Dr George Varvatsoulias CPsychol CSci Expert Witness 1 Dr George Varvatsoulias CPsychol CSci Expert Witness Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Practitioner at West London Mental Health NHS Trust Particulars Surname: Varvatsoulias Name: George Date of Birth: 13.01.1964 City: Xanthi / Thrace-Greece Marital Status: Married Children: A daughter Address: 15 Ludlow Road Ealing London W5 1NX Tel. 0208-9975611 Mobile: 077 699 11150 e-mail: [email protected]
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Dr George Varvatsoulias CPsychol CSci Expert Witness Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Practitioner at West London Mental Health NHS Trust
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Secondary Education
1969-1975: Primary school in the towns: Xanthi, Kavala, Serres/Greece.
1975-1981: Gymnasium-Lyceum (Secondary school) in Xanthi/Greece.
Higher Education & Qualifications obtained
1981-1985: BA (Hons/2:1) Theology (Pastoral Branch), Aristotle University of Thessaloni-ki/Greece, Department of Theology – Comparability Certificate issued by NARIC UK.
1985-1987: Postgraduate studies on a taught course basis. Research field: Christian Anthropology-Modern Psychology.
1990-1991: MTh. with Merit in Practical Theology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Greece, Department of Theology – Comparability Certificate issued by NARIC UK. Dissertation title: “Psychological interpretations of consciousness according to the Desert Fathers”.
Supervisor: Professor Christos Vantsos.
1993-1994: Proficiency in English and holder of the Official State License to teaching English
abroad issued by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.
1994-1997: Doctoral studies in the field of Psychology of Religion (PhD/Pass1), University of Durham-England, Department of Theology and Religion. PhD thesis title: “Neurosis according to Karen Horney and the anthropological aspects of Saint Maximus the Confessor: A Comparative Study” (The classification of my PhD thesis to the topic of psychology of religion complies with the standards laid by the Universitè Catholique de Louvain, and can be found in the 1997 annual volume of the Revue Théologique de Louvain, p. 647(28), § 894). British Library Shelfmark of the thesis: DXN009306.
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Louth.
Internal Examiner: Professor Robert Hayward, University of Durham, Department of Theology and Religion.
External Examiner: Professor Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia, University of Oxford, Department of Theology.
1 The Department of Theology and Religion - then, Department of Theology – of the University of Durham, 13 years
ago, the only classification award (s) that was issuing for PhDs of any topic was either pass or fail.
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2004-2007: BSc (Hons/2:1) in Psychology, University of East London/Stratford Campus.
2007-2008: MA with Merit in Psychology of Religion, Heythrop College/University of London. Dissertation title: “Frank Lake and his work in the light of psychology of religion”.
2009-2012: MSc in Evolutionary Psychology/Brunel University. Dissertation title: "Evolutionary psychological explanations of social competition relating to depression".
2011-Pending July 2013: Post-Graduate Diploma Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy/University of Hertfordshire. Upon completion of the Diploma I will be granted BABCP-Level 2 full accreditation as a CBT Practitioner .
Membership of Professional Bodies
1. Registered member of the General Teaching Council for England (GTC)/Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
2. Member of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology in England (ATP) 3. Member of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) 4. Member of the British Association of Christians in Psychology (BACP) 5. Member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS) - BPS Accredited Registered
Member, GBR sector. 6. Member of the Science Council of Great Britain as holder of Chartered Scientist Status
(CSci). 7. Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) - Chartered Member of the British Psychological
Society. 8. Member of the Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology. 9. Member of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
Short Courses, Specialist Training, CPD, and Talks at Conferences
1. February the 27th and 28th 1997: Delegate at the Scholars’ Colloquium: “Saint Maximus the Confessor: Recent Research”.
2. February the 28th - March the 02nd 1997: Participant at the Conference “Saint Maximus the Confessor: A Christian Thinker for Our Time”.
3. July 2000: Certificate of Study of 32 hours at the Adlerian Training Institute/Florida, USA. Seminary title: Fundamentals of Adlerian Psychology: Classroom Strategies Consultation.
