Alexandra Pentaraki
Psychologist Thessaloniki
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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 is trained in clinical psychology, neuropsychology and psychotherapy for adults and children. From 2012-2017 she was an Honorary Lecturer, Applied Psychology & Mental Health, of The University of Liverpool, UK and she was also teaching psychology at the University of Roehampton, UK and King’s College London, UK. She taught applied psychology and supervised trainee psychotherapists at The New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK. She taught psychology at The University of Essex and The University of Cambridge, UK. Dr. Pentaraki was also a Lecturer (full-time) at The British University in Egypt. Dr. Pentaraki has supervised dozens of MSc and PhD theses in psychology and has an excellent experience in research methods and supervision.
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 psychiatric and neurological clinics, schools, her private practice, courts, court martials, prosecution, the police). Her theoretical and clinical background is based on cognitive-behavioural, short psychodynamic, eclectic approaches, body/mind medicine and mindfulness. She has been trained in psychotherapeutic methods as well as in specific programmes for anxiety, depression, trauma and psychosis. She is the founder and director of Brain Matters Institute (an Ιnstitute dedicated to the practice, learning and promotion of psychological science) and The International Institute for Children's Drawings (an Institute dedicated to the study and assessment of children’s 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.
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