Christodoulou received her B. She received her Masters degree from the University of London in Child Development before pursuing her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cyprus. As part of her doctoral programme, Dr. Christodoulou was trained mainly based on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy model. Robert Elliott, co-founder of EFT.
At present, Dr Christodoulou works in the private sector, providing psychological services to children, adolescents, adults and couples. Additionally, for the last few years she is employed as a clinical supervisor at Ithaki Counseling Centre and the Centre for Mental Health of the University of Cyprus, where she supervises graduate students who are doing their practicum as part of applied psychology programmes.
Christodoulou also has a particular interest and love for teaching and has taught undergraduate and graduate classes at various universities University of Cyprus, European University, UCLan Cyprus.
Christodoulou is one of the founding members and the team leader of DBT Cyprus. Her main research interests focus on the management of psychological trauma in children and adolescents and on the development of psychological resilience. In the same year, she was accepted to the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and is currently a Ph. Her research interests focus on externalizing behaviors, in particular, on the development of Callous Unemotional Traits and the relationship between neurobiology genetics and psychophysiological measurements and the environmental factors for the development of these characteristics as well as for other forms of psychopathology.
At the same time, as a Special Scientist at the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia, she is teaching undergraduate courses to students. As a Clinical Psychologist Trainee, she has successfully completed her Clinical Practicum providing counseling and psychological therapy for several mental health difficulties under supervision at the Mental Health Centre of Aglantzia and Hope For Children. Eleftheria Tsavou is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist license number Her research interests focus on Substance Abuse with a specific interest in emotional intelligence and personality traits in people with drug misuse disorders.
