Experienced in helping individuals hold and contain their emotions and difficulties, enabling them to thrive and successfully achieve their goals in life.
Despoina is a Counseling Psychologist from Greece based in Dublin, Ireland. She is a PhD Researcher in Psychology & Health at the University of Galway, and she holds a MSc in Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the American College of Greece.
She is experienced in Trauma & Post-Traumatic Growth, Perinatal Mental Health, Mental Health Stigma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Neurodiversity, and LGBTQ+ Health.
Professional Membership: British Psychological Society (BPS): Chartered Membership Number: 804349 Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI): Graduate Membership Number: M13963
Psychologist Greek License Number: 1692/19-04-2021
Despoina has been trained following the Integrative Counseling Approach and regularly implements Psychodynamic, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, and Systemic approaches in therapy.
Experienced in various mental health settings such as a psychiatric clinic, special needs therapy center, private practice, university counseling center, girls' orphanage, and corporate environments.
2024-Present: PhD in Psychology & Health-University of Galway, Ireland 2019-2021: MSc in Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy-American College of Greece, Greece 2013-2018: BA (Hons) in Psychology-American College of Greece, Greece