When I was a 16-year-old trying to find out my identity and role, I felt confused regarding which path to choose. All I knew was that I was good at listening, being supportive and had great curiosity to understand how we become who we are and how we relate to others. At the time, psychology in Greece did not seem a good choice, but as Nietzsche said: ‘If we have our own “why” of life, we shall get along with any “how”’. So I picked my ‘why’ and studied psychology.
I began with an undergraduate degree in psychology followed by a masters in health psychology at Bath University. The masters degree gave me research skills, which were useful in my first job as a researcher in a treatment centre for drug-dependent individuals in Athens. Moreover, it opened the door to the world of education, which I had never considered. I taught health psychology to undergraduate students for many years but then decided I would like to work as a counsellor, for which I followed a 4-year training programme in systemic family therapy to become a qualified psychotherapist and then more instruction to get qualified as a trainer and supervisor.
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