Handbook of Online Systemic Therapy, Supervision, and Training: Practice and Research

About the Editor(s)

Maria Borcsa, Dipl.-Psych., PhD, is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences in Nordhausen, Germany. She is also a Licensed Psychological Psychotherapist and family therapist, trainer and supervisor. She has been board member of the Systemic Society (Systemische Gesellschaft), German Association for Systemic Research, Therapy, Supervision and Counselling; member and board member of the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA) (2007-2016), Chair of the Chamber of National Family Therapy Organizations of EFTA (2010-2013), and President of EFTA (2013-2016). Dr. Borcsa is also a founding member of the Institute for Social Medicine, Health Care Research and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Nordhausen; Co-editor of the scientific journals Systeme (2001 -2014) and Psychotherapie im Dialog (2007-2018), member of the Editorial Board of the journals Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, ContemporaryFamily Therapy, Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy and Advisory Editor of Family Process.

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Valeria Pomini, Ph.D., is licensed Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist. She lives and works in Greece, where she co-founded the Family Therapy Unit (1988) at the First Department of Psychiatry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, where she worked till her retirement in 2023. She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Training Course in Systemic Family and Couple Therapy, established in 1992 at the University Mental Health, Neurosciences and Medical Precision Research Institute “Costas Stefanis” (UMHRI) in Athens. She has extensive teaching experience in Greece and Italy at academic master programs of education as well as at institutes providing training in systemic family and couple psychotherapy. She has also a wide experience as supervisor of mental health teams in Greece during the last thirty years. She is author, co-author, and (co-)editor of numerous scientific articles and books in Greek, English, and Italian. She is member of the editorial committee of the journal Systemic Therapy & Psychotherapy and the Journal of Psychosocial Systems. She is founder member, board member and past-president (2004-2010) of the Hellenic Systemic Thinking and Family Therapy Association – HESTAFTA, past member of the board of the Hellenic Federation of Systemic and Family Therapy Associations ETHOS, member of the Societa’ Italiana di Psicologia e Psicoterapia Relazionale SIPPR, and co-chair of the Psychotherapy Committee of the Hellenic Psychological Association ELPSE.