Fenia Vovou completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology (BSc) at University College London (UCL), UK. She continued her education by completing her Masters degree in Mental Health (MSc) at King’s College London (KCL), UK, where she graduated with distinction.
She has completed a number of certified seminars and courses in a variety of topics including:
● Complex Trauma (CCTP-II)
● Schema Therapy
● Healing with arts
● Anxiety in high achievers
● Treating suicide risk with competence and confidence
● Working with Trauma, Dissociation and Psychosis
● Rethinking Borderline Personality Disorder
● Human resilience in children exposed to trauma, disaster and war
● Human-Computer interaction
● Psychological first aid
● The neurobiology of addiction
Her experience entails work in hospitals and day centres for adolescents and adults in England, Wales and Greece, where she provided psychological interventions to individuals with a variety of complex mental health difficulties including personality disorders, psychosis, suicide ideation and attempts, autism and learning difficulties on 1:1 and group format.
She is experienced in the use and implementation of multiple psychological interventions, psychometric and clinical assessments, crisis management and patient care and social reintegration packages. Fenia has trained hospital staff in psychopathology and has also developed psychoeducational material on topics such as substance misuse and building personal resilience. She has volunteered in internet addiction services, Children’s Creative Workshops (ΚΔΑΠ), online support lines as well as humanitarian projects in various parts of the world. She has also worked as an academic writer.
Fenia has been a speaker at the 4th Annual Undergraduate Conference of UCL at the Faculty of Brain Sciences, where she presented her thesis research project regarding multicultural mental health awareness, which has been published at the Journal of Mental Health Systems. She has also been an author of other academic research publications.
Lastly, she has chaired the regional meetings of assistant psychologists in South West Wales.
Fenia is a member of the Association of Greek Psychologists (Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Ψυχολόγων, ΣΕΨ) as well as of the British Psychological Association (BPS).
She holds a Psychologists Licence and can provide services in Greek and English.
She currently works as a Psychologist and Team Lead Manager at Hr. Psychology Today, where she also develops and presents seminars and workshops for companies' employees.