My clinical experience overall (including training and employment) spans over 20 years and two countries (Greece and the UK) and includes 13 years of studying. I studied, lived and worked in London for 15 years. In 2002, I obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology from London Guildhall University. I then continued my studies and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Counselling Psychology from London Metropolitan University in 2007. In 2010, I obtained an Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Counselling Psychology (PgDip) from the same university. 

During my training as a Counselling Psychologist my clinical supervised placements took place at Falmouth Road Group Practice in London between 2003-2005, at the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) – Centre for Better Health (C4BH) in London (2008-2010), at Westminster Mind Counselling Service, London (2008), and at Epping Forest Primary Care and Psychological Therapy Service-North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London (2008-2009).

My training as a Counselling Psychologist required supervised clinical placements in at least two different therapeutic models, primarily using CBT as the main model, with psychodynamic and humanistic as secondary approaches.   

As part of my commitment to the expansion of my knowledge, I also completed a Postgraduate Diploma on Clinical Skills based on the Cognitive Analytic model and Relational Psychotherapy at the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ΙΣΟΨ, Athens).

Moreover, as part of my continuing professional development I have completed the didactic part of training including 24 courses (4 year duration) at the Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies (T-BIPS, Florida, USA),

My current studies involve a psychotherapy program with limited admission to advanced clinicians, "The Online Topic - Oriented Psychotherapy Program (TOPP)" with the current topic being "The Luminaries of the Interpersonal Approach" at the William Alanson White Institute (WAWI) in New York, which will further deepen my clinical knowledge. 

2023–Present: Private practice

2015–Present:Providing individual and couple therapy at the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy(ΙΣΟΨ), Athens (external associate since 2023)

2023–2025: Psychological support for students, conducting seminars and writing articles for the student blog at New York College (NYC), Athens

2020–2023: Counselling Psychologist (individual and couple therapy) at the British CBT and Counselling Service (BCBT), London

2017-2023: Teaching and supervising trainees of the "Postgraduate Diploma of Specialization on Clinical Skills based on Relational Psychoanalysis/ Relational Psychotherapy" at the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy( ΙΣΟΨ), Athens

2014–2015: Volunteer-Provision of individual psychological therapy at Médecins du Monde,  Athens

2013: Counselling Psychologist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, Newham Primary Psychological Therapies Service- Vicarage Lane Health Centre.
Duties included telephone and face to face assessments and triages, choice of the appropriate type of therapy and allocation of individuals on the appropriate waiting list, individual therapy using a multimodal approach emphasizing psychodynamic thinking as part of High Intensity Therapies, IAPT–Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

2012–2013: Counselling Psychologist (individual and couple therapy) at the British CBT and Counselling Service (BCBT), London

2012–2013: Counselling Psychologist at KCA New Thoughts Mental Health Services (High Intensity therapies, IAPT-Improving Access to Psychological Therapies),London

2011–2012:  Coordinator of the MA program in Clinical Psychology and Lecturer on the undergraduate Psychology program at Indianapolis University (Athens campus, Greece)

2010–2011: Counselling Psychologist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, Newham Primary Psychological Therapies Service- Vicarage Lane Health Centre.
Duties included telephone and face to face assessments and triages, choice of the appropriate type of therapy and allocation of individuals on the appropriate waiting list, individual therapy using a multimodal approach emphasizing psychodynamic thinking as part of High Intensity Therapies, IAPT–Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

2010-2011: Counselling Psychologist at West Essex Mind Counselling Service, London (duties included managing waiting lists for three Group Practice Services; conducting assessments and providing individual and couple psychological therapy)

2010: Counselling Psychologist at Epping Forest Primary Care and Psychological Therapy Service-North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, London (duties included managing waiting lists for three Group Practice Services; conducting assessments and providing individual and couple psychological therapy) 

February 2023: Discussant at the presentation of Stavros Charalambide’s book: The Executioner of Envy, organized by the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ΙΣΟΨ), Ianos Bookstore, Athens

October 2021: First National Greek Conference of Relational Psychoanalysis and Group Psychotherapy organized by the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy( ΙΣΟΨ, Athens)
Discussant of the panel: “Integrative Shades in the Process of Maturation as Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists”

June 2018: 16th Annual IARPP Conference (New York, USA)
Presented of paper: “Alice in Wonderland: Stranded between a Magical Realm and a Fierce Reality”

June 2017: 15th Annual IARPP Conference (Sydney, Australia)
Presenter of paper: “A Patient’s Destructive ‘Partial Connection’ and a Brief Encounter at the Intimate Edge”

June 2016: 14th Annual IARPP Conference (Rome, Italy)
I participated in a parallel paper session: “Gordian Knots and Ferenczian Aesthetics: A Live Group Supervision Reversal”

November 2016: 6th Greek National Conference of Counselling Psychology (Athens, Greece)
Presenter in Stavros Charambide’s panel: “The Interpersonalization of Dreams and the Dead Mother” 

Presentation title: “The Interpersonal Dimension and the Use of Dreams as a Means of Deepening the Therapeutic Relationship in Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy”

November 2016: Discussant in the presentation: “When Love Met Death and Irvin Yalom Met Relational Psychoanalysis”, οrganized by the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy( ΙΣΟΨ) at Ianos Bookstore, Athens

Therapists are responsible for identifying their own intrapsychic and interpersonal patterns that may either facilitate or hinder the therapeutic process. Over the years, personal and group therapy with certified clinicians has been integral to my personal growth and professional development. 

To support my professional development and to enhance ethical and clinical sensitivity that helps integrate theory, research and practice coherently, I systematically engage in ongoing studies as well as attend academic and experiential training workshops, seminars, and conferences in Relational Psychoanalysis and Counselling Psychology.

Over the years depending on my employment and professional needs, I have maintained continuous clinical supervision with experienced Counselling and/or Clinical Psychologists, as well as Relational Psychoanalysts, to ensure ethical and effective practice.

Some of my supervisors include:

2015–Present: Ι receive ongoing supervision from Dr. Spyros Orfanos, Ph.D., ABPP – Director and Clinical Professor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

2015–2022: As part of my work at the Institute for Relational and Group Psychotherapy(ΙΣΟΨ) I received group supervision from Dr. Darlene Ehrenberg – Author of “The Intimate Edge” and faculty member at the William Alanson White Institute