Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
What is psychoanalytic psychotherapy and how does it work? It is useful to people who wish to understand themselves and what is going on in...
In-depth psychotherapy grounded in careful exploration. We engage in this work together with honesty, steadiness, and a willingness to stay with what feels difficult for you.
Years of experience
25
in mental health
20
in continued psychotherapy training
14
in online psychotherapy
Testimonials
"I don't know how best to express my thoughts, feelings and gratitude. Sometimes words are not enough. I started psychotherapy with Mrs. Bakopoulou with a therapeutic request, but also generally confused and disoriented. We did 3 years of psychotherapy during COVID and over many changes in my life. My personal experience is that during these three years I got to know myself better, I listened to my desires and fears and improved my relationships with honesty and authenticity. And these are not personal accomplishments, but gains from the therapeutic relationship and the psychotherapy. I owe a big thank you to Mrs. Bakopoulou who with sensitivity, understanding, professionalism and deep knowledge of the human psyche guided me to get closer to myself and my people. I wholeheartedly thank you!"
"I started psychotherapy with Mrs. Irene Bakopoulou eight years ago, carrying deep wounds in my soul. I chose her based on the psychotherapeutic method she uses, which works in depth and helps the patient uncover the true causes of their suffering. The quality of my life has improved so profoundly that I feel as if I had one life before psychotherapy and another life after psychotherapy. While the past that brought me to therapy hasn’t changed, its impact on me has. Now, even though I’ve lived half a century, I feel youthful and look to the future with optimism. I owe this great change in my life to Mrs. Bakopoulou and her well-directed guidance."
Understanding your self
- You want to better understand your feelings and thoughts.
- To discover your strengths and weaknesses.
- To better understand how the way you were raised affects your behaviour today and how you relate to others in the here and now.
- To get to grips with why some situations and particular behaviours trigger you and make you act in ways that make life harder for you and those around you, and how to stop getting into these upsetting situations.
- To find better ways of dealing with the challenges in your life.
Some of the issues
you might be facing
where I can help...
You have anxiety and/or depression
- Life has become very hard and you struggle most of the time.
- You don't want to do anything, your work, your relationship, your family, everything gives you anxiety.
- You struggle to find meaning and enjoyment in life.
- You feel so incredibly lonely.
- You want to stop feeling like you're choking or drowning.
- You want to stop feeling guilt or shame.
- You want to get in touch with your feelings.
You have a harsh inner critic
- It's like a voice in your head that constantly tells you you're doing things wrong, that you come lacking, that you need to keep trying, or that you should just quit.
- You take care of everyone and nobody seems to want to take care of you.
- You try so hard but nobody seems to appreciate you.
- You often judge your self and you often feel that others judge you too.
- You often judge others and you get so annoyed with them.
- Negative thoughts are a daily part of your life.
You are or have been in an abusive relationship
- You want to understand what abuse is, how to call it out it, what to do about it and how it affects or has affected you in the way that you perceive your self and the people around you.
- You want to find a way to change things.
- You want to leave your partner/spouse but you can't.
- You can't talk to anybody about the abuse; you're always hiding it from people around you, carrying this dark secret inside you.
- You want to stop feeling like you're "crazy" or "always in the wrong" and doubting your self.
- Your partner/parent/friend/boss is a narcissist and you don't know how to best deal with the situation.
You want to enjoy satisfying, reciprocal relationships
- You want to be able to communicate more effectively and respond in a better way in your relationships.
- You want to be able to speak and be heard.
- You want to know what you need and how to ask for it.
- You want to stop being one foot in and one foot out of your relationships.
- You want to not be so afraid of commitment or abandonment.
- You want to learn to fight better.
- You want to learn to listen better.
- You want to learn to love better.
...among many others.
A discreet and professionally held online space to explore the pressures, relationships, and inner conflicts that shape your life.
Schedule an initial 20-minute consultation to discuss your needs and consider how we might work together.
You may use the contact form or email me directly.
Benefits of online psychotherapy
Access therapy from anywhere in the world
With online psychotherapy you can access psychoanalytic psychotherapy from any location in the world, so long as you have a good and steady internet connection of at least 20 Mbps.
In the comfort of your own home
Take your psychotherapeutic journey in the comfort and safety of your own home or office, giving yourself the space you need to process your session afterwards, without being exposed to the stresses of a bus, train or car ride on the way home.
Talk to an experienced online therapist
I am a licensed psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist with years of experience in providing therapy, both face to face in my office and online.
Via Zoom with video and audio
In my experience of working online, I have found that in order to create a meaningful and productive therapeutic relationship, it’s essential for us to be able to see and hear each other, to have a face and a voice. For this reason, chat sessions are not provided.
Psychotherapy for expats
Having lived abroad for many years, I have experience with other cultures and I can relate to the challenges you might be faced with when moving to and living in a new country.
Pay easily
Payment can be made through Paypal with a few clicks or via bank transfer.
“The Internal”, painting by Greek painter Natalia Thomaidi, presented here with her express permission.
A little about me
I am committed to helping you make a difference in your life and get to a place where you are content and able to manage and cope with the stresses of love, work and life in the way that feels right for you.
I am a fluent English speaker, as I have lived and worked in the United Kingdom for 14 years. I enjoy working with a diverse range of people of various nationalities, religions and cultures, residing in many parts of the world such as Europe, the Middle East, the USA and Asia.
To this day, I have had the pleasure of working online with a great number of people, both natives and expats living in and/or from Jordan, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and various countries in Europe like Greece, Spain, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and also Singapore, China and others, so I know a little about all these places and cultures, which can prove helpful in my work with you.
Learn more about how we will work together
Therapy duration, length and frequency
The frame within which psychoanalytic psychotherapy takes place, including its boundaries and characteristics; session frequency, session and therapy duration...
What does the psychoanalytic psychotherapist do and not do?
Drawing on my experience and knowledge of the human psyche and the practice of psychotherapy, I work as a fellow traveler in your therapeutic journey,...