Mental Health Counselors

Aikaterini Vrouvaki is a Mental Health Counselor and maintains a private practice in Nea Smyrni. She holds a diploma (HPD) in Counseling & Psychology from Mediterranean College and has gained clinical experience at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos" (through NKUA), in the Functional Neuropsychology Unit, where she participated in a cognitive rehabilitation and psychological support program and provided counseling support to patients with epilepsy as well as individual counseling sessions for people managing anxiety, grief, and crises. She specializes in counseling interpersonal relationships, anxiety management, crises, grief, and anger, offering individual and couples sessions. Her goal is to support the individual with empathy, confidentiality, and professionalism, creating a safe space where they can express themselves, better understand themselves, and find balance in their daily life. Ms. Vrouvaki can also conduct sessions in English if needed, as her English proficiency is at a high level (proficiency level).

Είναι Ιατρός, απόφοιτος της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Έχει εργαστεί επί 25ετία και πλεόν ως διαγνώστης ιατρός στον ιδιωτικό τομέα, κοντά στον άνθρωπο,  δίπλα στις αντιξόοτητές του μα και στις νίκες του με ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον στην σωματική και ψυχική του υγεία που διαπλέκονται αναπόσπαστα. Η πίστη της στις δυνατότητες και την ομορφιά των ανθρώπων την οδήγησαν παράλληλα με την άσκηση της Ιατρικής αρχικά στην απόκτηση διπλώματος Συμβούλου Ψυχικής Υγείας (HND in Counselling and Psychology) στο Μεσογειακό Κολέγιο Αθηνών Mediterranean College. Ακολούθησε  διετής συμμετοχή της σε ομάδα εποπτείας και πρακτικής άσκησης  στο Κέντρο Συμβουλευτικής και Ψυχοθεραπείας «Ψυχήλατον» καθώς και εκπαίδευση  στις εφαρμογές της  Νευροανάδρασης στο Πολύκεντρο Ψυχιατρικής, Ψυχοθεραπείας και Νευροανάδρασης «Σύγχρονα Αμφιαράεια». Κεντρικός άξονας της διαμόρφωσης των γνώσεων και της πορείας της αποτέλεσε η εκπαίδευσή της ως Συστημική Υπαρξιακή Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια  στο Ινστιτούτο «Αντίστιξη»,  πιστοποιημένο εκπαιδευτικό κέντρο για εκπαίδευση στην συστημική ψυχοθεραπεία από την European Family Therapy Association (EFTA). Η πολυετής εκπαίδευσή της στο ινστιτούτο  «Αντίστιξη» περιλάμβανε συμμετοχή σε ομάδα προσωπικής ψυχοθεραπείας επί τέσσερα  έτη, ομάδα εκπαίδευσης στην υπαρξιακή – συστημική ψυχοθεραπεία επί τέσσερα έτη , ομάδα γενεογράμματος επί τρία έτη καθώς και συνεχή εποπτεία. Εργάζεται ψυχοθεραπευτικά με άτομα, ζευγάρια και οικογένειες ιδιωτικά στο γραφειο της. Οργανώνει βιωματικά εργαστήρια και συντονίζει ομάδες προσωπικής ανάπτυξης.

Από τον Οκτώβριο 2025 είναι εκπαιδευόμενη στην Ομαδική Σχεσιακή Ανάλυση από το ΕΔΟΑ (Ελληνικό Δίκτυο Ομαδικών Αναλυτών).

