THE VESSEL AND THE BRIDGE

Restoring the Adult Position in the Couple’s Vessel Aristogeiton (Ari) Sotiriou MA PGDip  |  UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist Photo: Carsten Ruthemann @Pexels Online Therapy Clinic  |  enquiries@online-therapy-clinic.com When couples arrive at my consulting room — whether in person or through a live video session — they frequently describe the […]

The Watertight Marriage: Navigating the Evolution of the Couple’s Vessel.

By Ari Sotiriou UK Accredited Psychotherapist Email: asotiriou@online-therapy-clinic.com Clinic: Online-Therapy-Clinic.com UK Accredited Psychotherapist Photo by Eva Bronzini @ Pexels In the British psychoanalytic tradition, we often view the couple as a “dynamic container.” However, when couples arrive in my consulting room, they frequently describe a feeling of total […]

The Polyglot Heart: Language-Switching and the ‘Mother Tongue’ in Online Psychotherapy

Photo credit Franco Garcia @Pexels By Ari Sotiriou (MA, PGDip) UK Accredited Psychotherapist In the globalised landscape of 2026, the modern professional is often a linguistic nomad. We work in English, socialise in French, and perhaps argue in Greek. For the expatriate community—stretching from the financial hubs of […]

Erysichthon’s Hunger: The Myth of Emptiness and its Echo in Psychodynamic Theory

In Greek mythology, few stories resonate as powerfully with the theme of emptiness as the myth of Erysichthon. Erysichthon, a Thracian king, brazenly cut down a sacred tree belonging to Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. In her wrath, Demeter cursed him with insatiable hunger, a torment […]