CURRICULUM VITAE OF PSYCHIATRIST - PSYCHOTHERAPIST GEORGIOS KIOSTERAKIS - ATHENS
Academic education
- PhD at the Medical School of the University of Athens (EKPA), with thesis topic "The mother-newborn relationship as a factor in the formation of the opioid receptor system in the rat brain", as a post-graduate internal scholar of the IKY in Neurosciences, with an excellent grade.
- Certified Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist, Graduate of the clinical training program in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy of the Institute for Research and Treatment of Behavior (IBRT), certified Psychotherapist and member of the Hellenic Research Society of of Behavior (EEES) and the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT).
- Certified Psychotherapist in Schema Therapy, an innovative method from the 3rd wave of Cognitive Psychotherapies, possessing the Advanced Training Certification of the International Society of Schema Therapy (International Society of Schema Therapy - ISST).
- MSc Basic & Applied Cognitive Science of EKPA, grade excellent.
- Graduate of the Department of Medicine of the University of Crete.
- Graduate of the Psychology Department of the University of Crete.
- Two-year Post-Training Seminar in the Treatment of Psychosexual Disorders, EPIPSY.
- Three-year Post-Training Seminar in Family Therapy, at the Family Therapy Unit of the National Academy of Sciences.
Clinical Experience
Present:
- Private Clinic (Dimitressa 19, Ilisia, Athens), where I practice Adult Psychiatry, with a pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic approach (cognitive behavioral psychotherapy - schema therapy).
Previous:
- Scientific Associate and Psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Unit of the Eugenide Hospital, Athens.
- Psychiatrist at the Outpatient Clinic of the Alzheimer Center and the Day Center of Psychogeriatrics NGO "NESTOR", Athens.
- Psychiatrist at the OKANA Treatment Unit at Sismanoglio Hospital.
- Specialist Psychiatrist at the 10th Department of Short Hospitalization for Alcoholics - 18 OVER & at the 4th Psychiatric Hospital of Attica.
- Voluntary participation in the activities of the Behavioral Therapy Unit of the Mental Health Centre, Exarchion branch, Athens.
