Aikaterini Zisimou is a Psychologist/Psychotherapist with a psychoanalytic approach, holding a Master’s degree in Health Psychology from Aix-Marseille Université. She has worked in four public hospitals in France (Pain Clinics, Oncology & Intensive Care) and in Greece has collaborated scientifically with the Pain Clinic of G.N.A. KAT.

In the context of her work, she has specialized in Algology (UPMC – Sorbonne Université, Faculty of Medicine) and in Medical Hypnosis/ Hypnoanalgesia Techniques (Institut Français d’Hypnose). She has also completed seminars offered by the Hellenic Psychosomatic Society (HPS). Furthermore, she is actively involved in research presented at Medical and Psychology conferences. She maintains a private practice in Athens, where she provides psychotherapy to psychosomatic patients.

Her clinical and research interests include:

  • Medical Anthropology
  • Social Representations of Health & Illness
  • Psychosomatic Approaches
  • Applications of Hypnosis in Somatic Symptoms
  • Patient-Drug Relationship (placebo/nocebo)
  • Innovative Pain Management Techniques (Implanted Neurostimulators, etc.)