Mental Health Counselors

Ioanna Psomiadi MSc is a Mental Health Consultant - Psychotherapist with private practices in Voula and Acharnes. She holds a degree in Psychology from the American College of Athens and possesses a Certification of Specialization in Cognitive Behavioral Theory & Clinical Practice from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Continuing her studies, she obtained a Master's degree in Human Resource Management for large enterprises (HR) from Bolton University and completed the Group Psychotherapy program at the Athens Center for the Study of Human Behavior (AKMA), as well as the one-year One-Way Mirror Seminar: Effects of mirrors on individual human behavior program. Subsequently, through a series of seminars and clinical training, she has worked in group psychotherapy programs at various psychological support centers in Athens, where she has developed extensive experience in emotional disorders, interpersonal relationships, mood disorders, separations, management of low self-esteem, and generally psychological monitoring and support of adolescents and adults. Since 2022, she has collaborated and contributed articles as a Scientific Associate on Mental Health topics for health and wellness blogs and magazines (Vita.gr, Shape.gr, etc.). In February 2025, she was awarded by the HEALTH EAGLES for patient preference and trust as a psychotherapist. Finally, she undertakes individual therapies providing flexible sessions outside regular office hours, conducting daily appointments by telephone and via Skype for urgent issues, for individuals residing abroad, and for those with difficult and inflexible work schedules and daily obligations.

Zotou Aikaterini is a Mental Health Counselor and maintains a private practice in Corfu. She holds a BSc in Psychology from the American College of Greece and an MSc in Applied Child Psychology from Kingston University, London. Additionally, she has completed the distance education program in Addiction Counseling at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Moreover, she has undertaken her practical training at the "Dromokaitio" Mental Health Center and the Adolescent Health Unit of the General Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia." She is also certified to administer the Athena Tests (early detection of learning difficulties) and the EDEPPE (Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Adjustment Questionnaires for children and adolescents) and is a Marte-Meo Practitioner (certification title from Marte-Meo International). Finally, Ms. Zotou is a member of the British Psychological Society.

Aleksopoulos Aleksandros is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Agios Dimitrios. He holds a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy (MSc) as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology from the American College of Greece. He completed his advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Additionally, he has studied Economics. He has worked as a member of the voluntary psychotherapeutic team for the Municipality of Athens, providing counseling services and psychological support to vulnerable groups of citizens at the 1st Municipal Clinic of the Municipality of Athens, "Kalfopouleio." Furthermore, during his Master's program, he completed his internship at the Counseling Center of the American College of Greece, offering brief psychotherapeutic interventions and counseling sessions to students. His therapeutic approach is based on Integrative Psychotherapy, combining elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Psychodynamic approach. Finally, he specializes in Anxiety Disorders, Depression, and Individual Psychotherapy.

Η Κούρτη Βικτωρία είναι Σύμβουλος Προσωπικής Ανάπτυξης, Καριέρας και Ψυχικής Υγείας, NLP Consultant και Holistic Life Mentor με Συστημική και Ολιστική Προσέγγιση. Έχει εξειδίκευση στις μεταβάσεις ζωής και στον συστημικό επαναπροσδιορισμό προσωπικής και επαγγελματικής ταυτότητας. Παρέχει επιστημονικά δομημένη συμβουλευτική υποστήριξη σε άτομα που αντιμετωπίζουν προκλήσεις στην προσωπική και επαγγελματική τους ζωή, με στόχο την ενίσχυση της ψυχικής ανθεκτικότητας, της λειτουργικότητας και της στρατηγικής κατεύθυνσης. Διαθέτει περισσότερες από 1000 ώρες ατομικών και ομαδικών συνεδριών, με εξειδίκευση στη διαχείριση μεταβάσεων ζωής, επαγγελματικού επαναπροσδιορισμού και ενίσχυσης ψυχικής ανθεκτικότητας. Το ακαδημαϊκό της υπόβαθρο είναι διεπιστημονικό και διαμορφώθηκε μέσα από σπουδές σε πανεπιστημιακά ιδρύματα της Ελλάδας και της Γερμανίας, όπως το Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, το Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, το Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, το Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München και το FernUniversität in Hagen.

