About Sophia

Sophia has 3 Masters in the following fields:

–M.S. in Career Counseling and Family Therapy, LaVerne University, California, USA

-M.S. in Communications, Βοston Univesrity, USA

-M.B.A. in Leadership, Boston University, USA

Sophia is also a certified counselor in:

Certified Myers-Briggs Type Index (MBTI) Personality & Career Orientation and Development Counselor, The MBTI company

Certified Communications/Be Your Best, Parent and Teacher Effectiveness Trainer (CET/BYB, PET, TET), Gordon Training International

Certified Coach in “The Science of Happiness & Well-being”, Yale University

Certified Expert Trainer, Level 3 (L3) from Points of You (POY)

She has participated in many Coaching & NLP seminars in Greece and abroad.

Book

She is the writer of the best-selling book “The Decision to be Happy: How to Achieve Anything you want in your Life”, Kastaniotis Publications, that is being currently translated in English and will also become very soon an audiobook as well.

Publications

She has published many psychology & coaching articles in Greece and abroad in well-known magazines and sites such as SHAPE, VITA, Ladylike, Lipstick, Woman Symbol, 4moms, Letsfamily, themamagers, VOGUE, Loveyourself/Κathimerini, The Notebook, and COSMO.

Workshops & Retreats

Among the various corporate workshops she has run in recent years for companies are: the workshop “Team Building in the Workplace” with the POY tools for Unilever, the “Leading with Purpose” workshop for NIKE’s headquarters in Amsterdam, “The MBTI Personality Analysis & Career Development” workshop for Deloitte.

She also runs retreats such as “The Happiness Workshop” and the “Find your Life Purpose” workshop that took place in Jordan and Lapland respectively.  She is now preparing the workshop “How to Reach your Potential”.

Collaboarations

She has collaborated with many companies, agencies and media groups in Greece and abroad such as NIKE, Deloitte, Ogilvy, Unilever, Danone, World Profile Group (WPG), Valuecom, Media24, Cocomat etc. as well as schools and foundations, such as The American College of Greece (Κolegio Athinon), Kosteas Geitonas School (KGS), Play & Learn Nursery School, The Foundation Foka-Kosmetatou, The Ecali Club etc.  Her seminars are on the topics of personal awareness, professional orientation & development, effective communication techniques, achieving success and happiness in life.