{"id":451,"date":"2025-08-28T17:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayaalivisatos.com\/biographiko\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:46:47","slug":"biographiko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mayaalivisatos.com\/en\/biographiko\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I graduated from Athens College and then studied psychology at Boston University in the United States.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

I obtained my doctorate in psychology from the University of Sheffield in Great Britain.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

From 1998 to 2025, I worked in Greece as a psychologist in primary and secondary education.<\/p>

From 2000 to 2025, I worked as a school psychologist at Athens College. Additionally, from 2011 to 2025, I was the Inter-School Coordinator of the Psycho-Educational Department. <\/p>

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

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.”<\/p>

From 2018 to 2020 and 2025, I am teaching the module “Loss Management \u2013 Divorce, Death” in the Postgraduate Program “Strategies for Developmental and Adolescent Health” at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.<\/p>

As of November 2025, I hold the position of Scientific Director at the NGO “Together for the Child”.<\/p>

I collaborate with schools and organizations in the context of group supervision.<\/p>

I have been trained in the following programs:<\/p>

  • Training in Psychotraumatology and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy \u2013 Tact Hellas<\/li>
  • Training Seminar in Motivating Adolescent and Youth Groups \u2013 Athenian Center for the Study of Man (AKMA)<\/li>
  • Training Program for Trainers \u2013 Coordinators of Parent Schools \u2013 Panhellenic Association of Parent Schools<\/li>
  • Training Program for Adolescent Group Coordinators \u2013 Panhellenic Association of Parent Schools<\/li>
  • School Mediation Training Program<\/li>
  • Intervention Program for Substance Use \u2013 \u201c18 Ano<\/li>
  • Training Program “Psychological Support for Children and Families for Illness and Death” \u2013 Merimna<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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