I graduated from Athens College and then studied psychology at Boston University in the United States.

I continued my postgraduate studies at the Department of Child Development at Tufts University in the United States, where I specialized in child psychosocial development and behavioral difficulties.

I obtained my doctorate in psychology from the University of Sheffield in Great Britain.

I trained in Systemic Family and Group Psychotherapy at the Athenian Center for the Study of Man (AKMA) and in Systemic Couples Therapy at the Institute of Systemic Therapy in Thessaloniki.

I have worked in the field of learning difficulties at a research center and elementary school in the United States, both at the research and clinical levels.

From 1998 to 2025, I worked in Greece as a psychologist in primary and secondary education.

From 2000 to 2025, I worked as a School Psychologist at Athens College. Additionally, from 2011 to 2025, I served as the Inter-School Coordinator of the Psychoeducational Department.

In 2008, I co-founded the “My Playce” creative activity centers for preschool children, which I supervised until 2022.

From 2016 to 2019, I was a research associate at the Adolescent Health Unit of the Second Pediatric Clinic of the University of Athens, Pan. & Ag. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital for the program “From A to Z: an Academy for Parents.”

From 2018 to 2020 and 2025, I am teaching the module “Loss Management – Divorce, Death” in the Postgraduate Program “Strategies for Developmental and Adolescent Health” at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

I collaborate with schools and organizations in the context of group supervision.

I have been trained in the following programs:

  • Training in Psychotraumatology and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy – Tact Hellas
  • Training Seminar in Motivating Adolescent and Youth Groups – Athenian Center for the Study of Man (AKMA)
  • Training Program for Trainers – Coordinators of Parent Schools – Panhellenic Association of Parent Schools
  • Training Program for Adolescent Group Coordinators – Panhellenic Association of Parent Schools
  • School Mediation Training Program
  • Intervention Program for Substance Use – “18 Ano
  • Training Program “Psychological Support for Children and Families for Illness and Death” – Merimna