης εργασιακής ζωής.Αναζητώντας την ισορροπία και την αυθεντικότητα σε έναν κόσμο γεμάτο πίεση και προσδοκίες, στράφηκε νωρίς στην ψυχοθεραπεία, καθώς και στις πρακτικές του διαλογισμού και της Hatha Yoga. Η προσωπική αυτή διαδρομή αποτέλεσε την αφετηρία ενός μακρόχρονου ακαδημαϊκού και βιωματικού ταξιδιού, το οποίο οδήγησε σε μια ουσιαστική στροφή τόσο στην προσωπική όσο και στην επαγγελματική της ζωή.Συνδυάζοντας προσωπικό βίωμα και επιστημονική εκπαίδευση, η θεραπευτική της προσέγγιση εστιάζει στην αρμονική σύνδεση ψυχής και σώματος. Εμπλουτίζει τη Συστημική Ψυχοθεραπεία με δημιουργικές τεχνικές, πρακτικές αναπνοής και εργαλεία ενσυνειδητότητας (mindfulness), προσφέροντας έναν ολιστικό τρόπο υποστήριξης και προσωπικής ανάπτυξης.Σήμερα, η Κέλλυ Δεσύπρη συνοδεύει στο ψυχοθεραπευτικό τους ταξίδι ενήλικες, εφήβους και νέους που βρίσκονται στο στάδιο της αναδυόμενης ενηλικίωσης, μια περίοδο γεμάτη προκλήσεις, μεταβάσεις και σημαντικές αποφάσεις ζωής. Παράλληλα, τα τελευταία χρόνια εργάζεται στενά με γονείς που επιθυμούν να καλλιεργήσουν μια πιο ήπια και ουσιαστική επικοινωνία, ενισχύοντας τη σύνδεση και τη σχέση με τα παιδιά τους.Με σεβασμό στη μοναδικότητα κάθε ανθρώπου, δημιουργεί ένα ασφαλές και υποστηρικτικό θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο, μέσα στο οποίο μπορεί να αναπτυχθεί η αυτογνωσία, η προσωπική εξέλιξη και η ουσιαστική αλλαγή.

Anastasopoulou Xristina is a Psychologist, licensed to practice professionally, and maintains a private practice in Kalamata. She holds a degree in Psychology from the Department of Psychology at Panteion University and a Master's degree in Research in Social and Clinical Psychology (M.Sc.) from the University of Amsterdam, during which she experimentally studied the role of emotions in the development of creativity. Additionally, she has five years of training in Psychodrama from the Psychodramatic Center for Personality Development in Athens. Throughout her professional career, she has worked with youth populations, coordinating adolescent groups in secondary schools in Fokida as part of the Mobile Mental Health Unit, as well as personal development and self-awareness groups with students at Harokopio University. She has served as a collaborator with the Counseling Center of Harokopio University and the Career and Liaison Office of the Hellenic Open University, working both individually and in groups using classical Psychodrama techniques, while volunteering at the Adult Psychiatric Clinic of Konstantopoulio General Hospital "Agia Olga" and the Child Psychiatry Department of the General Hospital of Piraeus "Tzaneio", where she participated in a research team on atypical autism. Finally, she is an instructor in the Postgraduate Program "Education and Culture" at Harokopio University, where she coordinates personal development workshops for educators. For the past nine years, she has been a collaborator with the Center for Professional and Family Support of the SOS Children's Villages in Kalamata, concurrently working in her private practice. She has numerous presentations at industry conferences and publications in reputable scientific journals. She is a member of the Association of Greek Psychologists.

Giakoumi Xristina is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Kalamata, where she provides individual and group psychotherapy sessions. She graduated from the Universita' Degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo" where she studied Psychology.

Η Χριστοδούλου Ελευθερία Βαρβάρα είναι Ψυχολόγος, απόφοιτη του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών,με άδεια άσκησης επαγγέλματος. Αυτή την περίοδο συνεχίζει την εκπαίδευσή της στη Γνωσιακή-Συμπεριφοριστική Ψυχοθεραπεία (CBT) στο Αιγινήτειο Νοσοκομείο, με στόχο τη συνεχή επιστημονική και θεραπευτική της εξέλιξη.Κατά τη διάρκεια της επαγγελματικής και εκπαιδευτικής της πορείας, έχει αποκτήσει εμπειρία μέσα από τη συμμετοχή της σε κλινικά και υποστηρικτικά πλαίσια ψυχικής υγείας. Ως εκπαιδευόμενη ψυχολόγος στο Κέντρο Ημέρας ΒΑΒΕΛ, συμμετείχε στην παρακολούθηση συνεδριών, στη συνεργασία με διεπιστημονική ομάδα ψυχικής υγείας και στον σχεδιασμό θεραπευτικών παρεμβάσεων, προσαρμοσμένων στις ανάγκες κάθε ωφελούμενου. Παράλληλα, μέσω ατομικής εποπτείας και βιωματικής εκπαίδευσης, ανέπτυξε ουσιαστικές δεξιότητες επικοινωνίας, ενσυναίσθησης και θεραπευτικής σχέσης.Έχει επίσης συμμετάσχει σε εθελοντικές δράσεις στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο Ψυχικής Υγιεινής και Ερευνών και στο Κέντρο Ημέρας ΒΑΒΕΛ, διευρύνοντας την εμπειρία της στην υποστήριξη ανθρώπων με διαφορετικές ανάγκες και ψυχικές δυσκολίες.

