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Apostolos Fournaris, BACP

Based in the UK Online sessions

Psychodynamic counsellor for parents and adults

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Years in practice
18
Registration
BACP
Languages
English, Greek
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
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Addictions
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Relationship issues
About

About Apostolos

Apostolos Fournaris is a BACP counsellor with 18 years of professional experience. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who are worried, tired, or feeling stuck. He speaks English and Greek and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.

Apostolos uses psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns that keep repeating. Sessions often look at early relationships, attachment and how past experiences shape present feelings and reactions.

Background and approach

He offers both short and long term weekly therapy, depending on what someone needs. He sees parents who want help with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and the everyday strain of raising children. He also supports people facing relationship difficulties, issues around identity, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, and coping with life changes.

In addition to one-to-one work he provides consultation and reflective group facilitation. He offers psycho-educational support tailored to schools, charities and businesses, plus brief family-focused interventions when a short-term approach is helpful. Apostolos trained in psychodynamic counselling at the University of Essex and completed postgraduate foundations at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

He follows the ethical frameworks of the BACP and the BPS and continues academic research in psychoanalytic studies.

Focus areas and approaches

What Apostolos works with

Everything Apostolos lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Apostolos helps people with.

Approaches Apostolos lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.

Online support

Psychodynamic work online and how it helps

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on how past relationships and unconscious patterns shape present feelings and behaviour. It looks at attachment, repeating patterns and inner conflicts to help people make sense of recurring problems and emotional reactions. This approach can be useful for issues like anxiety, grief, relationship strain and parenting stress.

Psychodynamic ideas can be combined with short-term or longer-term work depending on need. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful. Together they will set goals, review progress and adjust the focus as understanding develops.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video gives a closer sense of face-to-face contact, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work or family life and to maintain continuity when travel or relocation would otherwise interrupt sessions.
Questions

Questions people ask about Apostolos

What issues can be brought to sessions?

Clients bring a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, parenting and relationship worries, plus sleep, eating and self-esteem difficulties.

How would you describe the therapeutic style?

Work follows a psychodynamic approach that looks at recurring patterns, early attachments and underlying feelings. Sessions are reflective and aim to increase understanding of why difficulties persist.

What is the professional background?

The counsellor has 18 years of professional experience and has completed postgraduate study in psychodynamic counselling and psychoanalytic foundations, with ongoing doctoral research.

Where is the therapist based and what credential do they hold?

He is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP as shown in his credentials.

Which languages are used in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Greek, and international clients are also accepted.

What session formats are available?

Work can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with this therapist?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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