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Services
Individual Therapy
In individual sessions, people have the opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns, reflect on the difficulties they face in their lives, and explore new perspectives and possibilities. The therapist ensures a safe environment, where the protection of personal data is guaranteed through strict confidentiality and privacy, with the aim of providing the best possible support.
Counselling Support
In counselling sessions, individuals often seek guidance on how to manage specific issues and challenges they are facing. The therapist’s role is not to provide ready-made solutions to these matters. Instead, within a framework of collaboration and mutual trust, the therapist and client focus on expressing and understanding the difficulties, while exploring appropriate alternative options that will be beneficial and practical for each person’s unique situation.
Group Therapy
Group sessions provide a space where individuals facing similar challenges come together to share their experiences and express the difficulties they encounter, under the guidance of the therapist. The aim of group therapy is the same as that of individual sessions — to facilitate the expression of thoughts, concerns, and struggles, and to explore new perspectives and possibilities. Often, the presence of others with similar difficulties can be deeply reassuring, as it creates a sense of being understood, while also encouraging open communication and meaningful interaction with others.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy offers a space where partners can communicate and work through the challenges they are experiencing in their relationship or marriage. Within this setting, each partner has the opportunity to express their needs and perspectives, to “remember” or discover personal strengths as well as relational possibilities. Often, couples also uncover more helpful and effective ways of communicating with one another.
Experiential Workshops and Talks
Experiential workshops and talks cover a wide range of mental health topics and are often co-organised with other bodies, such as educational or medical institutions. Their aim is to enrich participants’ knowledge, help them acquire new skills, and strengthen existing ones through hands-on exercises and interactive activities.
Online Therapy
When circumstances require it, sessions can be held remotely. This option is particularly useful when travelling is difficult — for example, due to mobility issues, serious illness, or living in a remote area or abroad. In such cases, sessions can take place online. The client is encouraged to choose a comfortable and quiet space in which to participate, and a stable internet connection is essential. The format of the session is similar to that of in-person individual therapy, with the main difference being that therapist and client are in different physical locations. Even in this setting, the same ethical principles and data protection regulations continue to apply.
Curriculum Vitae
Gkourani Katerina
Psychologist
Katerina Gourani is a psychologist based in Thessaloniki.
After completing her undergraduate studies at the Department of Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she pursued a Master’s degree in Health Psychology at University College London in the United Kingdom.
As part of her postgraduate clinical training, she collaborated with the psychological support department of the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, providing psychological care to individuals with cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, as well as to those living with cystic fibrosis.
Upon returning to Greece, she completed a clinical mental health training program at the 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, located at Papageorgiou General Hospital.
She has been trained in systemic and family psychotherapy at the Thessaloniki Institute of Systemic Therapy. Additionally, she completed training in trauma therapy using the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) method at the Trauma Therapy Institute. She has also been trained in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), a trauma-focused therapy method, directly under the model’s creator, Dr. Frank Corrigan.
Since 2017, she has maintained a private practice in Thessaloniki,
offering individual, group, and family therapy sessions for children, adolescents, and adults. In addition, online sessions are available for individuals facing difficulties with transportation due to health issues or residing in remote areas.
Since 2019, she has collaborated with the Hellenic Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Association,
supporting individuals and their families in coping with the challenges of living with these conditions. For three years, she was also a partner of the Parents’ Association of Children with Neoplastic Diseases of Northern Greece “Lampsi,” providing psychological support services in the pediatric oncology units of Thessaloniki.
She also has clinical experience in the assessment and support of individuals with developmental and emotional difficulties.
In the past, she has worked in the field of special education, supporting children, adolescents, and their families in managing psychosocial challenges.
She works closely with medical and educational institutions,
delivering training seminars and experiential workshops on a wide range of topics, including chronic illness, stress management, effective communication and collaboration, and conflict resolution.
Her research interests focus on the role of psychological support for individuals with chronic illnesses
(such as multiple sclerosis and cardiovascular diseases), and she has participated in international scientific conferences.
Location
Vasilissis Olgas 163
Thessaloniki
Contact
landline: 2311 242993
mobile: 0030 697 9291796
Email: k.gkourani@gmail.com
Contact
- 2311 242993
- 6979291796
- k.gkourani@gmail.com
- Vasilissis Olgas 163
