Single psychotherapy refers to a procedure which includes a series of personal meetings between a specialized psychologist-psycho-therapist and a person who faces some personal difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, difficulties in solving problems or in making decisions, insecurities, panic attacks, existence crisis etc.

In the course of these meetings a relationship with the therapist is developed, based on trust, confidentiality, security, communication and understanding. Based on this relationship, a personal journey of each person towards self-expression, self-knowledge, personal development and therefore mental self-healing, begins.

It is mainly based on the active hearing from the therapist of the concerns of the patient in a way that the therapeutic relationship is experienced as positive and supportive. With this particular method, the therapist helps and guides the patient to modify the potential non-functional beliefs and attitudes and improve the quality of life.

The supportive therapy is mainly focused on the practical issues of a persons’ every day life and is not involved in the intense feelings or trauma or childhood memories. This approach focuses on the production of a positive way of perception and interpretation and the empowerment and also the interpersonal support.

The systemic theory was based on the general theory of systems (Bertalanfly, 1968).

A family, therapy or work group, a school class, a business is a human system. Every change in only one part of the system can cause changes in the whole system (Bateson, 1972).

The person, who is systemically treated by the psychologist-psychotherapist, can be perceived as a participant in a relation network and not as an individual one.

The relationships, as they develop now or developed in the past, are looked into and also the roles and the positions in order to increase self-understanding in relation to other people.

Cognitive Psychotherapy is based on the saying of Epictitus that it is not the things that upset the people, but the way that the people interpret or evaluate what is happening to them. This type of therapy uses a combination of behavior and cognitive techniques, in order to help people, deal with the symptoms, to find more effective ways to deal every day problems and change the models of thinking, the beliefs and the reactions which contribute to the prolonging of emotional disorders, such as depression and anxiety. 

The cognitive- behavior psychotherapy aims at the direct relief of the person and also at the prevention of a relapse. Research shows that it can be effective even from the first meetings. The particular type of therapy is one of the most indicated forms of short psychotherapy with the most immediate results.

Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy is a kind of psycho-therapeutic approach which derives from the psycho-analytic therapy and clinical practice. Its main principle, which is the cornerstone of the psycho-analytic premise, is that the human behavior is determined by unconscious motives and conflicts.

 However, it differs from the classic psycho-analysis in aspects of therapy and practice, like the optional use of the couch or the reduced number of the meetings. The objective of a psycho-dynamic type of psychotherapy is to help the patient explore, experience and understand subconsciously the emotions and conflicts, so as to gradually be driven to their solution and effective management.

The center of family therapy is the improvement of the dynamic in the family and can include in the therapy many members of the family. One person only can’t be held responsible for not being able to function well in the family. It is the result of interaction among all family members.  The way that the person interacts with the family causes a strong dynamic. All members are responsible for prolonging the problems of the person. In family therapy the roles which are reproduced among the members are initially studied. The past is searched and emphasis is given on anything that is experienced at present (“right here and now”).

In group psychotherapy there is a small group of people. Emphasis is given on the relationships which are developed among the group members who share their problems. The frequency of the meeting is decided by the therapist and can last from a few months until years. The therapist, who takes part in the group, adopts a non directing role, but prevents the participants from remaining silent or talking about irrelevant matters.

This approach allows, in a supplementary way, the therapy to the group members to receive and give support to each other, by learning new behaviors in a support group.

The duration is about 1.5 hour, provided that each therapist has worked in single psychotherapy, before entering the group.

Couple therapy is directed to those couples who can’t communicate effectively due to serious reasons, resulting in regular conflicts, arguments and misunderstandings. The partners are likely to experience anger, displeasure, lack of understanding, rejection, depreciation, shame, loneliness and other negative reactions. The emotional distance between them becomes bigger and the level of satisfaction derived from the relationship is dramatically reduced.

It is fundamental for the creation, the maintaining and the development of a relationship for the partners to manage to communicate, understand each other and cooperate, in order to be able to move and balance appropriately between commitment and freedom, loneliness and partnership, joy and sadness, satisfaction and frustration etc. People who share their lives in every way, inevitably face the challenge of constant communication, understanding and cooperation.