Apostolos Fournaris, BACP

Apostolos Fournaris is a psychodynamic counsellor with 18 years of professional experience. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who are feeling anxious, low, overwhelmed by grief, or struggling with relationship and parenting concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Greek and he accepts international clients.

He uses a psychodynamic approach that looks at how past relationships and hidden patterns shape current feelings and behaviour. In sessions he helps people notice recurring themes, understand emotional conflicts, and consider how early attachments influence present-day choices. The focus can be short term or longer term depending on what the person needs.

He has worked with a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, anger, bipolar difficulties, ADHD and identity matters. He also offers consultation and reflective group facilitation tailored to schools, charities and businesses, and provides psycho-educational support when organisations request it.

Qualifications include postgraduate study in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic fields and a BACP registration. His training background includes programmes at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Essex. This informs his work with adults, children and adolescents.

People who come to him can expect a thoughtful, patient approach that aims to make sense of painful patterns. To begin, users are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How psychodynamic ideas translate to online therapy

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on how past relationships and hidden patterns shape present feelings and behaviour. It looks at repeated themes, attachment experiences and inner conflicts to help people understand why they react in certain ways. This approach can be useful for concerns such as relationship difficulties, grief, identity questions and long-standing emotional patterns.

Psychotherapy can also be offered as shorter, focused work or as longer weekly sessions depending on what the person needs. Finding the right approach is part of the work itself and the therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether brief interventions, ongoing weekly sessions or tailored support best match their goals and circumstances.

Please confirm which session formats are currently available before booking, as the profile does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for appointments across time zones for international clients. It can also offer simpler check-ins such as shorter conversations when a full hour is difficult to arrange, and it supports accessing therapists who use psychodynamic methods without needing to change location.