Our team

Dr.
Katerina
Michael

Psychologist/Psychotherapist
Health Promotion Program Development & Evaluation Researcher

Dr. Katerina Michael is a scientific collaborator of the center supervising the development and implementation of health promotion programs. She is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher with public health and health promotion expertise. She has published articles in international scientific journals and has been involved in national and European research projects. Her latest work includes co-creating the We.R.Stars program, which aims to enhance self-esteem and resilience in primary school children. She is also a member of the research team of the Erasmus Project RE.MA.C, which focuses on integrating immigrant students in primary schools. Dr. Michael has over 20 years of experience in various settings and is a visiting lecturer and research associate at Frederick University.

Professional Credentials

Licenses & Certifications

Certificate of 4-year education program in Systemic Psychotherapy (Systemic Institute of Cyprus – Accredited by the European Association for Psychotherapy and the European Family Therapy Association)

Certificate of one-year education program in Psychotherapy for children and adolescents (Systemic Institute of Cyprus)

Certificate of 3 months training in Grief and Loss therapy (Systemic Institute of Cyprus)

Certificate of one-year education program in Child Psychology (Aegean University)

Certificate of one-year education program in Art Therapy (Aegean University)

Certificate of one-year education program in Dramatherapy (Evdokimos educational group)

Certification of 9 months training in Solution Focus Coaching (Toronto University)

Certificate of 3-level training in Clinical Hypnosis (Toronto University- Accredited by the Canadian National Guild of Hypnotists)

Certificate of 9 months education program in Positive Psychology (Panteion University)

education background

BSc Psychology (Panteion University)

BSc (Hons) Primary Education (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

MSc (Hons) Applied Nutrition and Dietetics- Public Health (Harokopio University)

MSc (cand) Counselling Psychology (Neapolis University)

Ph.D. (Hons) Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs (Open University of Cyprus)

Professional Experience

Primary school teacher

Psychologist/psychotherapist at the Council of Community Volunteering of the Municipality of Mesa Geitonia

Psychologist/psychotherapist at the Centre of social contribution

Visiting lecturer and research associate at Frederick University

Collaborator of Cyprus Pedagogical Institute for the development and implementation of training and workshops for teachers and parents

Collaborator of Fredericks University Counselling Centre for counseling, psychotherapy, and development and implementation of workshops for students.

Presentations

Scientific Conferences

6/5/23 OMER (World Organization for Early Childhood Education) European Scientific Conference. A psychoeducational Prevention Program for Children’s Mental Resilience.

Training for teachers

7/9/21 & 8/9/21 Two-day training for in-service teachers. Prevention and management of delinquent behaviors in the school context.

7/9/22 Two-day training for in-service teachers. Discovering my resilience as a person and professional and fostering it in my students.

5/10/22 Pentakomo Primary School. Delinquent behavior: A puzzle for strong solvers.

28/3/23 2nd Polemidia Kindergarden. Delinquent behavior: A Puzzle for strong solvers.

6/9/23 Two-day training for in-service teachers. Enhancing my resilience to manage burnout effectively.

25/10/23 7^th Primary School of Limassol. Enhancing my resilience as a person and as a professional.

8/11/23 Agias Fylaxeos Secondary School. Enhancing my resilience as a person and as a professional.

Workshops for parents

6/2/23 27th and 21st Kindergartens of Limassol. Setting boundaries. The golden balance between discipline and love.

17/3/23 2nd Polemidia Kindergarden. Setting boundaries. The golden balance between discipline and love.

Frederick University

Workshops for students

12/4/22 Enhancing our resilience

8/11/22 Let’s love and appreciate ourselves

Workshops for parents

19/11/23 Steam day. Learning how to strengthen my child’s resilience and self-esteem

Private schools

18/11/22 Marys Montessori Kindergarten. From conflict to cooperation

Publications

Michael, K., & Talias, M. A. (2024). Evaluation of a school intervention to improve adherence to the Mediterranean Diet. Health Education Journal, 83(2), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969241232220

Ioannidou., L & Michael., K. (2023). (Under review). Mental health and well-being in children: The protective role of resilience, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and parent-child relationship. Inquiry

Ioannidou., L & Michael., K. (2022). Mental Resilience in Schools. The Necessity of Developing Prevention and Intervention Programs. Mental Health and Human Resilience International Journal, 6 (2). DOI: 10.23880/mhrij-16000199

Argyrides, M., Charalambous, Z., Anastasiades, E., & Michael, K. (2022). Translation and validation of the Greek version of the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale in an adult population. Clinical obesity, 12(2), e12503.

Argyrides, M., Anastasiades, E., Charalambous, Z., & Michael, K. (2022). Validation of a Greek adaptation of the Anti‐Fat Attitudes Questionnaire. Clinical Obesity, e12565.

Elena Ioannidou. Psychologist/Systemic Psychotherapist

Elena Ioannidou holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (BSc) from the University of Sunderland, England. She further pursued her studies in Criminology and Criminal Justice (PgC) at the University of Leicester, England. Elena has completed the 4-year postgraduate program in Systemic Psychotherapy and Family Therapy at the Systemic Institute of Cyprus. She has also received training in Solution Focused Therapy from BRIEF and completed her training in the Non-Violent Resistance program from the School of Non-Violent Resistance in Israel. Elena is registered with the Pancypriot Association of Psychotherapists. She provides psychotherapeutic services to individuals of all ages, couples, and families.

Nektarios Michail
Registered Counselling Psychologist (319)

Nektarios Michail has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a master’s degree in Health Psychology from Babeș-Bolyai University. He has also completed a one-year education program in Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents at the Systemic Institute of Cyprus.

During his postgraduate studies, he worked with individuals and their family members in clinical settings to evaluate and provide therapy for a range of psychological difficulties, including diagnoses such as diabetes, nutrition and metabolic disorders, oncologic diagnoses, psychiatric disorders, psychoactive substance addictions, and internal medicine procedures.

Currently, he works privately. He is a registered couselling psychologist (R.N. 319).

Our team