A safe corner to foster your child's emotions, before stepping out into the big world.



About







Your child's concerning symptoms insist and reoccur, despite the teaching and training therapies they have been exposed to. Your child does not seem ready to join in the social, emotional, or language activities when they are expected to.


For this child, there is a little space where they can start off safely by creating and talking. Using a sensitive and trained eye, the specialist will be fostering your child's psychosocial development and communication. The specialists will be working with the parents in order to “translate” to them the concepts lying behind the actions performed by your child. Working with the parents is an essential element of our work.


Parenting workshops, psychoeducational trainings, as well as family sessions are taking place by the specialists. The specialists work in collaboration with each other for the holistic development of your child.


The therapist can additionally collaborate upon request with a recognized artist, whose approach is based on hands-on creation. Through this process, the child will be more willing to explore the possibilities of their own creations in a controlled environment, before applying them in the world outside of this corner, the child's corner.





Where?



The practice is situated in one of the ateliers of Art House, an artists' initiative with several projects of international character.

This space is housed in an old cheese farm, surrounded by picturesque landscape. Your child will be surrounded by art materials inside a safe space of a traditional dutch “zolder”. Specific activities can be realized in the natural environment of the farm.



Approach





for the child






Every object used by the child (dollhouse, clay, building blocks, drawing, puppets, or other objects of preference) will be seen as a medium of communication. The specialist will observe, give meaning and intervene in the communicative “narrative” behind the story played out by your child.


The therapeutic approach used in the sessions focuses on the symptom(s), its functions, and meaning. This is achieved with the combination of the following schools:


  • Analytical Therapy: Serving this school’s principles aims to reassure that the child’s subjective and unconscious needs are not being oppressed.
  • Affinity Therapy: The choice of objects is based on the affinities of the child, the personal interests that motivate them to be engaged.
  • Play Therapy: Through playing, the child will “talk” to the specialist about the challenges and questions of their past, present, and future.


Child-led, the activities will be monitored by the specialist in order to ensure predictability and generalization which fosters a safe and trusting environment. Next to working one to one with the child, the physchologist will be facilitating some pre arranged meetings in order to reflect the progress of the child and to receive feedback from the parents. Additionally, this corner is open to parents who are interested in this approach and would like some guidelines in order to see their challenges under this philosophy.



for the parent





* Child's Corner wanted to create a space specifically focused on the parents' perspectives and needs. For this purpose, Child's Corner collaborates with a family therapist, creating a Corner for the Parents.


GROUP PARENT/ GUARDIAN WORKSHOP


Each workshop consists of 6-10 meetings where participants collaborate based on the specific needs and age group of the participants' children. Through psychoeducational exercises, workshop participants will gain knowledge and tools regarding topics around family dynamics and daily practices.


Our mission is to enable all the family members to use their resources more efficiently in a supportive way in order to prevent and cope with stressful life events and transitional periods.


Involving you as a parent in your child’s progress can help to address challenging behaviors more effectively regarding prevention and treatment.


FAMILY SESSIONS


Every family is a unique, complex and living system. Each member has their own role within the family. These roles create different emotions and behaviors. Together we will work towards discovering and questioning the roles that these symptoms have played, in relation to your family's relationships and crises.


The goal is the enhancement of mutual understanding, the emotional support among the family members, and the development of coping strategies in various life dilemmas.


Through family sessions, we can help you unveil the true meanings behind the “problematic” expressions that can trigger familial crises; how often haven’t we regretted saying the wrong and hurtful thing to our loved ones when we were just trying to connect with them and share our needs…?


Working towards understanding these hidden meanings, we can help you build step-by-step the change that you want to see as a family.


The therapeutic approaches used during the sessions and workshops are:


  • Systemic Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Emotional Focused Therapy
  • Brief Cognitive and Behavioral Counselling




For WHom?




THE CHILD

Child’s corner is a space addressing children, usually between two to ten years old, whose persisting symptoms seem to not be altering despite repeated teaching and training interventions.




