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We offer services to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families

Lenna Kastrisiou Clinical Psychologist Marriage / Relationship Therapist kastrisiou@psychotherapists.gr

Since 1998 has relocated in Athens, Greece, from Chicago, IL, USA, where she lived for 20 years (from 1978 to 1998) Received her license as a Psychologist and is in private practice in Kifisia (Athens), Greece Consults children and families in various day care centers and schools Her practice is located in Kifissia, a suburb north of Athens: 255 Kifisias Avenue, 14562 Kifisia. Tel: +30 210 8082490, +30 6944 226062 Received 20 years training and experience in the field of Psychology in Chicago BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, in Chicago, IL, USA M.Ed in Educational Psychology from Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA Psy.D in Clinical Psychology from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Skokie, IL, USA Formerly Program Manager at the Turning Point Mental Health Center, in Skokie, IL, USA Formerly Program Director at Community Alternatives in Chicago, IL, USA Mother of three children

Psychotherapy and Counseling provide a confidential setting in which emotional difficulties can be explored. This process requires regular meetings and a commitment from both the patient and the therapist.

Psychotherapy's main goal is to reduce symptoms that a person might feel. These symptoms include anxiety, sadness, difficulties communicating at home, work or with friends. A person may also feel incapable of regulating his emotions, have many somatic preoccupations and lack energy and organization to complete daily tasks.

A person may seek psychotherapy if he/she has:

• Relationship issues - separation, divorce, sexual problems, intimacy issues, communication difficulties.
• Academic / Vocational / Employment issues.
• Difficulties adjusting to a medical condition.
• Emotional issues - Depression, anxiety, fears, stress, panic, low self esteem.
• Substance Abuse issues - or if one has a family member who is an addict.
• Adjustment issues.
• Burn out and stress related to work.
• Sexual Identity issues.
• Sleeping disorders.
• Difficulties and nervousness with socialization issues.

Psychotherapy is a process where one understands himself through intense discussions, dream analysis and involves a new understanding of the environment (family and society) that he was raised in.

Through psychotherapy a person becomes aware of his capacity for learning to live in harmony with others and with society. As this innate potential for social connectedness becomes conscious a feeling of genuine security emerges rooted in a deep sense of belonging. The main criterion for mental health is a feeling of human connectedness and a willingness to develop oneself fully and contribute to the welfare of others.

Choosing a psychotherapist is a very important issue. It is important to check the credentials and experience of the person you are about to see, and to make sure that "chemistry" between the two of you exists. The relationship that you will develop with your therapist is crucial to the treatment outcome and relief of your symptomatology.

Psychotherapy can take few sessions or few years depending on what kind of problem you are faced with and what decision you and your therapist will make. This decision is usually made in the first sessions of therapy in the development phase of treatment planning. If the focus of treatment is a specific problem, psychotherapy will take fewer sessions than when the treatment request has to do with personal growth.

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This group meets every week and consists of different types of parents: single, step or married. It gives advice on parenting and deals with everyday decisions that parents have to make.

• Choosing a school
• Discipline
• Eliminating negative behaviors
• Addictions (alcohol, drugs, computer games, eating disorders)
• Dealing with jealousy between children
• Parental relationships
• Parents education on how to discuss difficult topics with children
• Sex and dating
• Parental stress and burn-out

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Psychotherapy and support to individuals suffering from eating disorders, alcohol or drug addictions. Are you at risk of being an alcoholic? Take the Test.

Early intervention and drug education for teenagers.

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Practice rules

The duration of each session is 50 minutes.
Please try to be on time for your session.
Payment is due at the time the service is rendered.
If a session is not cancelled at least 24 hours ahead of time it will be charged on the next meeting.

Psychotherapy is confidential. The only exceptions are:

• Child / Elderly abuse
• When someone threatens to inflict harm to self or others

When we are out of town, emergency coverage is provided by another clinician and this information can be obtain by calling the office: 210 8082 490

How to make an appointmet

To arrange an appointment for individual or marriage counceling you can call us at the office at +30 210 8082 490 from 1 to 9 pm, or leave a message at the answering machine and we will get back to you as soon as we can, usually on the same day.

How to deal with an emergency

Emergencies are considered to be:

- Need for hospitalization.

- An issue that cannot wait until next morning.

If you are in an emergency psychiatric situation and in need to get to a hospital, you can call information at 11880 or 11821 and ask which hospital is accepting emergency psychiatric patients at this particular day. In Greece not all hospitals respond to all emergencies at any given time.