Bio
My name is Vasiliki Moka, and I am a Dramatherapist. I completed my training at the Hellenic Institute of Play Therapy and Dramatherapy “To Athyrma” and I hold the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP), accredited by the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).
I hold a Master’s degree in Education and Human Rights from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Within the framework of this postgraduate program, I completed a Master’s thesis that was funded by the Japanese SYLFF Foundation as an innovative research project. The case study examined Clean City, a documentary theatre play in which migrant performers enact their own stories.
I am co-creator of the Cinedramatic Method, a composite approach that integrates the theory and tools of Cinema and Dramatherapy.
I am co-founder of The Flying Turtle Project, a Social Cooperative Enterprise that aims to promote mental and physical well-being through dramatherapeutic practices that combine art, movement, and psychotherapy.
I have worked on a voluntary basis with organizations such as To Hamogelo tou Paidiou (The Smile of the Child), Amnesty International, the Hellenic Red Cross, the Panhellenic Association of the Blind, the Hellenic Deaf Sports Federation, among others.
I have facilitated and continue to facilitate Dramatherapy seminars and groups in collaboration with psychotherapy centers and theatrical spaces, including the Hellenic Institute of Play Therapy and Dramatherapy “To Athyrma”, the Psychotherapy & Social Rehabilitation Center Mythia, Aktios Nursing Home, Koukoutsi Project, and the improvisational theatre school Improvibe, among others. I also participate in conferences and festivals, presenting experiential workshops and theoretical papers.
Influences
My initial studies in Education brought me into meaningful contact with the study of the human being from the earliest stages of life: how we develop, relate, and learn. My later engagement with the Social Sciences and Human Rights connected this knowledge to the social context, highlighting the dynamic relationship between the individual and society—the roles one assumes, the influences one receives, and the socio-political conditions that contribute to personal formation.
My studies in Dramatherapy brought everything together and shaped my practice as a whole, offering me not only theoretical training but also experiential knowledge, as well as tools that extend beyond theory and research. At the same time, they helped me give form to my inclination toward the arts and use it as a means of expression, relief, and emotional development.
At the same time, my professional and personal path has been shaped by significant artistic and experiential influences:
• the practice and principles of Physical Theatre, as taught to me by Kostas Filippoglou
• the eight-month training in Music Therapy by Sonora
• the emergence of my clown through my work with Gözde Atalay
• my engagement with acrobatic techniques within the Dynamo community, with which I maintain a long-term relationship, at times more active and at times less so
• my vocal journey alongside Apostolis Psychramis
Travel, movement, and the recurring facilitation of Dramatherapy seminars in intercultural settings always play a defining role in my development.
Throughout this journey, since 2019, steady points of reference have been my supervisor as well as the continuous presence of my psychotherapist.