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I am Iro Zoubopoulou, a psychoanalyst of Lacanian orientation.
I am a graduate of the Department of Social Administration and Political Science of the Democritus University of Thrace-Greece, with a major in Social Work (’04). After graduation, I worked for two years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece as a field worker, dealing with the integration problems of the Muslim minority. Following that, I started working in community clinics with chronically mentally ill patients.
Between 2007 and 2014 I worked as a full-time therapist at the Greek National Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA), treating and offering support to drug addicts, gaining a wealth of clinical experience. Since 2014 I work as an independent psychoanalyst, offering help, counselling and support to individuals and groups who suffer from modern symptoms, such as anxiety, stress-induced conditions (exams, loss, burn-out) addictions to substances or to social media. I have worked with adults of various ages (children, adolescents, adults) and given talks in schools and higher education institutions.
I attend the Clinical Section of Athens since 2008 (Section Clinique d’ Athènes) and I actively participate in the activities of the Lacanian School of Athens and London. I have been under analysis since 2008. In parallel, I perform research always approaching my subjects from a psychoanalytic perspective and discourse; within my interests are psychoanalysis and art and the interpretation of modern symptoms via the Freudian and Lacanian prism. I have presented clinical cases at conferences and cartels and I have translated a number of articles. I give talks in a variety of contexts, regarding psy-related issues.
In 2017, I completed a full-time Masters in Psychoanalysis at Kingston University-London graduating with Distinction. I am fluent in English, French and Greek.
Between 2015 and 2019 I lived in Cambridge-UK, which I still visit for professional reasons. In the academic year 2018-2019, I worked as a resident psychoanalyst in the City & Guilds of London Art School, treating and supporting its students. I am currently residing and practising in Athens-Greece.
Η Ηρώ Ζουμποπούλου είναι ψυχαναλύτρια Λακανικού προσανατολισμού. Είναι απόφοιτος του τμήματος Κοινωνικής Διοίκησης με κατεύθυνση Κοινωνικής Εργασίας του ΔΠΘ, καθώς επίσης και αριστούχος μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου στην Ψυχανάλυση από το Kingston University του Λονδίνου, στο οποίο έγινε δεκτή με υποτροφία.
Στο παρελθόν έχει εργαστεί ως θεραπεύτρια, στον ΟΚΑΝΑ και στο City & Guilds of London Art School, μεταξύ άλλων. Έχει πολυετή κλινική εμπειρία με πληθώρα ασθενών και εργάζεται ιδιωτικά ως ψυχαναλύτρια. Παράλληλα δίνει ομιλίες στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό για την προώθηση της ψυχανάλυσης στο ευρύ κοινό και αρθρογραφεί στον έντυπο και ηλεκτρονικό τύπο.