The Golden Verses.

Couns. Dip., MA.

Ioanna Makridou

Integrative Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Founder and Scientific Responsible of “THERATREE-Awakening the Senses of the Soul”. Initiator of CHIRON THERAPY which is her vision and life’s work.

She completed her postgraduate studies in Psychotherapy (M.A. in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, Middlesex UK) as a Mental Health Counselor (COSCA, Counselling & Psychotherapy, Scotland UK). She has completed Postgraduate Programs in Gestalt Therapy (San Fransisco Gestalt Institute & Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt), Trauma Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Couples therapy (Psychogenetic System), Family Therapy (Adlerian Training Institute, Inc.), «Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Holotropic Breathwork», Clinical Psychopathology (Eginition Hospital, Athens) etc.

Her personal interest in the psychological and spiritual development emerged through her participation in groups exploring various philosophical schools of thought and spiritual traditions. By staying in relevant centers in England and India, she pursued the integration of Western and Eastern thought and obtained skills and techniques which she uses in her groups.

She is the founder of the «THERATREE» group, which aims to awake the Senses of the Soul, primarily through experiential work with archetypes and ancient Greek myths in the context of Chiron Therapy.

PhD

Vitor Rodrigues

Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Trainer and Writer

He works in the field of Transpersonal Psychology and delivers trainings in the areas of Regression Therapy, Hypnosis, Psychic Defense, Meditation, Stress Management, Personal and Spiritual Development. As a therapist, he has developed his own approach, “Awakening Transpersonal Psychotherapy” and as a writer he has published 15 books, 7 of which are self-help books.

He was President of the European Transpersonal Association and has also taught and lectured in countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Greece, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, and Brazil.

In Greece, he collaborates with the “THERATREE” psychotherapeutic group aiming at achieving well-being, bringing thus together ancient Greek philosophy and psychotherapy.

George Lathyris

Lawyer, Philologist specialized in linguistics, Author, Researcher of Ancient Greek literature

He works as an author, translator and teacher. He has been coordinating and managing the work of “Heliodromion” Cultural-Research Society since its foundation in 1992. He delivers courses on the Ancient Greek Language, History and Philosophy at the seat of “Heliodromion” in Athens and has given numerous lectures in Greece and other countries.

He has worked for many years with self-awareness groups and conducted more than 150 workshops on purely Greek topics. Seeking the roots of the Language itself, he has been led to the systematic study and deep knowledge of ancient Greek language as a source of the modern Greek language as well as many other contemporary ones. For Heliodromion publications, he has edited, commented and translated many important works of the ancient Greek Literature, such as: “On Cheerfulness” by Plutarch, “On Statues” by Porphyrius, “On the Hieratic Art of the Hellenes” and “Sacred Hymns” by Proclus, Plato’s” Cratylus – On the Correctness of Names”, etc.

He collaborates with the team of “THERATREE-Awaking the Senses of the Soul”, aiming at the alignment and harmonization of modern man through the creative and experiential approach of Chiron Therapy, integrating ancient Greek philosophy and modern psychotherapy.