The therapeutic and training institute Antistixi was founded by Dimitrios and Eleni Karagianni, both child-psychiatrists and psychotherapists, where experienced and capable associates, mental health specialists, work.

With genuine respect towards the uniqueness of the human person and his personal history, Antistixi does not only target on dealing with the dysfunction, but also on bringing into surface the wealth, strength and health existing in every living being.

Psychotherapy in Antistixi is addressed at families, couples and individuals and provides them with the possibility of choosing the best suitable treatment.

The therapeutic intervention approaches the existential issues of the human existence, highlighting the significance of taking personal responsibility and forming functional relationships.

Training in Antistixi is appropriate for graduates professionals, mental health specialists (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers) who want to be trained in Existential Systemic Psychotherapy. The trainees go through a therapeutic and training process, which enables the development of both their personal and professional identity.

Antistixi is an accredited training member in systemic psychotherapy, certified by European Family Therapy Association (EFTA) and is associated with the Greek Systemic Therapy Association (ELESYTH) and Greek Systemic Thought and Family Therapy Association (EESKEPSO) and the Greek National Psychotherapy Association.

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VYTINA 2025: CONSEQUENCES AND CONTRADICTIONS

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Spring Symposium of Counterpoint Supervision Groups in Vytina Spring weather, warm communication, interest and active participation in the basic concepts and tools of the existential systemic therapist.
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“Hidden Spiritual Beauty” – 5th edition

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"The authentic self is the processed self. The one who has seen his darkness, but is not defined by it. He has not ended the confrontation with the dark self, but aims not only not to identify with it, but also to ...
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Therapy

Psychotherapy in Antistixi is addressed at families, couples and individuals and provides them with the possibility of choosing the best suitable treatment.

The therapeutic intervention approaches the existential issues of the human existence, highlighting the significance of taking personal responsibility and forming functional relationships.

Publications

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 Annual Antistixi's Conference

Education

Training in Antistixi is appropriate for graduates professionals, mental health specialists (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers) who want to be trained in Existential Systemic Psychotherapy. The trainees go through a therapeutic and training process, which enables the development of both their personal and professional identity.

Scientific Articles

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  • Fantasizing a sense of happiness grounded on the absence of pain, grief, life difficulties, illness, degeneration and death inevitably leads to depression
    image, but a storm of life?

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • How could the parent allow for his child to be happy, when he has given up on the beauty of life, when he remains trapped in the past traumas, when he cannot bear to start all over again?

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • How could parents satisfy their child, without reinforcing his destructive illusion that he will always possess whatever he desires?

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • Could it be possible to find a way to keep on living, and things will reach meaning and endurance within the reckless reality of the ephemeral?

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • We could only answer personally on the ancient and eternal questions regarding the understanding of human nature. The existential question of the personal meaning in life has to be addressed in every case of psychotherapy, as well as to every thoughtful person

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • The parents blessing is an act of expressing his acceptance for his child’s differentiation, as they let go of navigating him, as they trust in his hopeful prospect in the future

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • Is not love something more than just an attractive image, is it not a barrage of life?

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • Fantasizing a sense of happiness grounded on the absence of pain, grief, life difficulties, illness, degeneration and death inevitably leads to depression

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • Fantasizing a sense of happiness grounded on the absence of pain, grief, life difficulties, illness, degeneration and death inevitably leads to depression.

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • How could the parent allow for his child to be happy, when he has given up on the beauty of life, when he remains trapped in the past traumas, when he cannot bear to start all over again?

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • How could parents satisfy their child, without reinforcing his destructive illusion that he will always possess whatever he desires?

    Dimitris Karagiannis

  • Could it be possible to find a way to keep on living, and things will reach meaning and endurance within the reckless reality of the ephemeral?

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • We could only answer personally on the ancient and eternal questions regarding the understanding of human nature. The existential question of the personal meaning in life has to be addressed in every case of psychotherapy, as well as to every thoughtful person

  • We could only answer personally on the ancient and eternal questions regarding the understanding of human nature. The existential question of the personal meaning in life has to be addressed in every case of psychotherapy, as well as to every thoughtful person.

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • The parents that love and respect their children will eventually feel the joy created when their child trusts and shares it's emotions. However, they will have to know that there will always be secret spots, which they will have to respect and not try to possess.

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • The parents blessing is an act of expressing his acceptance for his child’s differentiation, as they let go of navigating him, as they trust in his hopeful prospect in the future.

    Eleni Karagiannis

  • Is not love something more than just an attractive image, is it not a barrage of life?

    Dimitris Karagiannis

Research

Antistixi’s therapeutic and training agenda involves constant research focused not only on psychopathology, but also on the question of functional relationships, particularly the romantic, family and professional relationships. Simultaneously, original scientific articles on Existential Systemic thought are written to be published and presented in international scientific conventions.