“Psychonisida”
Counseling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, Research and Education Center.
Welcome to the Official Website of the Counseling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, Research
and Education Center “Psychonisida”!
The Counseling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, Research and Education/Training Center “Psychonisida” was founded in 2010 by Dr. Afroditi Papaioannou-Spiroulia, Founder and Scientific Supervisor of the Center, Systemic-Family Therapist, Marte MeoTrainer, Professor-Researcher in Clinical-Cognitive Psychology and Specialized Supervisor in matters of Systemic-Multicultural Education and Communication.
This Center is a result of an on-going 25-year education, practice and general scientific activity of Afroditi Papaioannou-Spiroulia inside the fields of Psychology, Counseling, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, and Multicultural Education, always, with a reference point to human thinking and action, and especially the understanding of human mentality, aiming to awareness, development, and improvement of human relationships and the general formation of conditions assisting the quality of life of individuals. These are a few points that the Center’s “gaze” is focused on and is willing to approach, explore, and support.
The main pillars of the activities of the Center are three: its main activity is the responsible and efficient provision of services in the field of mental health, always guided by the individual, with respect to his/her difficulties, needs and the reserve of mental health that he/she carries, in order to cooperate with the experts and find the answer that he/she seeks, resolve his difficulty/-ies, and walk towards the improvement of his/her functioning, ensure his/her physical and mental health and find the quality of his/her life in order to further develop. A secondary activity of the Center is conducting research and training of mental health professionals in matters of psychotherapy, cognitive processing and mental rehabilitation, with the aim of enhancing knowledge and expertise in the above areas, for the most effective support of both the ‘persons being in therapy/seeking for support’ and the experts in the above fields.
Finally, the third main activity of the Center is the awareness of all, professionals and not, individuals and groups, on issues and challenges that arise in the current daily life, as it is realized through a series of social actions, with the support of vulnerable groups of individuals as a main priority.
To be able to support the above mention activities and achieve its goals, “Psychonisida” is not only supported by its Founder and Scientific Supervisor, Dr Afroditi Papaioannou-Spiroulia, but also in collaboration with main and external Experts, such as psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, social workers, nutritionists, academics and other professionals, who reinforce its work with specialized knowledge and with the basic principle of the effectiveness of interdisciplinary action.