DR. Pentaraki Alexandra | Forensic expert - Technical consultant - Clinical psychologist for children - Clinical psychologist for adults

Alexandra Pentaraki
Psychologist Thessaloniki

Dr Alexandra Pentaraki
BA, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS

Dr Alexandra Pentaraki obtained her Doctorate degree in Psychological Medicine from the University of London, King's College London, UK. Her MSc studies in Cognitive Psychology were completed in The University of Essex, UK. She is a Honorary Visiting Research Associate of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience(IoPPN), King’s College London, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society. She had taught psychology and public health in many UK universities. She was also a full-time Lecturer of Psychology at The British University in Egypt.

Her significant clinical experience is derived from her work and research in Great Britain (Maudsley Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge) and Greece (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow of the Psychiatric Department of Hippocration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, and of the Psychiatric Department of Athens University, Aeginition Hospital, her work in other organizations such as private clinics and schools, her private practice, courts, prosecution, the police). She is the founder and director of Brain Matters Institute (an Ιnstitute dedicated to the practice, learning and promotion of psychological science) and The Global Institute for Children's Drawings an Institute that aims to study, analyze and assess children's and adults' drawings.

In 2019, she was awarded (finalist) by the British Ambassador HE Kate Smith the British Alumni Award (2019) for her Professional Achievement as a Graduate of British Universities.

Dr. Pentaraki has presented her work at international conferences and she has been awarded numerous grants. Her research and clinical work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals. She is an active researcher, writer and an anonymous scientific reviewer for International Journals..

She is a registered and accredited expert witness in Greek, European courts, The International Criminal Court, The Hague, The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, United Nations. She has extensive experience in working with interpreters and cases from different countries and cultures. Her work as an expert witness and as a technical adviser entails high-risk cases, that involve prosecution and defense.

From December 2023 Dr. Pentaraki is officially the Head of Social Coherence & Family Matters of the Greek Political Party ''Elliniki Lysi''.