The BetterHelp Phenomenon: From Digital Gateway to Clinical Depth

By Ari Sotiriou (MA, PGDip) UK Accredited Psychotherapist Photo by Kadir Avsar @Pexels In the history of mental health, few entities have altered the landscape as rapidly as the “Platform Model.” Global giants like BetterHelp and ReGain have achieved what decades of public health campaigns could not: the […]

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 […]