• Maria Malikiosi – Loizos

     Basic Information:

    Title: Professor
    Area of Specialization: Counselling Psychology

    Contact details:

    Phone No: 210-3688533
    Fax: 210-3688533

    E-mail: nmalik@ecd.uoa.gr

     


    Office Hours: Thirsday 13.00 – 14.00
    Contact Address: National and Kapodistrian University of  Athens Department of Early Childhood Education 35 Ippokratous street, 6th floor Athens 10680

     

    Academic Information

     

    Education

    Studied Psychology B.A. and earned her M.A.  in Social Psychology and her Ed.D.   in Counselling Psychology at the University of Maine, USA.

    Post-doctoral research at the  Université Paris VII, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale – Groupe de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

     

    Research Interests

    • Applications of Counselling Psychology in Education
    • Professional identity of counselling psychologists and counsellors
    • Indigenous and global aspects of counselling training and therapy in diverse populations
    • Personality
    • Interpersonal communication and interaction
    • Gender issues in Counselling Psychology
    • Multicultural issues in Counselling Psychology
    • Peer Counselling/Peer Support

     

    Courses and Seminars

    Undergraduate:

    • “Educational Psychology” (Semester, A’),
    • “Classroom Psychology: Effective Teaching and Learning” ( Semester, B’),
    • “Counselling Skills in Education” (Seminar: Semester E’),
    • “Counselling Psychology” (Semester F’),
    • “Applications of Counselling Psychology in Preschool Education” (Offered in Thematic week, Semester, F’).

     

    Postgraduate:

    • “Contemporary approaches in Counselling Psychology” (Required course for both majors: Counselling Psychology and Counselling – First Year), in the Joint Postgraduate Master’s Degree Programme (MSc) “Counselling Psychology and Counselling in Education, Health and Work”  (University of Athens and University of Thrace)
    • “Counselling Psychology for special social groups with an emphasis on disability” (Elective course – Second Year), in the Postgraduate Master’s Programme (MSc) “ Special Education” (University of Athens)

     

    Selected Publications

    •   Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2003). A critical look at empathy. Psychology, 10, 2 & 3, 295-309.
    •   Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2006). Relationship of teacher temperament and personality with their communication style. Child and Adolescent,  8, 112-127.
    •    Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2008). Counselling approach of gifted children and their families. In  H. Matsaggouras (Ed.) Educating children of high learning abilities: Differential co-education.(pp. 435- 467). Athens, Gutenberg.
    •   Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2008) The multicultural dimension of empathy. Psychology, 15,1, 1-15.
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2011) Counselling Psychology in Education. ( revised edition). Athens : Pedio
    • Malikiosi – Loizos, Μ. (2011). Counselling Psychology in Greece today. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 8, (3) 266-288.
    • Leong, F.T.L., Leach, M. M., & Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2011). Internationalizing the field of Counseling Psychology.) In F.T.L. Leong, W. Pickren, M.M. Leach & A.Marsella, (Eds.) Internationalizing the psychology curriculum in the United States (pp. 201-223). NJ: Springer Publications.
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. & Ivey, A. E. (2012) Counseling in Greece. Journal of Counseling & Development, 90, 113-118.
    • Malikiosi – Loizos, M. (2012). Counselling Psychology. (revised edition). Athens: Pedio.
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2012). Interpersonal relations and communication: their importance for the family and the school (pp. 106-126). In Ch.Hatzichristou and E. Bezevegis (Eds.) Issues of child development and adjustment in family and school. Athens: Pedio.
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. & Giovazolias, Th.  (2012) Counseling in Greece (215-223) In  T.H. Hohenshil, N. E. Amundson, S. G. Niles (Eds) Counseling around the world. An International Handbook. VA: American Counseling Association
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2012). A feminist multicultural approach to counseling psychology. Psychology, 19 (2), 215-229.
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (2013). Personal therapy for future therapists: Reflections on a still debated issue. The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2(1), 33-50, http://ejcop.psychopen.eu/issue/archive
    • Malikiosi-Loizos, M. (Edit) (2014) Peer counseling in education. Athens: Pedio books

     

    Additional Information                                                                                              

    • Founder, Director and Supervisor of the  Peer Counselling Center of the Department of Early Childhood   Education at the University of Athens  founded in 1995.
    • President of the Department of Early Childhood   Education at the University of Athens between 2001 – 2003 and Vice – President  between 2009 – 2011.

     

    • Director of Joint Postgraduate program in “Counselling Psychology and Counselling in Education, Health and  Work” (University of Athens and University of Thrace) since 2009.

     

    • President of the Hellenic Scientific Association  of Peer Counselling (HSAPC)

     

    Honorary awards

     

    • Honorary fellowship from the French Government
    • Honorary award of  the first, for Greece,  European Counsellor’s Certificate “for her contribution to the development of Counselling in Europe”. European Association for Counselling: 2001.
    • Honorary award “for her contribution to the Counselling Psychology specialty”. Counselling Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 2012.
    • Honorary award on behalf of the European Association of Counselling Psychology: The Award for the Outstanding Contribution to European Counselling Psychology 2013

     

    Professional affiliations

    • Member in different scientific organizations, in Greece (Hellenic Psychological Society, Association of Greek Psychologists, Hellenic Society of Counselling and Guidance, Psychological Society of Northern Greece, Hellenic Association for Counselling e.t.c) and elsewhere  (American Psychological Association – A.P.A, International Association of Applied Psychology – I.A.A.P, Organisation Mondiale de l’ Education Préscolaire – O.M.E.P, etc).
    • Founding member of  the Hellenic Psychological Society ( ELPSE ), the European  Association for Counselling ( E.A.C), and the  Hellenic Scientific Association  of Peer Counselling (HSAPC)

     

    • Co-Coordinator of the Counselling Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society between  1999 and  2011.