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VS.Vasiliou
@vsvasiliou.bsky.social
|| Dr. Clinical & Health Psychologist ||
|| Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London (vasilis.vasiliou@rhul.ac.uk) ||
|| Research Associate, NDORSM, Oxford University (vasilis.vasiliou@ndorms.ox.ac.uk) ||
Tennis & Kayaker enthusiast
Our new study is out

Self-as-Context (SAC): a promising tool for managing cancer-related pain.
SAC

- can support active coping with cancer pain
- a more stable sense of self during distress
- More EMA research needed
🔗 www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...

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October 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
|| New Study ||
Community-based ACT helps in the rheumatic management of pain and emotions
Body awareness, mindfulness, and values: key but dynamic

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Community delivery=accessible psychosocial care
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October 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌍 Day 1 of Demystifying Personalization in Psychotherapy kicks off in Athens!
Diving into Process-Based Therapy- reimagining how we personalize care in mental health
Let’s move beyond protocols - toward processes empowering change
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
|| 1 WEEK BEFORE our FIRST Bootcamp

🔶 PERSONALIZED PSYCHOTHERAPY! 🔶

The future of psychotherapy is personalised, data-driven, and process-based.

1st Process-Based Therapy (PBT) Training Bootcamp in Athens, Greece

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www.acg.edu/academics/ce...

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The American College of Greece | Demystifying Personalization in Psychotherapy
The American College of Greece, in collaboration with the Greece & Cyprus Association of Contextual Behavioral Science chapter, is proud to host Europe’s Unique PBT Bootcamp; a rare opportunity to tra...
www.acg.edu
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🧠 Presented today at #NPCE on personalised psychological care for youth.
Why it matters:
📱 Therapy that adapts daily
🎯 Goals that evolve with the adolescent
🔄 Real-time nudges = real change
Mental health care is going personal — and digital.

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September 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🎶 Can Music Help with Chronic Pain? 🎶

|| Launching the first exploring how listening to favorite music in everyday life can support people living with chronic pain.

Easy to take part – just listen to music & feed data
rhulpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @rhulpsychology.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our new meta-analysis- 37 studies

🧩Anxious or avoidant attachment are less self-compassionate.

🧩Older adults with avoidant styles (keeping emotional distance) may struggle more with self-kindness.

💡 Find it OA here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../papt.12590
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April 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🔍 Our New Meta-analysis-37 studies

💡 Anxious or avoidant attachment are less self-compassionate.

🧩 Older adults with avoidant styles (keeping emotional distance) struggle more with self-kindness.
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💡 => Find it OA here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../papt.12590
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
|| INVITED TALK || Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

=> Monday, 03/ 17th at 18.30 pm EET, we'll be diving into MyUSE intervention for young adults.

- Tackling gateway drug use
- Personalizing behaviour changes

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authgr.zoom.us/j/9407569433....
📷 ID: 940 7569 4338 | Passcode: 290228
March 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Call for participants in the UK with skin conditions to test a new psychological intervention

What You’ll Get:
· 5 personalized, sessions online
· Practical tools, support, personalised guidance
· Delivered through an app or via the web

SIGN UP TODAY: lnkd.in/eY6AKPH5
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January 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
|| 1st YEAR's PAPER||
Taking the big elephant in the room, out: STIGMA in Chronic Pain
- A multifaceted experience
- Originates from social determinants
- Generates adverse outcomes
What do we need:
- Multilevel interventions
-Compassion & equity
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM