Psychotherapists near Akadimia

Η Δρ Μαντζιάρα Μυρτώ είναι Ψυχολόγος – Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στο Κολωνάκι. Ειδικεύεται στη Γνωσιακή Συμπεριφορική Θεραπεία (CBT), τη Βιολογική Ψυχολογία και τη Συμπεριφορική Νευροεπιστήμη.

Ως ειδικός εγκεφάλου-συμπεριφοράς, η Δρ Μαντζιάρα στην προσέγγισή της συνδυάζει παραδοσιακές και επικαιροποιημένες τεχνικές ψυχοθεραπείας CBT με τα πεδία της Ψυχοφυσιολογίας, της Νευροβιολογίας και των Νευροεπιστημών, με στόχο την πιο γρήγορη και αποτελεσματική επίλυση προβλημάτων, βάσει επιστημονικών στοιχείων.

Έχει πολυετή κλινική και θεραπευτική εμπειρία σε υποκλινικές (ήπιες, μέτριες) και κλινικές καταστάσεις (ενδεικτικά: στρες, διαταραχές άγχους, ύπνου, διάθεσης, χαμηλή αυτοεκτίμηση, νοητικές λειτουργίες). Ταυτόχρονα, έχοντας βαθιά γνώση των πολύπλοκων λειτουργιών του εγκεφάλου και πώς αυτές επηρεάζουν τη διάθεση και τη συμπεριφορά μας, βασικό άξονα των υπηρεσιών της αποτελούν η Νευροσυμβουλευτική και η Νευροθεραπεία (μη επεμβατική νευροπαρέμβαση/νευρορρύθμιση), όπως ο σχεδιασμός βέλτιστων πρωτοκόλλων με στόχο την εγκεφαλική υγεία.

Είναι κάτοχος πτυχίου Ψυχολογίας του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, ενώ πραγματοποίησε τη μετεκπαίδευσή της εξολοκλήρου σε Πανεπιστήμια του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου σε πολλαπλούς τομείς της Βιολογικής Ψυχολογίας. Είναι Διδάκτωρ Συμπεριφορικής Νευροεπιστήμης και Νευροαπεικόνισης του Bangor University, έχοντας υπάρξει αριστούχος υπότροφος, με ειδίκευση στις μεθοδολογίες και τεχνολογίες αιχμής για τη μελέτη αλληλεπίδρασης εγκεφάλου και συμπεριφοράς (με έμφαση στις μεθόδους ηλεκτροεγκεφαλογραφήματος και μαγνητικής τομογραφίας).

Παράλληλα διατελεί ενεργή ομότιμος κριτής σε διεθνή επιστημονικά περιοδικά, ενώ από το 2023 είναι Εισηγήτρια Συμπεριφορικής Νευροβιολογίας & Βιολογικής Ψυχολογίας στο Scientific College of Greece - University of Strasbourg.  

Alexandros Ananiadis Bassias is a licensed Psychologist (License No. 9225/14) since 2015, specializing in online therapy in Greek and English.

He has worked in both public and private mental health settings, including the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, the Mental Health Center of Rethymno, and the Hellenic Red Cross Hospital. He has also contributed to research projects at the London Business School and Queen Mary University of London.

Besides his clinical and research experience, he has been actively involved with entrepreneurship, negotiations and conflict resolutions.

Alex holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Crete, a Master’s in Decision-Making Psychology from University College London (UCL), and is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IBRT). He is also a trained negotiator from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

His approach to therapy focuses on collaboration, transparency, and clear, practical goals. He aims not only to help people manage challenges like anxiety and depression but also to boost positive relations, resilience, self-confidence, and overall well-being.

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.