Παράλληλα, έχει παρακολουθήσει επιμορφωτικά προγράμματα και σεμινάρια στους τομείς της Κλινικής Ψυχοπαθολογίας, της Εγκληματολογίας, της Παιδοψυχολογίας και των ψυχολογικών προσεγγίσεων του παιδικού σχεδίου, με στόχο τη σφαιρική κατανόηση της ανθρώπινης συμπεριφοράς και της ψυχικής λειτουργίας.Η ειδικός παρέχει online συνεδρίες σε ενήλικες, με έμφαση στη διαχείριση άγχους και στρες, στις δυσκολίες διάθεσης, στην ενίσχυση της αυτοεκτίμησης, στις διαπροσωπικές δυσκολίες και στην προσωπική ανάπτυξη. Στόχος της είναι η δημιουργία ενός ασφαλούς, υποστηρικτικού και χωρίς κριτική θεραπευτικού πλαισίου, όπου κάθε άνθρωπος μπορεί να εκφραστεί ελεύθερα και να επεξεργαστεί τις προσωπικές του δυσκολίες με σεβασμό στον δικό του ρυθμό και στις προσωπικές του ανάγκες.

The Sygxrono Kentro Neuroanadrasis is located in Pangrati. It is a welcoming, modern Mental Health center, consisting of a team of Psychologists, Neuroscientists, Social Workers, and Biologists, who supervise the entire process of trainees, creating individualized treatment plans according to the needs of each patient. The services offered include Counseling, cognitive enhancement, Quantitative Electroencephalography, and Neurofeedback. Indicatively, it can be applied in cases of ADD/ADHD (attention deficit with or without hyperactivity), behavioral problems, specific learning disabilities, teeth grinding, chronic pain, sleep disorders, migraines, or fatigue. Additionally, it aids in the management of a range of emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression, as well as cases of epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and mild traumatic brain injuries.

Η Ελισάβετ Παπαδοπούλου είναι πτυχιούχος Ψυχολόγος, απόφοιτη του Πάντειου Πανεπιστημίου, και κάτοχος άδειας ασκήσεως επαγγέλματος. Εκπαιδεύεται στην Γνωσιακή - Συμπεριφορική Ψυχοθεραπεία (CBT) από την Ελληνική Εταιρεία Έρευνας της Συμπεριφοράς, με ευρωπαϊκή πιστοποίηση από το European Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies. Προσφέρει ψυχοθεραπευτική βοήθεια για πλήθος διαταραχών, όπως αγχώδεις διαταραχές, κατάθλιψη, ιδεο-ψυχαναγκαστική διαταραχή, φοβίες κ.α. Έχει πραγματοποιήσει πρακτική άσκηση στην Εταιρεία Ψυχοκοινωνικών Μελετών στην Αθήνα. Εργάζεται εθελοντικά στο Ελληνικό Σωματείο για την Ιδεο-Ψυχαναγκαστική Διαταραχή (OCD in Greece). Έχει εξειδίκευση στην αντιμετώπιση της ιδεο-ψυχαναγκαστικής διαταραχής, με την οποία έχει ασχοληθεί και ερευνητικά στα πλαίσια της διπλωματικής της εργασίας. Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πλήθος επιμορφωτικών σεμιναρίων και επιστημονικών εκπαιδεύσεων, στα πλαίσια της συνεχούς επιμόρφωσης. Έχει κάνει χρόνια προσωπικής θεραπείας και λαμβάνει συστηματική κλινική εποπτεία. Οι συνεδρίες γίνονται σε ένα πλαίσιο αποδοχής και κατανόησης με στόχο την ουσιαστική βοήθεια του θεραπευόμενου.

Verykiou Eirini is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Patras. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of East London and a master's degree in Clinical and Community Psychology from the same university. She specializes in the integrative psychotherapeutic approach and has completed the four-year study program offered by "Contemporary Amphiaraia" in collaboration with the Hellenic Society of Integrative Psychotherapy and the European Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, under the auspices of the Open University of Crete. She has participated in the social clinics of Nafpaktos, providing psychological support both individually and in groups for cancer patients. Additionally, she has gained significant professional experience, having worked as a Psychologist - Psychotherapist in social structures, as well as a trainee Clinical Psychologist at the Psychiatric Clinic of the University General Hospital of Rio – Patras. Finally, she has collaborated with and provided services to the Patras Rheumatic Patients Association, conducting group psychotherapeutic sessions.

Platon Xristopoulos is a Psychiatrist with a private practice in Patras. He holds a medical degree and a postgraduate diploma in Biological Psychiatry, specifically in the variation of depression biomarkers during treatment, from the University of Patras. Additionally, he has received further training in the management of anxiety and depression from Harvard Medical School and Marchwood Priory Hospital. He has also been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy at the Hellenic Center for Mental Health in Patras and the Sigmund Freud University of Vienna, respectively. Throughout his career, he has served as a Scientific Collaborator at the London Psychiatry Center and as the Principal Investigator in the "Sorranos" research program at the Medical School of the University of Crete. Currently, in his private practice, he offers a wide range of specialized services, always ensuring to find tailored solutions based on the individual needs of his patients. Finally, it is worth mentioning that he is committed to continuous professional development and has received a scholarship to attend a series of seminars on Brain Plasticity: From Molecules to Behavior.