4. March the 30th – April the 01st 2001: Participant at a Conference held at the University of
Thessaloniki, entitled: “Links between Secondary Schools and the University Educational
System”. In that Conference I have delivered a talk entitled: “The usefulness of School Libraries
for the educational needs of pupils and teachers of Religious Education. Emphasis is given to
the School Library as an attempt to positively influence pupils’ interest in the Religious
Education subject, in terms of fulfilling the goal of acquiring a broader knowledge in the
application of the topic in Citizenship Education”.
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5. March the 8th, 2005: At the Conference of the Ecclesiastical and Theological Seminary of the
Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain I delivered a talk with the title: “Grief and Neurosis:
An approach according to psychology of religion” (Conference general title: Depression and
Isolation).
6. March the 11th, 2005: Lecture delivered at the Educational Institute of the Teachers’ Training
of the Greek Community Schools in the UK/North London. The lecture was entitled: “The place
of the teaching of Religious Education in Primary and Secondary Education: A Religious-
Psychological approach”.
7. December the 27th, 2005: Conference talk that I delivered at the Parish of the Holy Cross and
Archangel Michael’s Church during the Greek-Orthodox Youth Workshop of the Holy
Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain in London. The talk was entitled: “The Sacrament of
the Holy Eucharist and its psychological and religious meaning, according to the Saint
Maximus the Confessor”.
8. February the 3rd, 2006: Participant at the inaugural conference organized by the Autism
User’s Group of the Tavistock Clinic, entitled: “How does it Feel…? Another way of thinking
about autism”.
9. March the 30th, 2006: Seminar talk that I delivered at the School of Psychology, University of
East London, under the title: “Psychology of Religion: An interdisciplinary approach to the
interpretation of man (Certificate was supplied).
10. December the 8th, 2006: Conference attendance at the Tavistock Centre, London (NHS
TRUST) under the title: “Extending Systemic Thinking. The Contribution of Psychoanalytic
Ideas”.
11. December the 11th and 12th 2006: Letter of attendance issued by the Embassy of Greece in
London regarding training that I have taken on “The New Curricula for Primary and Secondary
Religious Education in both Great Britain and Greece”. The training was provided by the Greek
Ministry of Education/Institute of Pedagogy.
12. 27 February 2007: Attending the Constructive Campaigning Parent Support Project, where I
was appointed representative for the Ealing-West London TreeHouse Branch.
13. 02-04 March 2007: Certificate of attendance issued by the BACIP (British Association of
Christians in Psychology) on a Conference entitled: “Why would anyone believe in God? A
Christian view of evolutionary psychology”.
14. 26 and 27 March 2007: Attending the Constructive Campaigning Parent Support Project
Seminar entitled: “Improving Education for Children with Autism”.
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15. 22 June 2007: Attending the Eagle House Group Conference: “Early Years in Autism”.
16. 5 September 2007: Day training seminar on “Child Protection Awareness” sponsored by the
Haringey Council/Wood Green and North London, and the Greek Embassy.
17. 31 January 2009: PowerPoint presentation for the MA degree in Psychology of Religion at
Heythrop College/University of London, entitled “Frank Lake and his work in the light of
psychology of religion”.
18. 07-09 July 2009: Certificate of attending the Annual Conference of the Association for
Teachers in Psychology at the University of Exeter. The Conference was entitled: “Psychology
for All: Celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion”.
19. 23-26 August 2009: Empirical research presentation/paper session at the Congress of the
International Association for the Psychology of Religion in Vienna, entitled: “Comparing
Intrinsic-Extrinsic Motivational Attitudes to Congregational Commitment”.
20. 09-10 January 2010: Completed a 2-day Workshop in CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy):
“A Historical and Conceptual Overview, Application and Practice”. Held at The School of
Psychotherapy and Counseling Psychology, Regent’s College, London.