Eίναι μέλος της της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Συστημικής Θεραπείας (ΕΛΕΣΥΘ), της Ελληνικής Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας Συμβουλευτικής Ομηλίκων (ΕΣΥΟΜ) και της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Συμβουλευτικής (ΕΕΣ). Ως μέλος της ΕΣΥΟΜ έχει οργανώσει εθελοντικά και συντονίζει διαδικτυακά ομάδα (peer support) συμβουλευτικής ομηλίκων εργαζομένων σε νοσοκομεία για την στήριξη στο σπουδαίο ρόλο τους, το έργο της οποίας παρουσιάστηκε στο 8ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Συμβουλευτικής Ψυχολογίας και το 3ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Θετικής Ψυχολογίας στο Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών 9-12 Νοεμβρίου 2023. Συμμετέχει ως ομιλήτρια σε επιστημονικές ημερίδες και διευρύνει συνεχώς την εκπαίδευσή της υποστηρίζοντας  την δια βίου μάθηση, καθώς αποτελεί ικανή  αλλά και απαραίτητη συνθήκη που συμπληρώνει την συνειδητή της επιλογή και αγάπη της στο επάγγελμα του Συμβούλου Ψυχικής Υγείας - Συστημικού Υπαρξιακού Ψυχοθεραπευτή.

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.

Xorianopoulou Andriani is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist with a private practice in Pangrati. She holds a degree in Sociology from Panteion University and a master's degree in Counseling and Psychotherapy from the University of East London. Additionally, she specialized in Cognitive Psychotherapy at the Kostas Stefanis Research University Institute of Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine, in collaboration with the First Psychiatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has also volunteered as a psychotherapist at the Social Protection and Solidarity Organization of the Municipality of Vrilissia and at the Parental Equality for the Child Association. Furthermore, in the context of ongoing professional development, she has attended numerous training programs, workshops, and seminars and is a member of the Hellenic Association of Cognitive Psychotherapies and the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.

Anna Vrettou is a Mental Health Consultant - Psychotherapist - Psychoeducator - Facilitator and maintains a private practice in Ilioupoli. Additionally, she collaborates with the Therapeutic Counseling Center (KE.THESY) in Chalandri, Attica as a psychoeducator for students.

Her theoretical approaches are based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Integrative Psychotherapy, and Gestalt, utilizing methods such as play therapy, art therapy, and drama therapy. She has completed a 4-year program in Mental Health Counseling and Couple Counseling, and continues to pursue training in Psychology at a private university as well as in Group Facilitation.

Spanou Thomais is a Psychotherapist – Person-Centered Approach Counselor and maintains a private practice in Agios Ioannis Rentis. She holds a degree in Intercultural Education from the Democritus University of Thrace and completed this program with attendance at a summer seminar at Moscow State University, Lomonosov. Subsequently, she completed postgraduate studies and obtained an M.Sc. in Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, with a research focus on parental traumas of a client during psychotherapy. After four years of training in the Person-Centered Approach, she acquired the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP) from the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP), of which she is a member. She is also a founding member of the Panhellenic Association of Professionals of Person-Centered & Experiential Approach. She has volunteered with Gefyra Zois working with children and adults with disabilities, and within the framework of volunteering, she has supported breastfeeding and motherhood (completion of Effective Parenting seminar by Gordon Hellas). She has attended clinical hypnotherapy seminars and remains active and engaged in the areas of education, research, and her own personal development.

Gesthimani Pantelidou is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist and has been running the Mental Health Center - "aniGma" in Nea Smyrni for the past 7 years. She deals with issues related to personal anxieties, difficulties and dilemmas, family matters, issues and challenges concerning adolescents and the elderly, as well as emotional, psychosomatic, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress, and the management of loss and grief. Additionally, as a personal coach with extensive experience in the business sector, she supports the encouragement of change, motivation, utilization of personal potential, enhancement of self-confidence and self-esteem, management of indecisiveness, as well as goal setting and achievement. Based on the Synthetic Approach, she combines techniques from Person-Centered, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Psychodynamic therapies, as well as personal coaching techniques, to flexibly adapt to the needs and personality of each client. In today’s era of general disorientation and loneliness, the human individual strives to cope with pain, fear, and anxiety arising from the ambiguity of their constantly changing life. Psychological support and counseling sessions aim to reveal the distinctly personal functional adaptation method of the individual to the present and future of their life, discovering the unused potentials of their soul in conjunction with the ongoing cultivation of their communication skills with their environment.

