Academic Education

 

2020 - 2021

Greek Association of Behavioural Research. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders.

2017 – 2021

ΕΓΣΣ – Institute of Behaviour Research and Therapy. Training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

2016 – 2017

Greek Centre for Education and Treatment of Eating Disorders (KEADD). Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders & Obesity.

2014 – 2015

King’s College London (KCL). MSc in Mental Health Studies.

2011 – 2014

University College London (UCL). Bsc in Psychology.

 

Current-Previous clinical and research experience / Volunteering

 
  • Since January 2020 I offer private individual CBT sessions at my office in Kifissia.

  • April 2020 - January 2023: researcher on project regarding anorexia nervosa at the Eginition Hospital in collaboration with UCL.

  • September 2017 - April 2023: external collaborator at the A’Psychiatric Clinic of the NKUA at the Eginition Hospital at the Department of Eating Disorders.

  • September 2019 - January 2022: individual CBT sessions with adults at the Institute of Behaviour Research (as part of my CBT training).

  • April 2018 - November 2019: social researcher at the NKUA (Laboratory of Communication and Media Psychology). UNINTEGRA European Research Program on the Social Integration of Refugees in Greece, Spain and Portugal.

  • January 2016 – September 2016: Research Assistant at Newham Centre for Mental Health – East London NHS Foundation Trust (Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry) (London, UK). ImprovE research project, which aimed to develop a therapeutic intervention to improve patient involvement in decision making during involuntary admission.

  • November 2014 – July 2015: Eating Disorders Day Care Service, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (London, UK): clinical support worker at the Eating Disorders Day Care as part of my MSc studies.

  • June – July 2014: research assistant at the Mood and Development Lab in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience – King’s College London. Neuroimaging study examining the reward and emotion brain mechanisms in depression.

  • June 2013 – May 2014: research assistant at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Psychotherapy Evaluation Research Unit) (London, UK). TADS study: randomized controlled trial that investigated the effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for patients with chronic depression, who had not been helped by other previous treatments.

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“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies”

— Unknown

Publications

Conferences

 

Nunez Garcia, J., Crespo Comesana, J., Mavromara, L., & Kheireddine, B. (2019). Integration Guide for refugees in Europe (educational system, hosting community and labour market). Unintegra project. https://bit.ly/393XBwx

Giacco, D., Mavromara, L., Gamblen, J., Conneely, M., & Priebe, S. (2018). Shared decision-making with involuntary hospital patients: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators. BJPsych open, 4(3), 113-118. https://bit.ly/383z8WK

Lang, K., Larsson, E. E., Mavromara, L., Simic, M., Treasure, J., & Tchanturia, K. (2016). Diminished facial emotion expression and associated clinical characteristics in Anorexia Nervosa. Psychiatry research, 236, 165-172. https://bit.ly/383Bipv

Goodman, R., Scott S. (2012). Eating Disorders In R. Goodman, S. Scott (Eds.), Child Psychiatry (pp. 199-203). Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell. Translated into Greek by Liza Mavromara and Argyris Stringaris. IoPPN, King’s College London. https://bit.ly/383zCw4

2019, Athens, Greece.
International Conference – Economic Integration of refugees in Greece: Practices and potentials in education and employability. Interviews with School Principals: The integration of refugee students in Greek public schools.

2018, Athens, Greece.
International Conference – Promoting Social Inlcusion and local integration of refugees: best practices and innovative tools. Conclusions of the first day of the Conference.

2015, Athens, Greece.
35th annual Greek Paediatric Conference – Presentation with Dr. A. Stingaris: Depression in Children: dangers, diagnosis and therapy.