Christina Stamatopoulou,
MSc
Clinical Psychologist. Studies in the United Kingdom, training in more than one therapeutic approach, and a practice in Ilioupoli since 2020.
Why me
To me, every person who walks through the door of the therapy room is a unique phenomenon. A whole world of experiences, relationships, feelings and meanings, which cannot be contained in a diagnosis, a symptom or one particular therapeutic technique.
With a holistic and systemic outlook, I try to understand not only the difficulty but the person within the history, the relationships and the context of a life that have shaped them. That is why I build every therapeutic plan individually, with respect for the needs, the pace and the singularity of the person in front of me.
Above all, I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship. I want my room to be a place where a person can relax, feel safe, come to trust — and, when they are ready, express even the most difficult or vulnerable parts of themselves without fear of judgement.
Being a therapist also means, for me, a continuing personal responsibility to develop. Personal therapy, supervision, ongoing training and contact with current scientific developments are an inseparable part of my professional path.
The way I work is holistic: I draw together techniques and tools from the evidence-based approaches I have trained in — among them the cognitive–behavioural approach, systemic and family therapy, and play therapy with the creative arts — and, where I judge it is needed, from the energy therapies. What is used, and in what proportion, follows from the nature of what is being asked rather than from a preference of mine, and the plan is built for the fullest possible outcome for the person in front of me.
My training in systemic and family therapy is ongoing. I mention it because it shapes how I think about families — not as a completed qualification.
I do not consider my training a closed chapter. I keep training — because the field moves, but mostly because my own development is part of the work. The list below describes where I am today, not where I stop.
Sessions are held in Greek and in English, in person in Ilioupoli or online.
Studies and credentials
- MSc Clinical & Community PsychologyUniversity of East London, United Kingdom.
- BSc Applied PsychologyUniversity of Derby, United Kingdom.
- Licence to practise as a PsychologistLicence number 1148616, for the Greek territory.
- MemberAssociation of Greek Psychologists (S.E.PS.).
- Play Therapy & Creative ArtsTwo-year specialisation, Metropolitan College of Athens.
- Systemic & Family PsychotherapyCentre for Systemic Study and Therapy (KESMETH), Athens — in progress.
- Counselling, Psychoeducation, Children's Drawing, Psychometric ToolsA series of certified trainings, professional development programmes and seminars.
- ThetaHealing®Certified practitioner — six separate certifications across different fields of application.
- Therapeutic Dowsing (Radiestezja Terapeutyczna)Radiestezyjne Studio Subtelnych Energii „Non Profit” (RSSE), Poland.
- First university studiesSchool of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Training
- 2023 – 2024MSc Clinical & Community PsychologyUniversity of East London
- 2022 – 2023Training in Counselling Skills"Empsychosis" Centre
- —Play Therapy & Creative ArtsMetropolitan College
- In progressSystemic & Family TherapyKe.Se.Me.Th., Athens
- 2017 – 2020BSc Applied PsychologyUniversity of Derby
Experience
- 2020 — presentClinical Psychologist · Private practice, PsychoptiaIndividual psychotherapy sessions with children, teenagers and adults, parent counselling and play therapy, at the practice in Ilioupoli or online. Every collaboration starts with history-taking and the shaping of the therapeutic request, so that the framework and its goals are set jointly with the person.
- PresentExternal associate · Specialist therapy centres, AtticaMember of interdisciplinary teams in mental health services and specialist therapy centres: Brainbow — Centre for Special Therapies & Neurofeedback, Amilla — Centre for Therapy and Rehabilitation, and Atypical Center in Dafni, specialising in support for people on the autism spectrum, among other therapeutic settings.
- PandemicFree counselling sessionsTook part in providing free sessions to people in need, in cooperation with private counselling and psychotherapy practices.
- PlacementRECBT InstituteObservation of real cases in an interdisciplinary setting and familiarisation with cognitive–behavioural methodology. Within this placement I wrote the psychoeducational material "The self care of the caregivers".
- Placement"Charis Kataki" Laboratory for the Exploration of Human RelationsFamiliarisation with the systemic view of human relationships and family dynamics.