Η ακαδημαϊκή αυτή διαδρομή, σε συνδυασμό με τη μετεκπαίδευσή της στη Συμβουλευτική και στη Συστημική Προσέγγιση, της επιτρέπει να προσεγγίζει το άτομο με θεωρητική πληρότητα, μεθοδολογική ακρίβεια και ευρωπαϊκή οπτική.

Έχει τομείς παρέμβασης την διαχείριση της επαγγελματικής στασιμότητας, υποστήριξη σε αλλαγή καριέρας, ψυχολογική ενδυνάμωση σε περιόδους κρίσης, βελτίωση διαπροσωπικών σχέσεων, διαχείριση συγκρούσεων, αναδόμηση προσωπικής και επαγγελματικής ταυτότητας, διαχείριση μεταβάσεων ζωής και προσαρμογή σε νέους ρόλους, συστημική ανάλυση ρόλων, ορίων και δυναμικών σε οικογενειακά και επαγγελματικά περιβάλλοντα.

Η προσέγγισή της βασίζεται στη Συστημική Θεώρηση, όπου το άτομο εξετάζεται ως μέρος αλληλεπιδρώντων συστημάτων (οικογένεια, εργασία, κοινωνικό περιβάλλον), καθώς και σε τεχνικές γνωστικής αναδόμησης και NLP. Η παρέμβαση είναι δομημένη, στοχοκεντρική και προσανατολισμένη στη λειτουργική αλλαγή.

Εξειδικεύεται στις σύνθετες μεταβάσεις ζωής και στον επαγγελματικό επαναπροσδιορισμό ατόμων που καλούνται να επαναορίσουν τον ρόλο, την ταυτότητα και τη στρατηγική τους πορεία.

Στόχος της δεν είναι απλώς η διαχείριση μιας δυσκολίας, αλλά η συστηματική αναδόμηση εσωτερικών και εξωτερικών πλαισίων, ώστε το άτομο να λειτουργεί με σταθερότητα, αυτονομία και συνειδητή κατεύθυνση.

Η Τσελεμπή Μαίρη είναι επαγγελματίας με πολυετή και ποικίλη γνώση και εμπειρία τόσο στον τομέα της ψυχολογίας όσο και της εκπαίδευσης. Σπούδασε αρχικά γλωσσολογία στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Brighton στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και κατέχει μεταπτυχιακούς τίτλους στη διδασκαλία των Αγγλικών για ενηλίκους και παιδιά και για επιχειρήσεις. Το ενδιαφέρον της για την κοινωνιογλωσσολογία και την ψυχογλωσσολογία, και η εμπειρία της στη διδασκαλία μαθητών με μαθησιακές δυσκολίες, υπήρξαν καθοριστικοί παράγοντες στην απόφασή της να ακολουθήσει τον δρόμο της ψυχικής υγείας.

Με την πάροδο του χρόνου, ανέπτυξε ένα βαθύ ενδιαφέρον για την ανθρώπινη ψυχολογία, που την οδήγησε σε περαιτέρω σπουδές στη συμβουλευτική και ψυχοθεραπεία. Ολοκλήρωσε την εκπαίδευσή της στο Mediterranean College από όπου αποφοίτησε ως σύμβουλος ψυχικής υγείας και εκπαιδεύτηκε για 4 χρόνια στη συστημική προσέγγιση στο Ινστιτούτο Συστημικής Θεραπείας Θεσσαλονίκης. Επιπλέον, έχει παρακολουθήσει διετές πρόγραμμα εισαγωγής στην ψυχανάλυση από την Ψυχαναλυτική Εταιρεία Θράκης, καθώς και σεμινάρια πάνω στη διαχείριση διαζυγίων από το ΕΚΠΑ και έχει προσφέρει εθελοντική εργασία στην Εταιρία Κοινωνικής Ψυχιατρικής Π. Σακελλαρόπουλος και στο Κέντρο Στήριξης Παιδιού και Οικογένειας των Παιδικών Χωριών SOS στην Αλεξανδρούπολη, συμβάλλοντας ενεργά στην υποστήριξη ευάλωτων ομάδων.

