INFORMATION
The Psychologist
Stavroula Vasiliadis is a Psychologist - Psychotherapist, a graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with postgraduate studies in Educational Psychology at the Institute of Education , University College of London . She then specialized in Special Education at Brunel University London and at the same time works as a teacher in an international English-speaking school, in a multicultural environment that strengthened her sensitivity to the uniqueness of the experience of belonging to mixed cultures and multilingualism.
She is trained in Individual Relational Psychotherapy at the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy (IRGP) , holds a license to practice as a psychologist and offers individual sessions to adolescents and adults in the Nea Smyrni area.
Her professional path has been shaped by the intersection of different fields – psychology, education and cross-cultural experience. She believes that every person carries a unique story, which deserves to be listened to carefully, without rushing or judging.
She is a collaborator of the psychotherapeutic space Psythyra in Nea Smyrni and is a member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), while she systematically participates in scientific conferences and seminars in the context of her continuous professional and personal development.
Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a contemporary psychoanalytic approach that places particular emphasis on the way in which relationships shape our mental life and our experience of ourselves.
From the earliest years of our lives, through our significant relationships, we develop ways of understanding ourselves and others, of connecting, of protecting ourselves, and of responding to our emotional needs. These experiences leave their mark on the way we relate later in life. Some of these patterns may be repeated, even when they are difficult for us or no longer correspond to who we are and what we need.
In relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, the therapeutic relationship is at the heart of the process. Therapy is a special meeting place for two people, in which not only what has happened in the past or is happening in the client's daily life, but also what emerges in the "here and now" of the therapeutic relationship itself, can be explored.
The therapist is not in the position of a neutral observer interpreting the client from a distance. He or she participates in the therapeutic encounter with active presence and emotional availability, while maintaining responsibility for the context and boundaries of the therapy. Therapist and client strive together to understand the experience unfolding between them and to make space for feelings, needs, and aspects of the self that may have been difficult to recognize or express until then.
Therapy is not just about relieving a symptom or a difficulty. It is a process of deeper understanding of ourselves, our personal history, and the ways we relate. A space where, through encounter and dialogue, more freedom can gradually be created in the way we feel, choose, and exist in our relationships.