Dr Stelios Gkouskos
Programme Leader, Professional Doctorate Counselling Psychology
Stelios has been involved in teaching, training, and supervising counselling psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors since 2006. He joined UEL in 2017 to take over the Programme Leadership of the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Apart from working in academia, he has worked in private practice as well as a variety of public and private mental health settings such as: Community Mental Health Team (NHS); Psychotherapy Department (NHS); Eating Disorders Clinic (NHS); Recurrent Depression Clinic (NHS); Department of Children & Adolescents (INPSY - Greece).
He is an active member of the BPS and the DCoP. From 2012 to 2105 he held the post of assessor at the BPS's Qualification in Counselling Psychology and from 2014 to 2016 he served as a member of the Training Committee in Counselling Psychology (TCCP). Currently, he is the Programme External Examiner for the BSc in Psychology and Counselling and the BA in Therapeutic Psychology at Roehampton University and for the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute.
Stelios has in depth knowledge and passion for psychodynamic theory and practice, the integration of psychotherapeutic approaches and pedagogical issues pertaining to the training of therapeutic practitioners.
Professional Affiliations
Chartered Psychologist & Associate Fellow (BPS)
Full Member of the Counselling Psychology Division of the BPS
HCPC Registered Counselling Psychologist
UKCP Registered Integrative Psychotherapist
Senior Practitioner Member - BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy (ROPSIP)
Registered as a Supervisor in the BPS's Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS) and the UKCP's register of Clinical and Training Supervisors
Fellowship Higher Education Academy
Overview
Psychodynamic therapy: Processes and outcomes; attachment theory; parent counselling; training and supervision