Dr. Panayiotis Papahristopoulos, HCPC

Dr. Panayiotis Papahristopoulos is a counsellor and HCPC registered professional with 20 years of experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also helps with parenting challenges and issues linked to trauma and abuse.

He takes a straightforward and respectful approach in sessions. He recognises that starting therapy can feel daunting. He adapts conversations and plans to suit each person's situation and aims, whether someone is new to therapy or has tried it before.

Across his career he has worked with a wide range of family-related concerns, including adoption and foster care, blended family tensions, caregiver stress and immigration-related pressures. He also supports people dealing with anger, obsessions or compulsions, midlife questions and career or life-purpose worries.

His practice draws on integrative methods, using cognitive behavioural ideas alongside psychodynamic and systemic perspectives. In plain terms this means he mixes talking about how thoughts and behaviours link to feelings with attention to past patterns and family dynamics.

Sessions are offered in English and Greek, and are delivered online by video, phone, live chat or messaging. The subscription-based sessions can be cancelled at any time, and clients schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Dr Panayiotis works from principles of respect, sensitivity and compassion, helping people explore practical steps and clearer ways of coping with difficult times.

How therapeutic approaches work online with this counsellor

Dr Panayiotis commonly uses cognitive behavioural ideas that focus on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions; this helps with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns by testing and changing thinking and routines. He also draws on psychodynamic ideas which look at past patterns and how they show up now; this can help uncover repeated relationship patterns and long-standing emotional issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs evolve and progress is reviewed together.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful when visual connection and interactive conversation matter. Phone sessions can suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text-based messaging can be helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions and fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and shape therapy around daily life.