21. 02-04 July 2010: PowerPoint presentation (3rd of July) at the Annual Conference of ATP
(Association for the Teaching of Psychology) held at Keele University/Staffordshire, entitled:
“Psychology as an empirical science: An introduction to research methods for GCSE/GCE
students”. The general title of the ATP Conference was: Teaching Psychology: Changing lives,
changing minds. The abstract for this presentation can be retrieved from
www.atpconference.org.uk/symposia
22. 08-10 July 2011: PowerPoint presentation (8th of July) at the Annual Conference of ATP
(Association for the Teaching of Psychology) held at the University of Hertfordshire/Hatfield,
entitled: “Psychology of Religion: A paradigm of interest for psychology, but not for
…psychology textbooks”.
23. 21-25 August 2011: PowerPoint presentation/paper session (22nd of August) at the
International Association for the Psychology of Religion Congress [in cooperation with the
Department of Psychological and Educational Sciences – University of Bari, and the Italian
Society for the Psychology of Religion (SIPR)], entitled: “Counterintuitive beliefs in an
evolutionary context: An empirical study in the light of evolutionary psychology of religion”.
24. 11 March 2012: PowerPoint presentation at the Greek-Orthodox Community Parish of St.
Panteleimon in Harrow-Middlesex/Greater London, UK. The talk was entitled: “Sorrow and
melancholy from a Christian as well as a scientific point of view”.
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25. 14-24 May 2012: Induction course of voluntary placement at the West London NHS Mental
Health Trust.
26. 08 July 2012: PowerPoint presentation at the Annual Conference of ATP (Association for the
Teaching of Psychology: By the teacher, for the teacher) held at the University of
Aston/Birmingham, entitled: “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A modern psychotherapeutic
approach deriving from century-old premises”.
27. 25 September 2012: One-day training seminar on Recovery issues for mental health service
users at the Recovery East Team-Avenue House of the West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
28. 18-21 October 2012: Attendance at the International Symposium on Saint Maximus the
Confessor titled "Knowing the Purpose of Everything through the Power of the Resurrection".
The Symposium took place at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Belgrade-
Serbia. In this symposium I presented a paper under the title "Ruminative thinking and
psychopathology issues in the writings of Saint Maximus the Confessor: An evolutionary
psychology perspective".
29. 15 November 2012: Attendance at a seminar held at the London Office of the British
Psychological Society, under the title: Best Practice in Expert Witness Work and Independent
Psychological Services.
Expert witness seminars
30. 18 February 2013: Attendance at the Expert Witness seminar held at the London Office of
the British Psychological Society, under the title: Essential knowledge of being an Expert
Witness (Level 1).
31. 19 February 2013: Attendance at the Expert Witness seminar held at the London Office of
the British Psychological Society, under the title: Report writing (Level 2).
32. 11 March 2013: Attendance at the Expert Witness seminar held at the London Office of the
British Psychological Society, under the title: Presenting court room evidence (Level 3).
Employment Record
Present employment
03/2013-: Psychology Lecturer at Newham University Centre.
05/2012-: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Honorary Placement at the West London NHS Mental Health Trust – Eating Disorders Psychology Unit (initially) and Recovery East Team-Avenue House (afterwards).
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10/2011-:
a. Visiting Research Fellow at Glyndŵr University/Wrexham-Wales. b. Self-employed chartered psychologist seeing clients on a private basis on religious
issues, depression, anxiety and OCD. c. Expert Witness for asylum seekers and family issues.
Previous employment in reverse date order
1. 09/2008-09/2011: Acorn Independent College, 39-47 High Street, Southall, UB1 3HF. Position & nature of work: Full-time Teacher of GCSE/GCE Religious Education (Head of the Department), Psychology (Head of the Department), English Language & Literature (27 hours per week). Other duties and responsibilities: Mentor and Coach to students, as well as Personal Tutor. Awards: On the 17th of March 2010 I was assessed by the OFSTED on English Language & Literature Teaching, and I received feedback (via the Head of the School) regarding my teaching in class as „impressive“ and „outstanding“.
2. 09/2004-08/2009: Theological and Ecclesiastical Seminary of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, Thyateira House, 5 Craven Hill, London, W2 3HN. Position & nature of work: Director of the Board of Studies. Full-time Lecturer in Primary and Secondary Religious Education Teaching, as well as in Philosophy of Religion, and Psychology of Religion (24 hours per week).
