Maria

Miss Maria Poimenidou

Dance Movement Therapist

Compassionate and attentive Psychotherapist with an excellent ability to build therapeutic relationships and facilitate growth. Offering a psychodynamic practice style that emphasizes well-being through the creative approach of movement. Also, coordinates cognitive behavioural therapeutic group and individual sessions.

About Me

This compassionate psychotherapist builds strong therapeutic relationships, facilitating growth through creative movement. They use a psychodynamic style, helping individuals explore feelings and experiences that might be hard to articulate. Sessions emphasize well-being through this unique creative approach. They also coordinate structured cognitive behavioural group and individual sessions. Clients seeking both deep self-exploration and practical tools for daily life will find a good match.

Approach

My work centers on noticing how the body carries feeling, using movement alongside reflective conversation to gently open new understandings and shift stuck patterns. Sessions in Xanthi or online, offered in English and Greek, move at a pace you set—sometimes quietly exploratory, sometimes structured with brief exercises to try between meetings. I blend attending to early emotional themes with practical steps drawn from cognitive approaches so therapy feels both deep and useable. This way of working often suits people seeking embodied insight alongside everyday tools.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • Art Therapy

    A form of therapy that uses visual art-making (drawing, painting, sculpture) as a means of expression and emotional processing.

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  • Family Therapy

    A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.

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  • Group Therapy

    Therapy conducted with a small group of people who share similar concerns, using peer interaction and diverse perspectives as part of the healing process.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Mindfulness

    The practice of paying deliberate attention to the present moment without judgement, used to reduce stress and increase awareness of automatic reactions.

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  • Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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  • Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

Works With:

  • All ages
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Children
  • Elderly
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Individuals
  • Parents

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Behaviour or Conduct Issues

    Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.

  • Grief & Loss

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss.

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  • Body Image

    How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.

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  • Child Psych & Diagnostic Assessment

    Formal assessment of a child's psychological, cognitive, or emotional functioning to identify conditions and guide appropriate support.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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Professional Title:

  • Dance Movement Therapist

    A therapist who uses movement and dance as a medium for emotional expression and psychological healing. No dance ability needed.

Qualifications


Goldsmiths, University of London

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Registrations


Greek Association of Dance Therapy

Psychotherapist

Association of Greek Psychologists

Psychologist

Service Area


Online from Greece

In-person & Online

Dimos Xanthi, Western Thrace

Greece