Myrto Komninou

Experience

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  Social Care Unit - Hospital for Chronic Diseases of East Attica

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2011

  Psychology Intern

  - Participated in clinical consultations across a wide range of ages.- Participated in clinical supervision sessions with a clinical psychologist.

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  Neuropsychiatric Hospital of Eleftherios Tzeranis

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Psychology Intern

  - Participated in creative workshops with psychiatric patients. - Attended individual psychotherapeutic sessions.

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  Therapy Center of Dependent Individuals (ΚΕΘΕΑ), Low threshold program «Exelixis – Off Club»

  Dec 2012 - Oct 2013

  Psychology Intern

  - Coordinated reading and poetry workshops with dependent individuals on a weekly basis. - Attended clinical consultation sessions for adults struggling with addictions, individually and in a group setting.- Patients’ history taking.- Participated in streetwork programs, i.e. interventions aiming to support drug users and limit their exposure to everyday dangers linked with drug abuse.

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  Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2014

  Psychology Intern

  - Participated in complementary therapy sessions and creative workshops with adult patients, including music, art and acting. - Accompanied patients in outdoor cultural activities, aiming on their deinstitutionalization. - Participated in clinical supervision sessions with a clinical psychologist.

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  Mental Health Assn. of the 13th Arrondissement of Paris – «Philippe Paumelle Center»

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  Psychology Intern

  - Attended clinical psychotherapeutic sessions of patients with psychological and psychiatric problems (such as neuroses, acute phase psychoses, depression, eating disorders etc.).- Conducted individual therapy sessions with some of the patients.- Maintained accurate records of clinical work.- Participated in clinical supervision sessions with a clinical psychologist.- Participated in a psychoanalytic seminar series relevant to the topic of mental health of children, adolescents and adults. Show less

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  Municipal Center of Social Action of Paris – «PSA de Belleville»

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Psychology Intern

  - Conducted individual therapy sessions with homeless patients aged 18 - 24, including testing, diagnosis and psychological support.- Attended training sessions related to conducting introductory clinical interviews. - Administration, analysis and interpretation of projective techniques (Rorschach, TAT).- Participated in clinical supervision sessions (held weekly) with a clinical psychologist.- Participated in clinical and institutional meetings (held weekly) with all members of the multidisciplinary team. Show less

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  “Babel” - Day Centre for migrants’ mental health

  Oct 2016 - now

  Clinical Psychologist

  - Individual psychotherapy and counseling for refugee adolescents and adults, including survivors of torture, sexual violence and/or gender based violence, with or without the assistance of an interpreter. - Counseling for refugees hosted at the Open Refugee Accommodation Center of Elliniko, with the help of an interpreter.- Compilation and elaboration of statistical data related to the Program for the Rehabilitation of Survivors of Torture "Prometheus", implemented by the Greek Council for Refugee (GCR) and Babel Day Centre, in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).- Instructor at the annual Seminar entitled 'Psychosocial Dimensions of the Refugee Status. The Approach of Synergic Therapeutic Complexity'. - Supervision and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students who carry out their internship at Babel Day Centre. Show less

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  Private Practice

  Aug 2018 - now

  Clinical Psychologist In Private Practice

  Individual psychoanalytic sessions with adolescents and adults.