Dr Maria Karastergiou - Delandre a holistic psychologist practicing actually in Athens. She studied Psychology in Canada (Concordia University, Bachelor) as well as in Paris (PhD, Universite Paris VIII, Paris, France). She stayed for 15 years in Paris, studying & working there. She studied with the famous cognitive psychologist TRAN THONG, one of PIAGET'S disciples, as well as with ZIMMERMAN and GUY BERGER, (University Paris VIII). She came in Athens, Greece to teach Developmental Psychology at the University. She came in contact with different approaches like psychoanalysis, time therapy, breath therapy and reiki. She has written two books, one in french : "Enfances, Cultures, Langages", ED. Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1994, and the other in greek "The Lulling of Babel" (a paraitre).
Maria is one of the rare psychotherapists in Greece who combine psychotherapy with spirituality. Since her meeting with Agni Yoga, Maria is practicing "Psychosynthetic psychotherapy" (both mind & heart are involved), instead of "Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy". The western approach, which involves mostly the mind in the therapeutic procedure, encounters a lot of difficulties in healing the modern man.
She has been practising astanga yoga during the last 4 years; She has even followed an astanga yoga teacher training program with her teacher, the well-known internationnally, Christina Karitinos- Ireland.