3. 09/2006-06/2007: Benedictine Study and Arts Centre – affiliated to the Diocese of Westminster, 74 Castlebar Road, Ealing, London, W5 2DD. Position & nature of work: Part-time Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion/Psychology of Religion (3 hours per week).
4. 09/1994-06/1995: Department of Languages, University of Durham, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3JT, without remuneration. Position & nature of work: Part-time Lecturer for the writings of the Church Fathers in Ancient Greek: “Psychological accounts of Patristic texts in the light of modern psychology” (6 hours per week) (postgraduate level).
5. 09-1995-06/1996: School of Languages, Darlington College of Modern Technology, University of Teesside, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7BB. Position & nature of work: Part-time Lecturer for the writings of the Church Fathers and the New Testament: “Patristic texts and the Gospels in the light of modern psychology” (4 hours per week) (undergraduate level).
6. 09/2000-06/2004: The Parish of the Assumption of All-Blessed Mary, Holy Diocese of Attiki, 13671 Acharnai-Attiki, Athens, Greece, without remuneration. Position & nature of work: Part-time Lecturer on the social and psychological understandings of the writings of the Church Fathers (9 hours per week).
7. 09/1987-08/2004: Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Andrea Papandreou 37, 15180 Marousi, Athens, Greece. Position & nature of work: Part-time Teacher of GCSE/GCE Religious Education (12 hours per week). This position & nature of
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work was also during the years 1993-1994 (as a position of secondment to the Greek Embassy in Bonn-Germany); between 1994-1998 (as a position of secondment to the Greek Embassy in London); and between 1998-2004 at the 3rd Secondary School in the town of Xanthi/Greece.
List of Principal Publications2 [Papers published have been cited three times so far (see below in bold)]
1. Varvatsoulias, G. (1991a). The Conscience according to the Saint Hesych the Elder. Expansions to his teaching. GregPa 736(1), 91-109.
2. Varvatsoulias, G. (1991b). The Threefold Part of the soul according to the Desert Fathers. Koinonia 24(4), 492-501. Cited in D. Avgoustidis (1998). The Human Aggressiveness: Pastoral and Psychological Approach according to the Saint John of the Ladder (pp. 38 & 124). Athens-Greece: Akritas Publications.
3. Varvatsoulias, G. (1991c). Andrej Tarkovskij: Seeking for Truth, or Theology in the Motion Pictures. GregPa 740(6), 1093-1117.
4. Varvatsoulias, G. (1992). Theological interpretations and scrutinizations of the terms: Saint, Sanctify, Sanctification, Saintliness, and Holiness. GregPa 743(3-4), 811-833.
5. Varvatsoulias, G. (1993). Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s: Towards a better communion. Orthodoxe Gegenwart 49(5), 30-32.
6. Varvatsoulias, G. (1995). Saint Gregory of Palamas and Sigmund Freud. GregPa 758(3-4), 465-489.
7. Varvatsoulias, G. (1996). The theology of numbers, according to the Desert Fathers, Nilus the Ascetic and Maximus the Confessor. GregPa 765(6), 1183-1195. Cited: (1) In A. E. Kattan (2003). Verleiblichung und Synergie: Grundzüge der Bibelhermeneutik bei Maximus Confessor (p. 291). Köln: Brill; (2) In M. Knežević (2012). Bibliographia Serbica Theologica (BST): Maximus the Confessor (580-662): bibliography (p. 214). Belgrade, Serbia: University of Belgrade/Faculty of Orthodox Theology/Institute for Theological Research.
8. Varvatsoulias, G. (1998a). Logos or the uniqueness of the personal, according to the Saint Maximus the Confessor. GregPa 771(1), 49-59. Cited in M. Knežević (2012). Bibliographia Serbica Theologica (BST): Maximus the Confessor (580-662): bibliography (p. 173). Belgrade, Serbia: University of Belgrade/Faculty of Orthodox Theology/Institute for Theological Research.
