Anastasia Olympiou, MSc

Anastasia Olympiou was born and raised in Athens while the last years lives permanently in Norway. She studied Psychology and Health Psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level in recognized universities in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Norwegian Association of Psychology (NPF).

As a practitioner psychologist she uses the cognitive-behavioral approach as a tool of psychotherapy and promotes ethics in the relationship between therapist and patient. As a health coach she applies the Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) approach. Her scientific interests in the field of research focus on the cognitive-behavioral interventions in health-related behavior aiming in adopting and long-term maintaining successful health behavioural changes. Her latest research focuses on assessing laughter interventions on mood among healthy adults worldwide. The research is expected to be published soon.