“...I am not entirely guilty for the life I lead, since I did not choose it, nor am I entirely innocent from the moment I continue it...”

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.

Papafilippou Xristoforos MSc is a Psychotherapist - Mental Health Counselor maintaining a private practice in Pangrati. He has completed his postgraduate studies in Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy at the University of Strathclyde and also holds a Diploma in Person-Centered Counseling from the same university. In the past, he volunteered with the Social Solidarity Network "Syn-Existence," offering his knowledge and assistance in various cases.

He conducts individual sessions aimed at adolescents as well as adults who seek a space of safety and acceptance, where they can explore thoughts, feelings, and experiences at their own pace.

His work is based on the Person-Centered approach, where the therapeutic relationship is the core element of the process, standing alongside the client as a companion on their journey of self-exploration. His role is not to direct or provide ready-made solutions but to create a space where the individual can hear themselves more clearly.

For him, the foundation of therapy is the relationship: to listen to the client, to see them for who they are, and to stand with acceptance towards all parts of them, including those they may struggle to embrace.

Η Αγγέλα Πριμικύρη είναι Σύμβουλος Ψυχικής Υγείας με εκπαίδευση στην Προσωποκεντρική και Focusing – Βιωματική Συμβουλευτική και Ψυχοθεραπεία, καθώς και στη Focusing Τραυματοθεραπεία. Διατηρεί ιδιωτικό γραφείο στο Παγκράτι, όπου παρέχει συνεδρίες συμβουλευτικής, ψυχοθεραπείας και τραυματοθεραπείας σε ενήλικες, τόσο δια ζώσης όσο και διαδικτυακά.

Έπειτα από μια δεκαπενταετία εκπαιδευτικής και επαγγελματικής ενασχόλησης με την Αρχιτεκτονική, ολοκλήρωσε την 4ετή βιωματική εκπαίδευση στην Προσωποκεντρική και Focusing – Βιωματική Συμβουλευτική και Ψυχοθεραπεία και, στη συνέχεια, το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα βασικής εκπαίδευσης και το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα πιστοποίησης στην Focusing Τραυματοθεραπεία, στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο Focusing (HFC). Έχει επίσης ολοκληρώσει τη βασική εκπαίδευση στη Μη Βίαιη Επικοινωνία (NVC) με τον πιστοποιημένο εκπαιδευτή από το διεθνές Κέντρο Μη Βίαιης Επικοινωνίας (CNVC) Γιώργο Τσιτσιρίγκο, και το ετήσιο σεμινάριο Ψυχοπαθολογίας του Κέντρου Δια Βίου Μάθησης ΕΥΔΟΚΙΜΟΣ. Στο παρόν, βρίσκεται σε διαδικασία φοίτησης στο πρόγραμμα σπουδών Ψυχολογίας στη Σχολή Κοινωνικών-Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών του Aegean College σε συνεργασία με το University of Essex. Έχει συμμετάσχει στην εθελοντική ομάδα «Emfasis», με streetworks και ψυχολογική υποστήριξη σε ανθρώπους χωρίς στέγη και άτομα με εξαρτήσεις και το διάστημα 2015-2020, έχει υπάρξει ενεργό μέλος του εθελοντικού δικτύου ψυχολογικής υποστήριξης και κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης «Συνύπαρξη», προσφέροντας ατομικές συνεδρίες συμβουλευτικής και ψυχοθεραπείας και ομαδικές συναντήσεις ως συντονίστρια και διευκολύντρια ομάδας θεραπείας και ανάπτυξης. Είναι μέλος της Ελληνικής Εταιρίας Συμβουλευτικής (Ε.Ε.Σ.) και της Ελληνικής Προσωποκεντρικής και Βιωματικής Εταιρείας (Ε.Π.Β.Ε.), παραμένει διαρκώς ενεργή επιμορφωτικά, συμμετέχοντας σε ποικίλα επιστημονικά σεμινάρια, συνέδρια και ημερίδες και βρίσκεται σε συνεχή διαδικασία προσωπικής θεραπείας και επαγγελματικής εποπτείας.