9. Varvatsoulias, G. (1998b). The theological perspective of self-love according to the Saint Maximus the Confessor and its by-products. GregPa 774(5), 589-600. Cited in M. Knežević (2012). Bibliographia Serbica Theologica (BST): Maximus the Confessor (580-662): bibliography (p. 193). Belgrade, Serbia: University of Belgrade/Faculty of Orthodox Theology/Institute for Theological Research.
10. Varvatsoulias, G. (1998c). The Biography of Apollinaris of Laodicea and the preservation of his writings. Translated to Greek from the German original written by Ekkehard Mühlenberg Apollinaris von Laodicea. GregPa 775(6), 849-901.
2 Where the Journal GregPa is noted it refers to the abbreviation of Gregory Palamas.
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11. Varvatsoulias, G. (1999a). The key-role of the Patriarchate of Constantinople during the centuries after the Fall. God and Religion 3(5), 90-92.
12. Varvatsoulias, G. (1999b). Book review to Dr. Stamatis Portelanos’s work: The spiritual integration of man. Stages of spiritual adulthood according to the Saint Symeon the New Theologian. Synaxis 72(6), 124-125.
13. Varvatsoulias, G. (1999c). The existential agony of man in seeking Jesus: Psychodynamic Approach. (In '2000 Years After: "What people think about me?”' (pp. 183-188). Athens-Greece: Akritas Publications.
14. Varvatsoulias, G. (2000a). Saint Theognostus: “About Practice and Contemplation and Priesthood”. Orthodox Outlook, vol. XIII, 84, 2(1), Issue 84, 16-18.
15. Varvatsoulias, G. (2000b). Pastoral Psychology: The Psychology of the Fathers, Part 1. Orthodox Outlook,vol. XIII, 86, 4(3), 12-16.
16. Varvatsoulias, G. (2000c). Pastoral Psychology: The Psychology of the Fathers, Part 2. Orthodox Outlook, vol. XIII, 87, 5(4), 14-18.
17. Varvatsoulias, G. (2000d). Pastoral Psychology: The Psychology of the Fathers, Part 3. Orthodox Outlook, vol. XIII, 88, 6(5), 27-31. (All three parts of the above paper can be retrieved online from the Emerge Journal: The Gregorian Fellowship of the Orthodox Christian Psychology at http://nastati.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-psychology-of-the-fathers/)
18. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001a). Starez Siluan and the Russia of his Era: A Paper by Fairy von Lilienfeld. (Translation from the original German - footnotes by the author also included. (In Metropolitan of Pergamos Ioannis Zizioulas, Bishop of Diokleia Kallistos Ware, Professor Antonios Emil Tachiaos, Olivier Clement, Fairy von Lilienfeld, Enzo Bianchi, Saint Siluan of Ecumene (pp. 123-137). Athens-Greece: Akritas Publications.
19. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001b). The School Library as an attracting pole of the teachers’ and pupils’ learning interests at a secondary school. (Book of Abstracts of the Panhellenic Conference held in Thessaloniki from 30/03 to 01/04/2001 under the general title: Connections between Secondary School and University Education training (pp. 131-132). Thessaloniki-Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Publications.
20. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001c). The usefulness of School Libraries for the educational needs of pupils and teachers of Religious Education. Emphasis is given to the School Library as an attempt to positively influence pupils’ interest in the Religious Education subject, in terms of fulfilling the goal of acquiring a broader knowledge in the application of the topic in Citizenship Education. [In Connections between Secondary School and University Education training (pp. 574-590)]. Thessaloniki-Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Publications.
21. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001d). Concise Approaches to Saint Maximos the Confessor’s Anthropology. Orthodox Outlook, vol. XIV, 94, 6(4), 15-16.
22. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001e). The conscience according to the Desert Fathers. GregPa vol. 788(5), 425-457.
23. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001f). The aspects of love and logos in correlation of pastoral and psychological perspective, according to Saint Maximus the Confessor. Orthodox Outlook, vol. XV, 95, 1(6), 14-15.
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24. Varvatsoulias, G. (2001g). The influence of society on the sociability of the child and the adolescent, and the religious education. GregPa 84, vol. 790 (6), 665-713.
