PERSONAL INFORMATION Maria Galani

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London, United Kingdom

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PROFESSIONAL [pic]

EXPERIENCE

11/11/2013- current Mental Health Support Worker

Business or sector

private

Alpha Hospitals, Woking, UK, Psychiatric Intensive Care/

Low Secure Service for Adolescents

Participating in therapeutic and educational activities

under clinical supervision

Maintaining the physical, emotional & psychological

well-being of patients

INTERNSHIPS Internship

20/1/2013-20/5/2013

Business or sector

NHS

King's College Hospital Child and Adolescent Paediatric

Liaison Service Belgrave Department

Attendance of sessions along with the child psychiatrist

consultant and other members of the multidisciplinary

team.

01/09/2010 - Internship at Child Psychiatric section of General

31/07/2011 Hospital for Children

Business or sector

State / Governmental

Hospital

General Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou (Thivon & Livadeias,

Ampelokipoi, 11527, Athens, Greece)

Attendance of sessions along with a clinical psychologist,

a child psychiatrist, a speech therapist and other mental

health professionals.

08/03/2010 - Internship

19/05/2010

Business or sector

Non-Governmental

Organization (NGO)

PEPSAE (Alkamenous 8 & Xarisis, 10439, Athens, Greece)

Psychosocial support to patients (young people and

adults), with a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist.

VOLUNTARY POSITION Volunteer

30/03/2010 -

30/05/2010

Business or sector

Private

ARSI Psychological centre for developmental and learning

disabilities (Drosopoulou and Mistriotou 8)

Creative play with children, with developmental disorders

and learning disabilities, in the reception of the centre.

EDUCATION AND [pic]

TRAINING

2012 - 2013 MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health -

King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK

Dissertation Title: Symptom overlap between ASD, ADHD,

Anxiety and OCD.

Modules studied: Child Psychiatry, Quantitative and

Qualitative Research Methods.

Skills acquired: Clinical Skills, Diagnostic skills,

Research skills, Teaching skills.

2006 - 2011 BSc in Psychology (8.21/10 upper second

class-honours)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,

Greece

Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology, Clinical

Psychology, Experimental Psychology

Statistics and Research Methods, Counselling and Clinical

Psychology Research Methods.

CONFERENCES [pic]

2011 7th Pan-Hellenic Child Psychiatric Congress- Athens,

Harokopion University (27-29th May 2011).

25th European Congress of EFPSA in Poland (8- 15th May

2011).

2010 2nd Pan-Hellenic Congress of Greek Psychology Students'

Association - University of Crete (21- 23rd May 2010).

2009 12th Pan-Hellenic Congress of Psychological Research (14-

17th May, 2009, at University of Thessaly).

1st Pan-Hellenic Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural

Therapy in Children and Adolescents - Athens, Harokopion

University (3- 5th April 2009).

2nd Pan-Hellenic Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy,

Athens, (13-15th November 2009).

2008 1st Pan-Hellenic Congress of GPSA, University of Athens

(13-15th April, 2008).

SEMINARS [pic]

2011 21-22/10/2011: Positive Psychology: a power in economic

recession (Harokopion University- Athens).

2010 30/5/2010: ADHD: The nature of the disorder and

therapeutic techniques in children and adolescents

(organized by the Psychological Centre for developmental

and learning disabilities "?RSI").

2009 14/10/- 18/11/2009: Creative thinking: This seminar was

about cultivating creative thinking in children (Athens,

Greece ).

April- June 2009: Positive emotions: This seminar was

about the role of positive emotions in peoples' lives and

how we can apply the techniques of positive thinking in

our everyday life. The duration of the seminar was 30

hours organized by the Counseling Center for University

students.

PERSONAL SKILLS [pic]

Mother tongue(s) Greek

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken Spoken

interaction production

English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

C2 Proficient User

French B1 B1 B1

B1 Independent User

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2

Proficient user

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication and Empathetic, resilient, energetic listener, trustworthy,

social skills patient

Excellent interpersonal skills, therapeutic engagement

skills

Organisational / Working under pressure

managerial skills Team work

Time management

Other administrative: managing paperwork and hard copies

Job-related skills Learning support skills in special needs students

Behaviour Management Techniques in ADHD &ASD patients

Computer skills Experience in using Microsoft Office (ECDL Level)

SPSS

Artistic Skills Piano Lessons (attended for three years)

Personal Interests Travelling

Social Networking

Reading Philosophy books

Organisations British Psychological Society (Graduate Member) MBPsS

(January 2013-now)

References

Available upon request

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