Εργάζεται ιδιωτικά με ενήλικες, παρέχοντας συνεδρίες συμβουλευτικής/ψυχοθεραπείας και τραυματοθεραπείας, προσωποκεντρικής και focusing-βιωματικής προσέγγισης, δια ζώσης και διαδικτυακά, και παραμένει βαθιά αφοσιωμένη στη συντρόφευση ανθρώπων στο προσωπικό τους ταξίδι αυτογνωσίας, ενδυνάμωσης, ίασης και ανάπτυξης. Κύριο μέλημά της είναι η δημιουργία ασφάλειας τόσο στη θεραπευτική σχέση όσο και στον εσωτερικό κόσμο των θεραπευόμενων καθώς έχει διαπιστώσει πως μόνο από μια θέση ταυτόχρονης εσωτερικής και εξωτερικής ασφάλειας και εμπιστοσύνης μπορούν να προσεγγιστούν ευάλωτα και πληγωμένα κομμάτια των ανθρώπων, ώστε να επουλωθούν οι πληγές και να καλλιεργηθεί η ανάπτυξη.

Varelas Giorgos is a Consultant in Mental Health with a Integrative Approach and maintains a private practice in Akadimia Platonos. He studied Counselling (COSCA, Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) at the Athens Synthesis Center, has completed a one-year seminar in Group Analysis at the Group Analysis Institute 'S.H.Foulkes' and is a member of the Hellenic Counselling Society. Currently, he works as a Mental Health Consultant providing individual adult sessions both in-person and online.

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.

Sarikoudis Apostolos is a Mental Health Counselor - Psychotherapist and maintains a private practice in Thessaloniki. He has completed studies as a Mental Health Counselor with full qualification and certification of a three-year training program at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling, as well as his three-year training at the same center as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Psychotherapist. Concurrently, he is pursuing additional training in new therapeutic approaches. He has been professionally involved in psychological support and parental counseling for the municipality of Oraiokastro, Thessaloniki. During his internship, he served as a coordinator in groups for individuals with addictions at the rehabilitation center "Change of Life" and as a research observer in a personal development and self-awareness group at the Center for Applied Psychotherapy and Counseling. He is a registered full member of the Hellenic Counseling Society (HCS) and a recognized registered member of the European Association for Counseling (EAC). In his private practice, he handles a wide range of cases and notably offers the option for online sessions.

Athanasiou Katerina Kai Synergates is a Mental Health Consultant, Systemic Psychotherapist with private practices in Ioannina and Kolonaki. Simultaneously, she is a founding member and Therapist at the Systemic Therapy and Counseling Center Ke.Sy.The.S. in Ioannina, a recognized Training Center of the E.F.T.A. She is specialized in Systemic Family and Human Systems Therapy (individuals, families, organizations) from the Society of Systemic Therapy and Human Systems Intervention. Additionally, she has specialized in Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Reframe Greece and has attended numerous trainings in Systemic Thinking & Coaching. She is a member of the HEAP (Hellas Employee Assistance Programs) network, a regular member of EFTA (European Family Therapist Association), and a member of the European and Hellenic Counseling Association. She works as a Systemic Coach and Mindset Motivator, with expertise in Family Businesses, work-related stress, and guiding Executives and Entrepreneurs in their personal development and fulfillment of their vision. Her focus areas include: management and improvement of quality of life and well-being (Weight Management Groups), anxiety management for employees and others, life change management, depression, life meaning, conscious separation from marriage or relationships, empowerment for achieving relationship or professional success, family conflicts and creating new family goals, support and empowerment for Entrepreneurs, Business Executives and teams interested in developing themselves, their teams, and consequently their businesses, Family Businesses and succession management issues, conflicts with relatives, single parents dealing with partner and child management issues, etc. Finally, she contributes articles to magazines such as Psychology Now, Alternative Action, Epixeiro, Metalogos, and regularly participates in conferences and seminars.