Counselling

LABORATORY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Student Counselling Service of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applications in Education gives students of all UTH departments the opportunity to receive psychological support and help in their personal hardships and concerns, should they wish to do so. They also have the opportunity to get training in management skills and problem solving in order to manage the difficulties they might be facing.

Problems related to student life and studies	Problems related to interpersonal relationships	Other problems
difficulty adjusting to academic life lack of motivation reduced performance exam-related stress inability to concentrate	difficulties in social, personal, familial relationships low self-esteem loneliness depression	addictions special needs psychosomatic problems sleep disorders eating disorders

The Student Counselling Service is located in Volos, where it is supervised and centrally coordinated, but it serves all UTH Departments. Specifically:

in Volos for all Departments in the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Business Administration and Agricultural Sciences operating in Volos.
in Larissa for all Departments in the Schools of Health Sciences, Technology, Agricultural Sciences and Economics and Business Administration operating in Larissa.
in Trikala for all Departments in the School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Dietetics.
in Karditsa for all Departments in the Schools of Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Technology operating in Karditsa.
in Lamia for all Departments in the Schools of Science and Health Sciences operating in Lamia

CONTACT:

Students of all Departments can refer to the laboratory’s counselling service.

Initially, regardless of the city in which they are attending university, students are to email the service at the following address: psychologylab [at] uth.gr (psychologylab[at]uth[dot]gr) , stating their full name, Department they are attending and contact number. Following this communication, a member of the service’s staff will contact them to set up a meeting.

Mutually convenient sessions are arranged with special laboratory advisors on a one-to-one or group basis. There are also experiential counselling seminars in regular intervals in which anyone interested can participate.

All services are free of charge and individual or group meetings are confidential strictly adhering to privacy policies.

HUMAN RESOURCES:

Kleftaras Georgios, Scientific Responsible of the Counselling Service, Professor of Clinical Psychology – Psychopathology, Director of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applications in Education as well as the MA – Counselling in Special Education, Education and Health.
Koletti Angeliki, Responsible for the Coordination of the Counselling Service, Psychologist, MSc, Systemic Psychotherapist

External Collaborators
Moutou Katerina, Psychologist, MSc, Gestalt Psychotherapist
Steka Vicky, Psychologist, MSc, Family and Narrative Psychotherapist

Collaboration with Mental Health Center of Volos

Collaboration with the psychiatrist Elias Kampouris in holding individual and family student sessions and reference of students in need of long-term psychiatric observation.

Post-graduate students

MA in Counselling seniors doing their internship

Network of volunteers