ISSUE 20

April 2022

ISSN 2241-6773

EditorKatia Charalabaki

PublisherNikos Marketos

Editorial BoardRozalia Giannaki, Kia Thanopoulou, Katerina Theodoraki, Athanasia Kati, Dimitris Kokkalis, Nikos Marketos, Valeria Pomini, Theodora Skali, Katia Charalabaki

THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES

Article 1/ Issue 20
Introduction to issue 20
Katia Charalabaki, Psychiatrist, Family Psychotherapist, coordinating director of Family Therapy Unit of Attica Psychiatric HospitalThis issue is a milestone, as it is the 20th for a period of 10 years...
Article 2/ Issue 20
Petros Polychronis (1951-2021), a rare human being
Dionysios Sakkas, Psychiatrist Psychotherapist, Director of the Psychiatric department, General Hospital of AthensHe was the AIA director, for the past 20 years, succeeding George Vassiliou who had Vaso on his side – with their imposing legacy and global reach.
Article 3/ Issue 20
Ten years, Twenty issues: Between two Disasters
Katia Charalabaki, Psychiatrist, Family Psychotherapist, coordinating director of Family Therapy Unit of Attica Psychiatric HospitalIt was in the heart of the financial socio-political crisis that the decision for the journal's creation was made. That might have been a therapeutic (or self-therapeutic) action on our part against the collective, political and cultural trauma.
Article 4/ Issue 20
Three Poems
Dimitris Kokkalis, Child Psychiatrist - Psychotherapist“Three poems” is a poetic – lyrical expression of time in the decade, that specifically highlights deeper personal and relational experiences of the era.
Article 5/ Issue 20
Journal anniversary
Katerina Theodoraki, Child Psychiatrist – Systemic PsychotherapistThe journal functioned as a means of receiving feedback for my work. I was able to reconnect with and organize my thinking so that I could transmit it to others, through reading current concerns and also reading and writing paper
Article 6/ Issue 20
On the ten-year anniversary of the journal...
Kostas Batsalias, Psychiatrist – Systemic PsychotherapistKostas Batsalias discusses Jaakko Seikkula’s paper from issue 16, May 2020, titled “Psychosis Is Not an Illness, but a Survival Strategy in Severe Stress...
Article 7/ Issue 20
Choosing an article for the 10th anniversary of HE.S.T.A.F.T.A.’s journal
Nikos Kaldirimitzian, Psychologist, Mental Health Center of SamosIf I had to choose a single article that "spoke" directly to my individual, family and professional life it would be the “Families and therapists in the face of economic crisis. Challenges and opportunities”. The article was based on the presentation of Dr. Valeria Pomini...
Article 8/ Issue 20
A Journal in Five Steps
Valeria Pomini, Dr., Clinical Psychologist – Systemic PsychotherapistValeria Pomini as a member of the journal’s Editorial Committee, from the beginning, and a member of the Board of HE.S.T.A.F.T.A., gives a historical account of the decade, completing her recollections with thoughts, questions and comments.
Article 9/ Issue 20
On meaning, on uncertainty and on time in Therapy. “Εncounters” with a Journal
Sofia Petta, Sociologist (MA), Family-Systemic Psychotherapist, Adolescent and Youth Mental Health Unit, General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", GreeceCould the uncertainty of the reality in which we are thrown and the absence of meaning be alleviated in the end if this uncertainty is understood “as a way of accepting the complexity of the world and our ignorance?”
Article 10/ Issue 20
The therapeutic alliance in group versus individual systemic-dialectical psychotherapy: A comparative study
Marilena Mandrakou, MSc, Social worker - Social Anthropologist, Systemic Psychotherapist, Rossetos Gournellis, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychogeriatric, 2ndDepartment of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University General Hospital “Atticon”, Valeria Pomini, Dr., Clinical Psychologist – Systemic PsychotherapistThe paper aims to contribute to the knowledge about the therapeutic alliance, firstly, by examining its development in group and individual systemic-dialectical psychotherapy, secondly, by addressing and answering questions regarding the factors that influence this type of alliance, and, finally, by determining possible differences arising in group and individual psychotherapy.
Article 11/ Issue 20
A collaborative series of discussions in the 2nd grade of high school about love, relationships and sexuality: Systemic perspectives and issues of psychosexual development in the public school
Valia Mastorodimou, Psychologist (MSc) - systemic psychotherapist trainee - Deputy Psychologist in the Ministry of EducationThis article presents a series of experiential meetings with students in the 2nd grade of a public high school, based on these theoretical starting points.
Article 12/ Issue 20
Book Review: Evangelia Andritsanou: “Antigone. A Daughter, Editor Agra, 2021
Kia Thanopoulou, Msc, ECP, Systemic Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Family Therapy Unit, Psychiatric Hospital of Attica Through the presentation of the book, there is another in-depth discussion of Ancient Greek literature, concerning characters and the relationships between them.

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ISSUE 20

April 2022

THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES

Introduction to issue 20

Petros Polychronis (1951-2021), a rare human being

Ten years, Twenty issues: Between two Disasters

Three Poems

Journal anniversary

On the ten-year anniversary of the journal...

Choosing an article for the 10th anniversary of HE.S.T.A.F.T.A.’s journal

A Journal in Five Steps

On meaning, on uncertainty and on time in Therapy. “Εncounters” with a Journal

The therapeutic alliance in group versus individual systemic-dialectical psychotherapy: A comparative study

A collaborative series of discussions in the 2nd grade of high school about love, relationships and sexuality: Systemic perspectives and issues of psychosexual development in the public school

Book Review: Evangelia Andritsanou: “Antigone. A Daughter, Editor Agra, 2021

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