The Speakers

Antigoni Mertika

PhD in Clinical Psychology | Hellenic Association of Positive Psychology

Dr Antigoni Mertika studied Psychology at Panteion University in Athens and completed two master’s programmes in Counselling (M.Ed.) and Organisational Psychology (M.A.) at Columbia University in New York. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Panteion University in 2009.

She is a certified Gestalt psychotherapist (European Association of Gestalt Psychotherapy) and clinical supervisor, and has been in clinical practice since 2003. Since 2009, she has taught subjects related to Counselling Psychology in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Her research interests include the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy, multicultural issues, gender and gender differences, the social inclusion of people with severe mental illness, and Positive Psychology.

She is a founding member of the Hellenic Association of Positive Psychology and recently completed postdoctoral research on Positive Relationships (www.positiverelationships.gr).