Philia Issari is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Founder and Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Well-being at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She studied Psychology in France (Sorbonne Université ), and completed her graduate and doctoral studies in the U.S. (New York University και University of California, Los Angeles). She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Counseling Psychology and Qualitative Research Methodology. Dr. Issari’s work focuses on narrative and constructionist approaches to counseling, the dialogic and embodied self, arts-based therapy, intercultural and social justice issues related to immigrants and refugees. She has published widely in scholarly journals. She is the main author of the book “Qualitative Research Methodology: Applications in Psychology and Education” (2015). She has edited in Greek K. Gergen’s book “Therapeutic Realities”, and J. Winslade’s & G. Monk ‘s book “Narrative Counseling in Schools”.

I was born and raised in Athens. I studied psycology, I got the degree of Higher National Diploma For Care Practice and obtain Bachelor of science in Psychological Studies in PRESTON UNIVERSITY USA. My postgraduate education concerns the pcycotherapic approach of dramatherapy at the greek institute of play and drama therapy ”to athirma”.

During and afterwards my studies I collaborated with: the psyciatrical clinic of Athens ”Dromokaitio”, the day care for people with special needs ” Estia”, the alpha programme of ”Κethea” for people with alcohol addiction and finally with the center of learning dissabilities ”leksis and praksis”.

Today I collaborate with the psycotherapy and psychosial rehabilitation center ”mythia” and I also maintain my own personal office, for psycotherapy and education, named ”Entelehia” in which children and adults can participate, either indivitually or in groups, to theoritical or experential seminars of dramatherapy.

Dr. Κaterina Couroucli-Robertson was born in England and brought up in Greece by her English mother and Greek father. She is a psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Dramatherapy from Surrey University. She is also a teacher in special education. She is Head of Studies at the Herma Institute of Dramatherapy and Playtherapy and an external lecturer at the University of Thessaly. She is also the director of a theatre group for V.S.A. Hellas (Very Special Arts) made up of people with and without learning difficulties. She has published numerous articles on Dramatherapy as well as the book ‘Before You Let the Sun in’, written in collaboration with her husband Ian Douglas Robertson, which comprises a collection of stories based on her work as a Dramatherapist. This was published in Greek by Nefeli in 2014 and has come out in English in May 2018 by Aeon Books. In 2017, Karnac published Larger Than Life, based on her PhD thesis, which deals with six women and their struggle with obesity and in 2018 together with Tatiana Robertson by Herma publications “Dramatherapy, a psychotherapeutic intervention for children, adolescences and adults”.

I was born and raised in Athens, in a neighborhood where play was still carefree to children. Questions to my childhood found space to be taken care of, years after, while studying Psychology at the Panteion University of Athens, and later on Dramatherapy in the “Athyrma” Greek Institute of Playtherapy and Dramatherapy. In my professional course, every “stop” turned into precious “luggage”. I collaborated with the “Alkyoni” Foundation for children with disability, the KETHEA “ALFA” program as well as the “Chatzikonsta” Foundation and academically with the DELTA Vocational Institute. At present, I am working privately at the “Mythia” centre of Psychotherapy and social rehabilitation, coordinating individual and group therapeutic sessions, while at the same time I work as a tutor in the “Athyrma” Greek Institute of Drama and Play Therapy as an official Member of the Greek Psychologists Association and President of the Panhellenic Union of Dramatherapists and Playtherapists.

Antigoni Kemerlioglou is a Psychologist- Play Therapist. She has a BSc in Psychology (University of La Verne), an MSc in Psychology & Health (University of Stirling, Scotland), and an MSc in Psychology of Education (Institute of Education, UCL). She has further training in Play Therapy (“ATHYRMA”), and supervision in Play & Drama Therapy (“HERMA”). Professionally, she has collaborated with Centres of Psychosocial Support as a Psychologist (primary, secondary prevention). She has teaching experience in British and American University programmes held in Greece in the domains of Psychology and Counselling. She works for ”HERMA” as an instructor and supervisor at the Play Therapy programme. She works privately as a Psychologist- Play Therapist where she sees children, parents, adolescents and adults, and supervises mental health specialists. She participates as a guest speaker in conferences. She is a member of the Association of the Greek Psychologists and vice president of the Panhellenic Professional Association of Dramatherapists & Play Therapists.