Mr Stathi Anthopoulos
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
Contact:
Email: [email protected]
School: Department of Social Sciences & Humanities
About
Stathi Anthopoulos is a person-centred psychotherapist and qualitative researcher who joined Richmond in 2026 to teach Human Science Research. He is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor-Psychotherapist with over twenty years of clinical experience across NHS, addictions, and private settings, including clinical and managerial roles at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
He is completing a PhD in Psychology at City St George’s, University of London, supervised by Professor Carla Willig and Professor Beatriz Calvo-Merino. His doctoral project examines the psychotherapeutic potential of Argentine tango through a pluralistic qualitative design combining reflexive autoethnography and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, grounded in person-centred theory. He is the recipient of the 2026 PCE World General Student Research Grant.
Alongside his academic work, Stathi runs Life Counsel, a private psychotherapy practice in Brixton, and provides clinical supervision to the Addictions Therapy Team at the Nightingale Hospital. He previously taught on the BA counselling programme at the Metanoia Institute (2009–2015). He works with individuals, couples, and groups.
Qualifications
- PhD in Psychology (candidate), City St George’s, University of London
- MSc Contemporary Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Applications, Metanoia Institute (Middlesex University)
- MSc Social Clinical Psychology of Addictions, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
- BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor-Psychotherapist
- 7 year training in NDI Psychotherapy and group facilitation (Professor Michel Lobrot)
- Certified Relationship Therapist with Imago International
Teaching & learning
Stathi teaches PSYC 5102 Human Science Research, an upper-level undergraduate course in qualitative methods spanning ethnography, grounded theory, hermeneutics, phenomenology, heuristic inquiry, and autoethnography, in which students design and conduct their own small-scale study.
Research Interests
- Autoethnography
- Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Complex and Transgenerational Trauma
Research outputs
- Anthopoulos, S. (2026). An embodied practice of becoming: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the psychotherapeutic potential of Argentine tango from a person-centered perspective. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2026.2699879
- Anthopoulos, S. (2025). The psychotherapeutic potential of tango dancing: A person-centered perspective. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 24(2), 114–129. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2024.2402693
- Anthopoulos, S. (under review). Argentine tango as a practice of embodied healing from complex developmental trauma: A person-centred perspective. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies.
Conference contributions
2005. The psychotherapeutic potential of tango dancing. European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh
Collaboration
- Peer reviewer, Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies
- PCE World (WAPCEPC) General Student Research Grant holder, 2026
