I am a Systemic, Couple and Family Psychotherapist and a qualified / registered Systemic Supervisor with a background in psychology.
I offer psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families across the life span. I have extensive experience working with diverse family structures and I am particularly sensitive to issues of justice, equality and diversity.
I am experienced working with families from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and take time to connect with the culture and social context relevant to the clients and their presenting difficulties.
Alongside my private practice, I consult with, supervise and train clinicians and teams in the NHS and teach as a Visiting Lecturer at different Universities in the UK.
I completed my MSc and PgCert in Systemic & Family Psychotherapy (with Distinction) under a King’s College Scholarship, combining the taught element of the courses with ongoing clinical placements in inpatient adolescent services (Coborn Centre, East London NHS Foundation Trust and Th Beacon Centre, Barnet Enfield & Haringey NHS Foundation Trust), neurodevelopmental child and adolescent mental health services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust), generic child & adolescent mental health services in the community (Lambeth CAMHS) and adult & couples outpatient services (South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust).
Clinically, I have held senior positions at different internationally renowned London institutions, including the Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED), Royal Free Hospital Eating Disorders Service and the Tavistock Centre in London. I have extensive experience providing evidence-based interventions to people affected by an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia, ARFID). I afacilitate individual, family and multi-family therapy sessions and offer psycho-education to all those involved, including other professionals.
At GIDS, I established and led the first NHS Family Therapy & Consultation Service in London for gender non-conforming, gender diverse and gender questioning young people and families and I was a joint coordinator of the service’s continuous professional development course for external agencies and professionals. I have significant experience working with individuals, couples, or families who identify in LGBTQI+ identities from different cultural backgrounds. Alongside GIDS, I was an Honorary Systemic & Family Psychotherapist in the University College London Hospital (UCLH) in the paediatric endocrine liaison clinic.
Στο Tavistock Centre, εργάστηκα για παραπάνω απο τέσσερα χρόνια για στο εθνικής εμβέλειας κέντρο για παιδιά και εφήβους που αντιμετωπίζουν δυσκολίες με την ανάπτυξη της ταυτότητας φύλου, της σεξουαλικής τους ταυτότητας και του σώματός τους (Gender Identity Development Service). Απο την υπηρεσία παραιτήθηκα το 2019 έχοντας προαχθεί στο βαθμό Highly Specialist Systemic and Family Psychotherapist. Κατα την παραμονή μου στο συγκεκριμένο οργανισμό, ανέπτυξα και διεύθυνα το πρώτο τμήμα Οικογενειακής Θεραπείας και Συμβουλευτικής στο Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας της Αγγλίας για παιδιά, εφήβους και οικογένειες που αντιμετωπίζουν δυσκολίες με την ταυτότητα φύλου τους (GIDS Family Therapy & Consultation Service). Έχω μεγάλη κλινική εμπειρία με άτομα, ζευγάρια και οικογένειες ΛΟΑΤΑΚΙ ταυτοτήτων / κοινότητας. Παράλληλα με την δουλειά μου στο GIDS, δουλεύω ως Επίτιμος Συστημικός και Οικογενειακός Ψυχοθεραπευτής στο University College London Hospital (UCLH) στο τμήμα παιδιατρικής ενδοκρινολογίας.
Clinically, I have held senior positions at different internationally renowned London institutions, including the Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED), Royal Free Hospital Eating Disorders Service and the Tavistock Centre in London. I have extensive experience providing evidence-based interventions to people affected by an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia, ARFID). I afacilitate individual, family and multi-family therapy sessions and offer psycho-education to all those involved, including other professionals.
At GIDS, I established and led the first NHS Family Therapy & Consultation Service in London for gender non-conforming, gender diverse and gender questioning young people and families and I was a joint coordinator of the service’s continuous professional development course for external agencies and professionals. I have significant experience working with individuals, couples, or families who identify in LGBTQI+ identities from different cultural backgrounds. Alongside GIDS, I was an Honorary Systemic & Family Psychotherapist in the University College London Hospital (UCLH) in the paediatric endocrine liaison clinic.
Είμαι υποψήφιος Διδάκτορας του Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London (University of London) και υπότροφος του Ιδρύματος Α.Γ. Λεβέντη. Υπο την επίβλεψη της Καθηγήτριας Ψυχολογίας Δρ Kate Rimes, διερευνώ τις ενσώματες δυσκολίες σε εφήβους που αντιμετωπίζουν διατροφικές διαταραχές και δυσφορία φύλου.
I am the co-founder of Detrans Foundation, an organisation supporting people across the life-span who (for different reasons) decide to stop either the social or medical transition in relation to their gender. I’m also a member of the Institute of Mental Health for Children and Adults in Athens, Greece.
In 2020 I served as a scientific advisor for the production of the podcast series Sex Education, developed through the collaboration of Onassis Stegi and POD.GR, which delivered 12 psycho-educational podcasts focusing on developmentally-appropriate sex education for youth 16+. The project focused on the current evidence-base and approaches related to contraception, sexuality, gender identity development, bullying, body image difficulties, sexually-transmitted infections etc.
I currently consult with different teams in the National Health Service, both in the UK and in Greece for training, consultation, supervision and service development.
Apart from my clinical work, I am also a visiting lecturer on different MSc and Doctorate courses in universities in the UK and in Greece. I am active in teaching, training and research, focusing on different areas on mental health, such as eating disorders, gender identity, sexuality, attachment, affective disorders, and on specific therapeutic interventions, such as systemic and family psychotherapy.
