Dr Mariza Stagaki | The Home Space | Hampstead Psychology Clinic
ABOUT DR MARIZA STAGAKI
I am an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist working at The Chelsea Psychology Clinic and the founder of the Home Space | Hampstead Psychology Clinic in London. I completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at King’s College London and also hold an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences and a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions from University College London, as well as a BSc in Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
I have trained to work across the lifespan and with the full range of mental health difficulties. I have supported adults, children, and young people with problems such as anxiety, depression, complex trauma, personality disorders, psychosomatic symptoms, work stress, and issues related to neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD. My particular interests include working with complex trauma, relational difficulties, psychosomatic symptoms, and the challenges of migration, cultural transitions, and abusive relationships.
In addition to this breadth of experience, I have worked in specialist NHS services providing long-term psychodynamic and trauma-focused psychotherapy for people with complex mental health needs, and have supported individuals adjusting to life-threatening health conditions. For example, I have previously worked in the Macmillan Psychological Support Team at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, where I supported individuals living with cancer, the Lewisham Integrated Therapies Service at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, as well as several national specialist services such as the Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the Bethlem Adolescent Unit and Acorn Lodge Children’s Inpatient Unit. In addition, I have held roles within West London NHS Trust’s Talking Therapies service and within the Assertive Outreach and Rehabilitation Team at SLaM NHS Trust.
I offer therapy in both English and Greek, face to face in London and online, worldwide.
Alongside my clinical work, I have research expertise in mentalising, attachment, childhood trauma, and psychosomatic symptoms, and have published my research in collaboration with the UCL Anna Freud Centre and Professor Peter Fonagy.
MY THERAPY APPROACH
Although I am a Clinical Psychologist, above all, I am human. And as a fellow human, when you come into the room with me, I will sit with you and listen to your experiences. I am deeply curious about how your unique story unfolds over time, not just your symptoms or diagnosis. I won’t rush you. Things take time, life is full of ups and downs, and I want to walk next to you in this journey.
I believe that a new therapy needs to be created for every human being. I work integratively, tailoring my approach to what you need and what feels right for you. I often ask what you prefer, because I believe that therapy should be something we build together, something that truly fits you.
I draw on a range of therapeutic models, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy, Systemic and Family Therapy, as well as body-based approaches such as Embodied Psychotherapy and Dance Movement Therapy.
My approach is integrative and relational, with a focus on how past experiences, relationship patterns, and embodied processes shape present difficulties.
Based on your needs, I can offer a range of evidence-based techniques and tools, but I also provide something beyond that; a space for understanding yourself and your experiences. Therapy, to me, is not only about alleviating symptoms, but about listening to what those symptoms may be trying to communicate, so you can begin to live the life you truly want for yourself.
I offer a space that gives permission for feelings to be felt; for sadness, anger, fear, or guilt to surface in as much safety as possible. A space where the dark box of feelings can be opened, and where, in time, you may come to see that it was never as dark as it once seemed.
THE HOME SPACE |
HAMPSTEAD PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC
My main aim is for therapy to feel like home. I want the space we create together to hold that sense of safety, warmth, and belonging. This is why I created The Home Space | Hampstead Psychology Clinic, a space for those who may feel far away from their internal sense of "home", whatever that may mean for them.
It is a space for those who may never have truly felt at home - because they now may be living far away from the place they grew up in, because they are still longing for an inner sense of calm, connection and safety within themselves, or because they never had a place or community they truly felt they belonged in.
Here, you are invited to come exactly as you are, and to explore what it means to come home to yourself. And perhaps, in time, to realise that home is something you have always carried inside you.
The Home Space | Hampstead Psychology Clinic is based within the calm and welcoming environment of West Hampstead Therapy Rooms, just a short walk from three stations: 4 minutes from West Hampstead Tube Station (Jubilee Line), 2 minutes from West Hampstead Overground Station, and 1 minute from West Hampstead Thameslink, and is also served by several bus routes.
The fees for the sessions can be covered by the following insurance providers:
– WPA
– AXA
– Aviva
– Vitality
– Healix
– Cigna
BOOK A SESSION
Contact me to take the first step towards coming home to yourself and book a therapy session.
I offer a free 20-minute consultation to talk about what you might need support with, and to discuss any questions about how therapy works.
PHONE
07368421790
ADDRESS
West Hampstead Therapy Rooms
224 Iverson Rd,
London,
NW6 2HL