Evangelia Lambidoni, Ed.D.
Developmental & Integrative Counselor
I was born and raised in the capital of Greece, Athens, while my parents and our ancestors came from the islands of the Aegean Sea. To them I owe my cross-cultural curiosity and to all of them, known and unknown to me, along with my life and academic mentors I was fortunate in this journey away from home, I dedicate "TheFourSeas" (4Cs).
My first Higher Education degree in Philosophy, Pedagogics and Psychology at the National University of Athens just grew my curiosity for (my) human condition. The multicultural environment of Boston, and Boston University in particular, was a perfect match for this quest. Boston University became my academic home for my master's and doctoral education in Counseling and Developmental Studies. My professional journey continued with a post-doctoral year in clinical psychology at the Trauma Center, JRI, and an one year fellowship in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at BPSI. I am grateful for the series of fortuitous events that allowed for this comprehensive training in several major models of development throughout the life-span and psychotherapy (psychoanalytic, systemic, the new wave of cognitive-behavioral therapy that incorporates mindfulness, internal family systems). In Boston's diverse community, I enjoyed working with children and adults of different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, in a variety of settings: schools, hospitals, community and university mental health clinics.
In 2012, my vessel returned to Europe. I joined the Center for Mental Health for students at the RWTH Aachen University Hospital in Germany, where I have been working with international students individually and in groups. In 2017, I founded TheFourSeas to provide psychological services to ex-patriots in developmental crisis. In my counseling work, I integrate common principles across the models I have been trained, in light of recent advances in neuroscience. I closely look at how body and mind develop in-tandem, via ordinary but also extra-ordinary experiences, in the family or other systems, including culture. Through this professional journey, ACCESS: the Cross-Cultural Counseling Concept was born.
Personal counseling on managing developmental crisis throughout the life span; workshops on how stress affects mental and physical well being and on ways to promote mind and body resilience.
If you wish to make an appointment or inquiry, please contact: access@thefourseas.org
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