Evgenia Georganda
"Gignesthai" Hellenic Association for Existential Psychology

Evgenia Georganda, Psy.D., ECP, is an Existential-Humanistic therapist, in private practice in Athens Greece, since 1987. In 2004 she co-founded “gignesthai”, the Hellenic Association for Existential Psychology, where she is chief administrator, trainer and supervisor. In 2018 she was nominated in division 32 of APA for the Charlotte and Karl Buhler Award for her contribution in promoting existential psychotherapy in Greece. Evgenia has served as secretary in the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Psychotherapists of Greece (NOPG) and membership secretary and member of the Board of Trustees of the Federation for Existential Therapy in Europe (FETE).

Alex Harisiadis
"Gignesthai" Hellenic Association for Existential Psychology

Alex Harisiadis holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Panteion University and holds a Master's in Counseling Psychology from the University of La Verne, California.
Co-founder, co-director, and trainer at "gignesthai", the Hellenic Society of Existential Psychology. Regular member of the Hellenic Psychological Society (ELPSE). Regular member of the Hellenic Society of Positive Psychology. He is an associate of the University of Thessaly where he has taught the existential approach to psychotherapy at the postgraduate level. He also teaches the existential approach to psychotherapy in the "Alypias Techni" training institute, at the University of Thessaly.
In addition to his studies in psychology, he is a graduate of the Higher School of Economics and Commercial Sciences and holds a master's degree (M.B.A.) in Business Administration from the University of La Verne, California.
His study and engagement with Existential Philosophy began from the need for contact and focus on existential issues – such as human freedom and responsibility, the meaning of existence, mortality and loss, existential isolation, and relationships with others – which par excellence and by definition concern every human being.
Since 2012 he has been dealing with and developing the concept of Existential-Poetic Psychotherapy which he has presented at scientific conferences and lectures. It is an approach that utilizes the Poetic element in all forms of art in the existential psychotherapeutic approach.