Eleftheria Panteliou

I have a particular sensitivity to the experience of living “in between” — between languages, cultures, and different self-states. I view therapy as a stable and safe space where experiences can be explored, linked, and made sense of. The work is fundamentally psychodynamic and trauma-informed, emphasising unconscious processes, repetitive relational patterns, dreams, and bodily responses. I believe that symptoms are not merely problems to be fixed but carriers of meaning — ways in which the psyche tries to protect and communicate itself. With extensive experience in working with trauma and intense emotional states, I pay special attention to the relationship between emotion, the body, and the nervous system. In therapy, we work not only with narrative but also with how the body “speaks”: tension, freezing, fatigue, or disconnection. These responses are not weaknesses, but survival mechanisms. My training in Mentalization-Based approaches supports this work by helping people understand their feelings without being overwhelmed by them, and by facilitating meaning-making in relational contexts.