Είναι ενεργό μέλος της Συστημικής Εταιρείας Βορείου Ελλάδος (ΣΕΒΕ) και της European Family Therapy, συνεχίζοντας να εμβαθύνει τις γνώσεις και δεξιότητές της. Τέλος, πιστεύοντας στην παράλληλη προσωπική ανάπτυξη και ψυχική ευεξία του θεραπευτή, ώστε να μπορεί να παρέχει την απαραίτητη κατανόηση και ενσυναίσθηση προς τους θεραπευόμενους, έχει δεσμευτεί και η ίδια σε μακρά προσωπική θεραπεία.

Υπηρεσίες:

• Ατομική συμβουλευτική
• Συμβουλευτική ζεύγους
• Συμβουλευτική γονέων
• Συμβουλευτική ομάδων

Υποστήριξη και διαχείριση δυσκολιών όπως:

• Κατάθλιψη
• Αγχώδεις διαταραχές
• Κρίσεις πανικού
• Διαχείριση θυμού
• Δυσκολίες στην επικοινωνία ζευγαριών/οικογένειας
• Σχέσεις γονέων-παιδιών
• Πένθος
• Διαζύγιο

Karagianni Pinelopi is a Psychotherapist - Group Analyst and maintains her private practice in Exarchia. She successfully completed the training program of the Athens Institute of Group Analysis, which includes clinical practice in a Psychotherapeutic Community, coordination of analytic groups, participation in the Child and Family Therapy department, and supervision of therapeutic activities as required by the Hellenic Association of Psychotherapy. She has attended numerous trainings, including those on life coaching, eating disorders, adolescent psychopathology, parental counseling, LGBTQ+ counseling, and career orientation. It would be a significant omission not to mention that she holds a postgraduate degree in health unit management from the Hellenic Open University. In her private practice, she addresses a wide range of cases and specializes in Psychosomatic Symptoms, Individual, and Group Psychotherapy.

Stefania Kyriakidi is a Mental Health Counselor and a graduate of the postgraduate studies in Psychology (Conversion Psychology) from the University of East London, having obtained licensure to practice Mental Health Counseling Therapy with official recognition from ATEEN.

She is concurrently enrolled in the Medical School of Athens in the postgraduate program of Forensic Psychiatry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, aiming to engage in Expertise and Technical Reports for Judicial and Forensic cases.

She successfully completed the third cycle of the educational project “Esoteric Healing” at the Etheric Academy.

She has earned specialization certifications through distance learning programs (KEDIVIM) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in “Forensic-Psychiatric Psychology” as well as in “Criminological Research: The Contribution of Psychology.”

She is a graduate of the Department of Political Science and History at Panteion University.

She was a member and graduate of the British Psychological Society of the United Kingdom.

Kovatsevits Konstantatou Alexandra is an experienced Mental Health Counselor – Psychotherapist in the field of individual, group, couples, and parent therapy. Since 2014, she has maintained a private practice, offering her support to individuals, couples, and groups.

Her approach is person-centered, humanistic, relational, and informed by attachment theory. She advocates for a non-diagnostic perspective on human distress, working with clients through non-pharmaceutical methods, and building a strong therapeutic alliance with them.

In addition, she specializes in working with couples using the Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy (EFT) model. Thanks to her international background and her language skills, she has gained substantial experience working with intercultural couples (mixed couples).

