Professional Experience

• Psychologist & Workshop Facilitator, Private Practice, Netherlands & Greece (present)
• Educational Advisor (Activating & Blended Learning Team), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands (2024 – 2025)
• Junior Lecturer of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands (2022 – 2025)
• Research Assistant, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2020 – 2023)
• Psychologist (Seasonal Role), Private Youth Summer Camp, Greece (2019)
• Psychologist (Volunteer), KETHEA (Public Center for Addiction), Greece (2017-2018)
• Inter Psychologist, EKEPSYE (Hellenic Centre for Mental Health and Research), Greece (2015-2016)

Education

• University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2022-2024
• MSc Clinical & Developmental Psychopathology (Research), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands,  2019-2021
• BSc Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 2012 -2016

Professional Trainings & Certifications

• Systemic Therapy Training, Athenian Center of Human Studies, Greece, in progress
• Couples Therapy & Couples Councelling, European Institute of Councelling & Psychotherapy, Greece, in progress
• Schema Therapy Training, International Society of Schema Therapy, Netherlands, 2023- 2024
• Clinical Skills in Psychopathology, Research Institute of Mental Health & Aiginiteion Hospital, Greece, 2024-2025
• Clinical Psychopathology, Research Institute of Mental Health & Aiginiteion Hospital, Greece, 2016- 2017
• Clinical Group Dynamics , Greek Society of Psychoanalytic Group Therapy, Greece, 2016 - 2017

Skills

• Schema Therapy tools
• Psychoeducation & workshop design
• Academic teaching
• Student mentoring & wellbeing support
• Cross-cultural communication
• Group dynamics
• Research & data analysis

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English (fluent)
• Dutch (intermediate)

Publications

​Effectiveness of family-based therapy for depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
International Journal of Psychology, July 2023
Tanya van Aswegen, Eleonora Samartzi, Linzette Morris, Nadia van de Spek, Ralph de Vries, Soraya Seedat, Annemieke van Staten.
doi: 10.1002/ijop.12926

Volunteer & Community Work

Volunteer Jongerenwerk, Welzijn Castricum, Castricum (Current Position)
Support youth-focused initiatives through mentoring, activity coordination, and community engagement.

Awards / Scholarships 

VU Fellowship Scholarship, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2019–2021)