{"id":33,"date":"2021-06-13T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T19:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:42:06","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-310 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5854.heic\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BACP-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BACP-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BACP.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/panagiotismakrispce.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1025-1-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Panagiotis Makris was born in 1991 in Athens, and he graduated from the <strong>American College of Greece &#8211; Pierce College<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn 2013, he graduated from the <strong>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<\/strong> after completing his <strong>B.A. in Social and Pastoral Theology<\/strong>; contemporaneously, he was taking psychology courses at the <strong>School of Philosophy<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn 2015, he returned to Athens and, after completing his mandatory military service, enrolled at the American College of Greece, completing the <strong>Certificate in Psychology<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn 2017, he started his <strong>Master\u2019s Degree in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling Psychotherapy<\/strong>, in the <strong>University of Nottingham<\/strong> in the United Kingdom.<br \/>\nDuring that time, he was chosen to be an active member and a therapist in the <strong>Human Flourishing Project (H.F.P.)<\/strong>, the university\u2019s research clinic; at the same time, he finished the first Level of <strong>Emotion Focused Therapy (E.F.T.).<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2020, he graduated and was officially recognised as a <strong>Person-Centered Experiential Psychotherapist<\/strong>; he is an accredited member of the <strong>National Counselling Society (N.C.S.)<\/strong> and a registered member of the <strong>British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (B.A.C.P.)<\/strong>. Since 2013, he has been attending numerous seminars and training programs to evolve himself personally and professionally.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Read my full CV&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#20b2aa&#8221; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#20b2aa&#8221; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fpanagiotismakrispce.com%2Fweb%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FPanagiotis-Makris-CV-English-Version.docx.pdf|title:CV|target:_blank&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742826033085{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Panagiotis Makris was born in 1991 in Athens, and he graduated from the American College of Greece &#8211; Pierce College. In 2013, he graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki after completing his B.A. in Social and Pastoral Theology; contemporaneously, he was taking psychology courses at the School of Philosophy. 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