Alexandra Charalambous is the founder of the Holding Place Institute and a certified Clinical Psychologist in Cyprus. She is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the European University Cyprus.

Her master’s thesis focused on personality traits and symptoms of depression as predictive factors of substance use.

She has completed specialized training programs, including “Special Education: Interdisciplinary Convergence Practices” and “Cluster B Personality Disorders” at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as the program “Trauma Therapy” by Dr. Gabor Maté. In addition, she is certified in the administration and interpretation of the MMPI-2 and in the assessment and diagnosis of ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults.

She has gained clinical experience at the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital in Nicosia, where she conducted psychological assessments, provided therapeutic interventions for individuals with chronic mental health conditions, and offered family counseling. She also participated in psychosocial rehabilitation programs. Furthermore, she collaborated with the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO), the Altius Mind Institute, and the Self-Help Promotion Program in Thessaloniki, providing support to individuals with addictions (substance use, gambling, alcohol) and their families.

She provides individual psychotherapy, both in person and online, for adolescents and adults, parent counseling, couples therapy, and psychological assessments. Her work covers a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, panic attacks, trauma, personality disorders, addictions, relationship difficulties, and self-esteem issues. She specializes in supporting individuals who have experienced violence or are in abusive relationships.

She deeply believes that therapy is not an effort to build a “better” self, but a meeting with a self that is already enough. The therapy room functions as a safe space where one can simply exist, without conditions, and as a path to unfolding one’s deepest wounds, with the ultimate goal of discovering and accepting one’s own truth.