• Balliou Despina

Psychologist, studies in Sociology at Panteion University of Athens and Psychology (B.Sc.) & postgraduate studies in Counseling Psychology (M.Sc.) at La Verne University of California.

Gestalt psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor, holder of ECP (European Certificate of Psychotherapy).

Founding member of the Gestalt Foundation, Psychotherapy and Training Center and founding member of the HAGT (Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy).

Member of APA (American Psychology Association), member of the Hellenic & European Association of Counseling (HAC, EAC). Member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) and in particular member of EAGT’s Training Standards Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of NOPG (National Organization of Psychotherapy in Greece). She is also member of the ECA’s Certification Committee. Training in relational Gestalt therapy at the Pacific Gestalt Institute and in the EMDR trauma therapy method. She is a certified trainer by EKEPIS (National Certification Center)

Works with adults, couples & groups. She specializes in issues related to trauma, abuse, loss, mood disorders, and personality disorders.

In recent years she has been systematically involved in the training and supervision of health professionals and interdisciplinary groups in social organizations, such as the Hellenic Council for Refugees and Médecins Sans Frontières, specializing in trauma.

Coordinates educational and experiential workshops, as well as groups, with topics related to trauma, existential quests, relationship difficulties, emotional empowerment, etc., working through tangible experience, the principles of existential dialogue, art and creativity.

She has a deep interest in the relational - phenomenological - ecological - social perspective of Gestalt therapy theory for which she has published relevant articles and presented in lectures, scientific conferences and seminars.

She is the co-author of the book "Introduction to Gestalt Psychotherapy - Basic Concepts, Principles and Applications" (2011), published by Gestalt Foundation. She was the scientific editor of the Greek translation of the book "The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy" by Rich Hycner and Lynne Jacobs with the Greek title «Η Θεραπευτική Σχέση ως Ίαση στην Ψυχοθεραπεία Gestalt”, (2018), published by I. SIDERIS, and of the book "The Art of Change" by Frans Meulmeester, Ioanna Rizou, George Stamatis, (2017), published by I. SIDERIS.

• Hatzilakou Katia

M.Sc. Social and Clinical Psychology A. U. Th. Gestalt Psychotherapist, Trainer & Supervisor, member of A.G.P. & EAGT (Ex-Chair of NOGT and External Relation of EAGT). Holder of ECP (European Certificate of Psychotherapy). Founding member of the Gestalt Foundation, Psychotherapy and Training Center, and founding member of the Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy (HAGT).

She works with adults, groups and couples.

For the last 10 years she has been focusing on Gestalt psychotherapy procedures related to the body. Coordinates movement groups and workshops, in collaboration with teachers of contemporary dance and primitive expression, as well as GestalTango workshops. The workshops and groups are addressed at individuals interested in personal development as well as at mental health professionals at a supervisory level. Their main purpose is both the self-knowledge of the participants through contact with the body and their awareness through the social - voluntary offer with performances, which are organized at the end of each workshop.

She actively participates in the design, organization and implementation of educational, postgraduate and supervisory programs for professionals in the field of Mental Health and Human Sciences, with a dominant focus on Human Rights and the Suppression of Violence, which are her main interests. Coordinates the design and implementation of voluntary action programs in the community in collaboration with organizations, associations. She was a supervisor in a program of psychological support for women in XEN (Young Women’s Christian Association) in Thessaloniki as well as in the juvenile and women's prisons in Diavata, Thessaloniki in collaboration with EPATH ((Society for the Protection of Minors in Thessaloniki).

She was scientifically responsible for the design and evaluation of programs and educational materials in seminars on Health Education, Conflict Management and Human Rights for primary and secondary school teachers in collaboration with public and private bodies, such as the "”Experiential Workshop” aiming at raising awareness on issues of conflict resolution at school and with a focus on Human Rights" organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in collaboration with the Gestalt Foundation, Psychotherapy & Training center and under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO, in 2009.

She is an active member of the Human Rights & Social Responsibility Committee of the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy), whose purpose is to investigate the connection between Gestalt psychotherapy and the socio-political context, with special reference to the promotion of Human Rights.

She is the co-author of the book "Introduction to Gestalt Psychotherapy - Basic Concepts, Principles and Applications”, (2011), Gestalt Foundation publications.

• Konstantinidou Antonia

 Birth, 1969 in Thessaloniki, Greece. BSc in Psychology, MSc in Social & Clinical Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1994). Gestalt Psychotherapist, Trainer, and Supervisor since 1998. Co-founder of Training Institute “Gestalt Foundation". Member of Association of Greek Psychologists, H.A.G.T. (Hellenic Association for Gestalt Therapy–founding member, ex-president), European Association for Gestalt Therapy (E.A.G.T); European Association for Psychotherapy (E.A.P). She works internationally as Gestalt Therapy trainer & supervisor and conducts lectures and workshops with topics such as: diagnosis, psychopathology, and supervision in the context of Gestalt Therapy. From 2020 she also leads groups on Mindfulness. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Yiamarelou Yianna

M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor Gestalt, holder of E.C.P (European Certificate of Psychotherapy). Member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy). Founding member of the Gestalt Foundation Psychotherapy and Training Center, and founding member of the HAGT (Hellenic Association of Gestalt Therapy).

Relational Gestalt therapist (Pacific Gestalt Institute).

EMDR training (trauma therapy).

Losses, mourning - unrecognized grief (children, adolescents, adults, the elderly).

Crisis Intervention (University of Indianapolis, USA).

Planning of groups & Supervision of Coordinators in charge for the training of volunteers in order to support oncology patients (Athens KEFI Association, 2003 - 2014).

Seminars on abuse, workplace harassment and sexuality.

Support training for severe personality disorders (NSG, Amsterdam, 2001).

She works with adults, couples and groups and through the relational perspective of Gestalt therapy remains in a constant commitment to personal development and in particular to the sensitive issues related to trauma, loss and the existential issues of people seeking psychotherapeutic support.

Planning and organizing short-term therapy groups and supervising their coordinators.

Collection of research material, especially from short-term therapy groups of parents and teachers, in order to explore, understand and re-signify patterns that reproduce relative impasses.

She is the co-author of the book "Introduction to Gestalt Psychotherapy - Basic Concepts, Principles and Applications", (2011), published by the Gestalt Foundation and was responsible for the scientific editing of the Greek translation of the book "Gestalt Therapy: Perspectives and Applications" by Edwin Nevis (editor) with the Greek title "Gestalt Therapy: Theory and applications", (2015), Gestalt Foundation publications. She is also the author of the book released in October 2022 by ARMOS publications entitled "The flow of experience and the necessity of short-term groups in today's becoming".