Chrissa Georgiades, MSc is a licensed psychologist with over 15 years experience in child,
adolescent and family mental health. In 2014, she founded SOPHROSYNA Institute of
Perinatal Mental Health- an infant-maternal mental health service following the stillbirth of
her daughter Sophronia on May 9, 2012. The service is non-fee based.
SOPHROSYNA promotes infant-maternal mental health through workshops, psychotherapy,
psychoeducation, training and research, working alongside local community health services
in areas that have limited access to infant-maternal mental health services (for example the
Cycladic region in Greece). During 2017-2018, SOPHROSYNA has serviced the island
communities of Tinos and Andros, providing workshops on the prevention of maternal
depression, perinatal anxiety disorders, pregnancy loss, new fathers group and
psychotherapeutic postnatal depression groups. Over 125 women and men have attended our
service. In addition, in February 2018, SOPHROSYNA offered the first training on Best
Practices in Infant-Maternal Mental Health in Tinos for non-psychology professionals.
Prior to founding SOPHROSYNA, Mrs Georgiades acquired extensive experience in the early
diagnostic and prevention of emotional and behavioural issues with children, adolescents and
families through her engagements with social services (specifically Young Offenders) in the
UK. In addition, she has experience as a research psychologist at the Section of Family
Therapy’s Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) Kings College London
and as a Seminar Leader, taught undergraduate psychology and research methodology at
Birkbeck College University of London.
Mrs Georgiades is a postgraduate of the University of London -University College London
(2006) and the Open University of the UK (2002) as well as a graduate of the University of
Queensland (1997) and James Cook University of Australia (1993). She was a reviewer of the
Journal of Social Psychology for several years and has had her postgraduate work published
in respective journals of psychology. She has engaged in internationally accredited workshops
and training in perinatal mental health. Her research interests are in infant development,
specifically attachment and the formation of experiences during infancy.
In 2014, she received her licence to practice in Greece (ἈÏθ. 14796/234-21.01.2014), where she
resides with her husband and three children.