Some examples of concerns that often bring parents to this practice are:


-Poor social life

-Jealousy with siblings/ peers

-Sleep problems Isolation/ Loneliness tendencies

-Anger and Aggressiveness difficulties

-Obsessive/ Compulsive difficulties

-Hoarding behaviors

-Psychosomatic complaints

-Depressive manifestations

-Assertive behaviors

-Other concerning subjective emotions and behaviors



Other common diagnoses that can bring the caregivers to the Child Corner’s door are:


-Autism Spectrum Disorders

-Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

-Anxiety Disorders; Separation Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, Specific Phobia, Reactive Attachment.

-Disruptive Disorders: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder/ Conduct Disorder/ Oppositional Defiant disorder

-Specific Learning Disorder (not from a learning support specialist’s standpoint)

-Motor Disorders, such as stereotypical movements and tics (not from a occupational therapist’s standpoint)

-Communication Disorders (not from a speech therapist’s standpoint)

-Feeding/ eating disorder (not from a dietician’s standpoint)

-Elimination Disorders; enuresis, encopresis (toileting difficulties not due to a general medical condition nor due to intellectual disability)



For Whom?



THE PARENT (parenting workshops)

-Communication within the family
-The Children’s- the Parents' needs
-Setting Boundaries / Self-Regulation
-Secrets and Lies: How to build a trusting relationship
-Child’s adaptation in school / School-related stress
-Learning through play
-Safe use of internet & screen
-Loss, Divorce, Grief
-SexualityTrauma



Who are we



Dimitra





My personal interest in children has been professionalized through my Academic and Clinical experience in differentiated settings. When working with children, I take the time to figure out what they are trying to reassure and control through their symptoms. I focus on creating an environment where the child will feel safe and curious to build new connections and new pathways while giving meaning to the world around them. This way the old patterns will gradually become less needed and, thus, more obsolete.



Professional Experience:


  • School Psychologist (American School of the Hague, NL.)
  • Psychologist in Private Practices
  • Support teaching staff in private and public schools, mainstream and SPED classrooms.


Studies:


  • BA in Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Msc in Psychology for Children and Adolescents, Leiden University
  • Training in Academy of Clinical Studies, Athens
  • Certified Seminars in Play Therapy/ Empathy- based therapy
  • Certified Training on Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents




Dimitra





“I do not rush to cover the symptom up, force its elimination, nor teach the child to hide and control it. Otherwise, the symptom would return and would remain unresolved.”



Nancy



Collaborating therapist






The love and dedication for my job, and my empathetic skills are the traits that characterize me as a person and as a professional. My academic and professional background includes:


  • BA in Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
  • MSc in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Training in Systemic Psychotherapy, Family and Couple Therapy in Systemic Center for Training & Psychotherapy (SKEPSYS), Athens (Greece)
  • Training in Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy (Greece & The Netherlands)
  • Training in Clinical Psychopathology in Eginition Hospital of Athens (Greece)
  • Training in Social & Clinical Psychology of Addictions (Greece)


Working Experience


  • Private practice in Delft and Leiden (Online and in-person sessions)
  • Private Practice in Athens (Greece) - Counselling and Psychotherapy for adolescents and adults
  • Assistant group therapist in different therapeutic centers for individuals with substance use disorders (KETHEA, Psychiatric Hospital of Attica-18ANO)
  • School psychologist in private kindergarten (Greece)
  • School psychologist in public school in Greece




Nancy





“It is important to me that I work to make a positive change in society, and I believe that begins with a person’s mindset. If a person has the right mental tools, they will be more resilient in life. This resiliency also creates a positive ripple impact on families and communities”.



Pricing





Dimitra

KvK 74640429


The price per session will be agreed upon the first meeting with the guardian(s).






Nancy

KvK 83829709


  • Family sessions with Nancy:

a. Individual parent session: 70 euros per hour

b. Family sessions: 120 euros per hour

  • Guardian/ Parent workshops :


Parenting workshops packages



Group of EXPECTING parents / caretakers / foster families.



100,- / person
180,- couple



8 - 10 persons
5 - 7 meetings



Group pareNting workshop for infants-Toddlers (0-4 y. o)



120,- person
200,- couple



8 - 10 persons

6 - 8 meetings



Group parenting workshop for young children (4-12 Y.O)



140,- person
220,-couple



8 - 10 persons

8 - 10 meetings



Group parenting workshop for adolescents (12-18 Y.O)



100,- person
180,- couple



8 - 10 persons

6 -8 meetings



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KVK: 74640429