She possesses extensive and long-standing experience in various life situations and has lived and worked in many countries. With an academic background in Economics and professional experience in the business world of shipping—and always believing that life is a continuous process of change and learning—she once again set an example through her own life by training as a Mental Health Counselor, obtaining a Master’s degree in Person-Centered Counseling & Psychotherapy from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

She then continued her training as a Parent Counselor with the EAG (Effective Parent Training) model by Gordon Hellas. She also trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) at the Hellenic Focusing Center, completing the Externship in EFT at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, as well as the Core Skills program with the EFT Greek Network.

Finally, she has also offered her services voluntarily at the Elderly Care Center “Nea Thalpi”, where she created a psychological support group for relatives of elderly people suffering from dementia, and at the Counseling Center “Together for Children.”

Mariolis Athanasios is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Ampelokipoi. He trained in Integrative Counseling at the Athens Synthesis Center, certified by the University of Glasgow, COSCA. He also holds a degree in Counseling Skills from the same institution. He has completed training at the Lifelong Learning Center of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Grief and Emotional Trauma Management, Gender Roles and Stereotypes, as well as Self-Improvement and Assertive Behavior. Additionally, he has attended a training program in LGBTQ+ Counseling. He is continuing his education in Psychotherapy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in a 4-year international specialization program in Counseling and Psychotherapy, where he has completed study cycles in Systemic and Narrative Approaches. Finally, he collaborates with the Mental Health Structure "Synypaxis," where he offers his services voluntarily to economically vulnerable adults.

His passion for the cognitive field of Psychology motivated him to shift from his initial studies in Economics to the field of Mental Health. He believes in the profound reciprocal value of working on oneself and operates within a framework of acceptance, respect, trust, and empathy, serving as a companion on each client’s unique journey toward personal development and well-being.

Maria Kontaksaki is a Systemic Mental Health Counselor, certified in Systemic Psychotherapy, with a private practice in Gazi, Heraklion. She works with individuals, couples, and families seeking to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships, offering a framework of safety, acceptance, and trust. Her goal is to create a warm and supportive environment where each person can freely express themselves, process their difficulties, and discover new ways of connection and communication. Through the therapeutic process, self-awareness, emotional insight, and the capacity for meaningful and authentic relationships are enhanced. She has experience in individual counseling, couples counseling, and family therapy, and has also been involved in coordinating therapeutic groups. Additionally, she has completed clinical training under supervision and actively participates as a scientific collaborator in mental health institutions. She has attended and participated in numerous conferences, seminars, and trainings related to counseling, couples therapy, trauma, and the systemic approach, and is engaged in community support and group coordination activities. Her approach is based on systemic thinking, emphasizing relationships, interaction patterns, and the broader context in which the individual lives and evolves.

Marina Damouli is a Mental Health Specialist and a Biothymic Clinical Hypnotherapist, maintaining a private practice in Argyroupoli. She is diligent and dedicated to all her undertakings, specializing in NLP (hypnosis) and holds certifications in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Relational Psychodrama, and the Psychotherapeutic Process with LGBTQI clients. She is a certified member of the Hellenic Counseling Society. She completed her studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and pursued further training, obtaining a diploma in Relational Psychodrama and the New Wave of Psychodrama. Additionally, she attended educational programs on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through Psychopedia, covering topics such as “Toxic People in Our Lives: Appropriate Management and Coping” and “Depressive Disorders and Contemporary Therapeutic Interventions.” Furthermore, she has participated in the 8th Panhellenic Counseling Psychology Conference and the 3rd Panhellenic Positive Psychology Conference. She selects, administers, and interprets psychological tests to assess intelligence, abilities, and interests of individuals in order to determine appropriate counseling actions. She gathers information from clients using interviews, case histories, observation techniques, and other assessment methods. Finally, she develops therapeutic plans based on the individual interests, skills, and primarily the needs of the clients.