Hi, I’m Andreas

Andreas Raikos, counsellor, in his consulting room

I’m a BACP registered integrative counsellor and I hold a psychology licence in Greece. I work with adults online across the UK and Europe.

Before I trained as a counsellor I spent several years in psychology roles in the NHS, private hospitals and charities, from forensic wards to community mental health teams. I worked with people living with psychosis, depression, anxiety, trauma, domestic abuse, bereavement and long-term illness. What I learned from them shapes how I work now.

Psychology was a second career for me, after one in business. Studying it, and then working in research, showed me how closely body, mind, relationships and circumstances are tied together. Distress rarely has a single cause.

Counselling training taught me something the books couldn’t: much of the change happens through the relationship itself. Feeling safe with the person you are talking to matters as much as any theory or technique.

What I care about in the room

Three things I try to hold on to in every session.

  1. A collaborative relationship

    Therapy isn’t something done to you. It’s a collaborative process, and we work things out together.

  2. The bigger picture

    Family, work, culture and circumstances all shape how we feel and how we cope. We look at your life as a whole.

  3. What is going well

    We talk about what is difficult. We also notice your strengths, and the progress you make, however small.

Training and background

  1. 2019

    BSc Psychology with Neuropsychology

    First Class Honours, Bangor University.

  2. 2020

    MSc Applied Clinical Psychology

    Distinction, University of Bath.

  3. 2021

    Assistant psychologist

    NHS and hospital services: forensic wards, early psychosis, dementia and older adults’ care.

  4. 2026

    Diploma in Counselling

    Placement counselling adults affected by domestic abuse.

  5. Today

    Private practice

    Counselling adults online, with regular supervision and ongoing training.

Registrations and memberships

Qualified counsellor
United Kingdom
Licensed psychologist
Greece
Works with
Young adults, adults and older adults
Languages
English and Greek
Weathered shutters in a pale stone wall

All of who you are

Who we are is never just one thing. Background, culture, faith, gender, sexuality, class and disability overlap, and they shape how we see ourselves and how the world treats us.

Counselling as a profession has not always made room for everyone. I want the way we work to adapt to you, so that you never have to fit a single model.

How I work

Whenever you feel ready

Meet me first, and see how it feels to talk.