Joanna Konstantopoulou
Registered Health Psychologist
Joanna Konstantopoulou is frequently interviewed by the media on health, coping with chronic illness, stress, weight management, and body image. She provides expert, evidence-based commentary that is accessible and engaging for a broad audience. Her insights aim to inform and empower individuals by offering practical strategies and psychological perspectives in these areas.
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There’s mouths to feed, school lunches to pack, and PE kits to forget.
Learning how to be happy alone can be difficult. Here, three psychologists reveal the practical steps to take
Psychologists recommend their top books about burnout and tips for breaking the stress cycle
The early signs of burnout can start manifesting early on in a stressful period - these are the ones most people overlook
If you're Googling how to cope with bad news, chances are, you're one of the many people finding the current global news cycle unsettling and distressing.
No mirrors, no reflective surfaces and no selfie cameras: having concluded that it would be challenging but not impossible, Stylist’s Shahed Ezaydi gave herself a week-long ban on looking at her reflection.
As a new study shows a high-pressure job increases the risks to your heart, here’s how to offset the damage
Our random blue moods may not be quite as concerning as we thought.
Stress vs burnout, here's the big difference between the two and the signs to look out for according to a health psychologist
Do you ever have a bad morning and decide to write off the whole day?
It’s easy to fall into the ‘bad day’ trap as the morning begins.
From our obsession with celebrity transformations to the insidious pressures of Zoom, experts explore what the medical aesthetic boom means for our minds as much as our faces
Covid-19 restrictions may have lifted, but some of us are still wearing masks – and they’re not the masks you’re thinking of.
For many people, after spending more than a year stuck at home abstaining from travel, it can feel a little weird to even think about
If you're going to make a resolution for the new year, it may as well be improving your mental health.
There is one resource we are all given an equal amount of every day, no matter how rich or poor we may be – time.
Finding the best lighting for a photo shoot, choosing the right filter for your feed, coming up with the perfect caption—for many, a simple Instagram post requires careful curation.
If you're going to make a resolution for the new year, it may as well be improving your mental health.
whatapp If you search the term 'body positive' on Instagram, nearly 12 million results appear. But body positivity is more than just a hashtag.
Holding hands is something so many of us do, largely without even really thinking about it.
LIKE 8.2 million others in the UK, I suffer with anxiety.* So I’m used to a high heart rate, increased muscle tension and an overactive mind.
Slimming clubs should tell fat members they could die from cancer to encourage them to lose weight, an expert has said.
Although a long period of isolation and restricted movement will be necessary to safeguard public health during the coronavirus situation, it has been acknowledged that it could well have a detrimental impact on people’s mental health.
Life can be a lot. From work tasks to home responsibilities, health to social events, family responsibilities to just… getting through the days.
Christmas can be full of happiness and joy, but it can also be a time of year when tempers start to fray – especially when bringing together family who don’t love being in each other’s constant company.
When I was 13 years old, my younger brother got hit by a car.It happened a street away from our home as he was walking back from school with his friends.
In 2007 Britney Spears was photographed storming into a hairdressers in Tarzana, Los Angeles, grabbing a set of clippers and shearing clumps of hair from her head until she was completely bald.
It is supposed to bring friends and family together, but for some people Christmas can be the hardest, and loneliest, time of the year.
Nov. 29 marks Black Friday. Transported from the U.S., the UK version has quickly become a frantic period of sales characterised by a hectic dash for deals, deplorable consumer behaviour, and a need to buy more, more, more.
Ever find yourself forgetting, even just for a split second, that your body is a part of you? Maybe you’ve found yourself looking down at your body and being overcome with a sense of total weirdness that your body parts belong to you.
With the current huge market for technologies and applications, emerging tech can play its part in making a positive impact on mental health.
A psychology clinic based in Harley Street, London, UK, is pioneering the use of virtual reality (VR) as a treat...
2017 GHP - Mental Health Awards A single lifetime can result in many mental health experiences caused by biological issues, life experiences or ...
I am so grateful I met Joanna. I felt great after the first session. My friend told me about cognitive behaviour therapy and referred me to Joanna. The booking process was fast and the lady at the reception was very kind, I started psychology therapy immediately. I am so relieved that I have learned some useful therapeutic techniques for my panic attacks. Thank you so much Joanna, you changed my life.
One of the best psychologists in town! I had psychotherapy for years and I couldn’t overcome my passion for food and the bad habit of emotional eating. When I started psychotherapy with Joanna she used psychoeducation and taught me about cognitive and behaviour techniques I could use when I feel stressed and isolated at work. Now I have a better mood and energy.
I visited Joanna last year for a health problem with my stomach, I had clear health exams and my doctor said it caused from work stress. I referred to Joanna and started psychotherapy with health psychology and cognitive behaviour therapy. After six sessions I felt more balanced and I am in my way to have my healthy body back.
As humans, we have to eat in order to fuel our bodies. We also use food as a tool to celebrate, socialise, cope with stress, and reward ourselves. Because food…
For some, it might be what was always dreamt of: no longer do you have to wake up hours earlier to start your commute into the office and no longer…
Body image issues are stereotypically associated as only being something that affects teenage girls, and as being brought upon by unrealistic images of women being portrayed in the media, but…
