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Eria Chourdakis
Gestalt Psychotherapist
Eria, is a Neuroscientist and Gestalt Psychotherapist. Her focus is on the individual aiming to create a safe environment to build an authentic relationship and alliance to work towards self-growth and strengthen.
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About me
Eria has lived in London for ten years where she studied in the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. She gained an MSc in Applied Neuroscience, worked for UK Government and earned a student fellowship in Germany, in the Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine at Forschungszentrum Julich. Due to significant adverse family circumstances she returned to Athens and trained for four years as a Gestalt psychotherapist. She is currently working as a Gestalt psychotherapist at her own private practice in Athens, and Heraklion - Crete.
As a "survivor", she works with any type of addictive behaviour, trauma, shame, guilt and their connection and relation in the formation of Being, Personality and interaction with others. She sees addiction not only as a dependency from illicit substances; to her addiction is part of daily life and refers to habits, relationships, patterns that are compulsively and excessively repeated on a day-to-day basis.
However, Eria's work is not limited to the above as she works with populations within the autistic spectrum disorder, and a wide variety of pathologies since she offers her services to solidarity and psychological support initiatives in Athens.
Eria works with adults (18+) from all backgrounds individually or in groups and offers face-to-face sessions or online.
Her hours are Monday to Friday, 9am - 6pm, as well as Wednesday and Thursday evenings (until 9pm).
Should you are keen on dogs, her dog, Ginger, will be an aide in the therapy room. Eria sees the engagement with the dog facilitates a soothing and comforting interaction.
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Media Gallery
Approach
Eria's approach is humanistic, meaning the focus is always on the individual. In the therapeutic room, actual or virtual, Eria creates a safe environment with you to build an authentic relationship and alliance. To her the therapeutic room works as a nest where you feel safe to open up, explore and focus on issues, troubles, patterns you feel the need to, working towards self-growth and strengthen.
Eria meets interacts and connects with you through authentic dialogue and empathy, respecting and understanding diversity to promote and support authentic engagement, connection and communication.
Eria sees authentic connection as a vessel to individual growth.
Experience
- Psychotherapist at own private practice in Athens & Heraklion, Crete
- Creator and scientific manager of personal project: addictionsurvivors.gr
- Psychotherapist at a unit for population within the autistic spectrum disorder (ΚΔΑΠ-ΑμεΑ)
- Psychotherapist at a solidarity and psychological support initiative in Athens (Συν-Ύπαρξη)
- Psychotherapist at an orphanage coordinating the carers group (Christodoulio)
- Psychotherapist at a local medical and psychological support initiative (ADYE)
- Student Fellowship at Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Julich
Education
- Trained as a Gestalt Psychotherapist
- MSc in Applied Neuroscience, King's College London
- BSc in Philosophy and History of Science, NKUA
Services
Individual Session
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