Tsitouridou Kassiani
Volunteer collaboration and facilitation of a dramatherapy group at the Adult Forensic Psychiatry Clinic of the Multidisciplinary Mental Health Nursing Unit of Thessaloniki (formerly the Forensic Psychiatry Department of the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki).
a) with a workshop “The body as canvas: from trace to narrative”
b) with a presentation ‘The dramatic body in psychosis: echoes of a dramatherapy group of forensic psychiatric patients at the Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for Adults of the Multidisciplinary Mental Health Nursing Unit of Thessaloniki’
c) with a poster presentation of a quantitative research confirming the positive benefits of dramatherapy on forensic psychiatric patients.
Participation in the 7th Panhellenic Conference of Forensic Psychiatry with a presentation ‘The role of dramatherapy in addressing stigma: the Group of the Adult Forensic Psychiatry Clinic – Multidisciplinary Mental Health Nursing Unit of Thessaloniki
Kassiani Tsitouridou is a dramatherapist, mental health counselor and certified parent group coordinator with an MSc in Forensic Psychiatry from the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She works privately and specializes in individual and group dramatherapy for children, adolescents, and adults, as well as couple and family counseling. As part of her clinical experience, she has worked in mental health and vulnerable population support structures, as well as in educational settings. Specifically, she has coordinated groups at the Alternative Program for Addicted Individuals “ARGO” – Open Therapeutic Community of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. PAPANIKOLAOU,” in elementary school programs for refugees, at the German School of Thessaloniki, and at the Forensic Psychiatric Clinic for Adults of the Multidisciplinary Mental Health Nursing Unit of Thessaloniki , with which she continues to collaborate. A graduate of the Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she has previously worked in the field of human rights, domestic violence, and support for vulnerable persons in general, gaining valuable experience. She lives and works in Thessaloniki.