25. Varvatsoulias, G. (2003). The psychoanalytic approach of psychodrama as a process of confession: Psychological and religious study that deals with the relationship between psychodrama and confession. Theologia 4, 420-440.
26. Varvatsoulias, G. (2004). The concepts of the tripartite aspect of the soul, self-knowledge, conscience, repentance, and freedom, according to Saint Symeon the New Theologian: Preoccupation to the topic of Psychology of Religion. GregPa 801(1), 17-30. Cited: (1) In Quinze ans de Bibliographie Byzantine en Grèce (1991-2005)/Association Internationale des Études Byzantines of the Comité Hellénique des Études Byzantines (T. Kollias, T. Maniati-Kokkini Eds) (2008). (p. 210). Athènes-Grèce: Université Nationale et Capodistrienne d’ Athènes. (2) Siskos, G. A. (2007), Book of Morals: St Symeon’s the New Theologian Anthropological Gnosiology (MA Dissertation) (pp. 155-156). Thessaloniki, Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Publications.
27. Varvatsoulias, G. (2009a). Comparing intrinsic-extrinsic motivational attitudes to congregational commitment. In H. Westerink, & S. Heine, International Association for the Psychology of Religion Congress 2009: Programme & Book of Abstracts (p. 30). Vienna-Austria: Paco. The abstract of this paper can be retrieved from http://etf.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/fak_etf/Galerie_Archiv/2009/iapr_2009/iapr_kongress_programm.pdf
28. Varvatsoulias, G. (2009b). The understanding of melancholy in William James and the concept of grief in Hermas’s text: ‘Poemen’. Theologia 80(3), 161-186. Cited in the Bulletin of Educational Paper Writing, 34-35, 166; edited by Navridis, K. G. (2010) & by Andreopoulos, C. (2010) in the Journal of Culture, 103(5), 39.
29. Varvatsoulias, G. (2010a). Convergent pathways between evolutionary psychology and psychology of religion. Journal for Interdisciplinary Research on Religion and Science (JIRRS) 7, 41-63. This article can be retrieved from http://www.jirrs.org/jirrs_nr_7/07-02-jirrs7-varvatsoulias.pdf
30. Varvatsoulias, G. (2010b). The parable of the prodigal son as a modern psychological reading. Philotheos: International Journal for Philosophy and Religion 10, 68-81. Cited by Dragica Tadic in Theologia, 3 (2010), on “Journals Analecta” article (p. 312). Citation can be retrieved from www.ecclesia.gr/greek/press/theologia/tefxi/7_analekta.pdf
31. Varvatsoulias, G. (2010c). Massive Modularity? The relationship between context-relevance, information encapsulation and functional specialization. Europe’s Journal of Psychology (EJOP), 4, 209-226. This article can be retrieved from www.ejop.org/archives/2010/.../index.html
32. Varvatsoulias, G. (2011a). Frank Lake and his work in the light of psychology of religion. Philotheos: International Journal for Philosophy and Theology, 11, 227-260.
33. Varvatsoulias, G. (2011b). Interconnection between depression and religious attitude in evolutionary terms. Journal for Interdisciplinary Research on Religion and Science (JIRRS), 9, 85-111. Cited online in Research Lab by Carlucci, C., Balsamo, M., Sergi,
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M. R., & Macchia, M. (2012) in 'Depression, submissive behaviour and religiosity: An Italian explorative study'.
34. Varvatsoulias, G. (2011c). Counterintuitive beliefs in an evolutionary context: An empirical study in the light of evolutionary psychology of religion. In G. Rossi, & M. Aletti, 2011 Congress – Bari: Programme & Book of Abstracts (pp. 20-21). Azzate, VA-Italy: Arti Grafiche Tibiletti.
35. Varvatsoulias, G. (2012a). Heiliger Gregorius Palamas und Sigmund Freud: A comparative approach to the topic of cognitive-behavioural psychology of religion. Journal for Interdisciplinary Research on Religion and Science, 10, 149-182.
36. Varvatsoulias, G. (2012b). Comparing intrinsic/extrinsic motivational attitudes to congregational commitment: Suggestions for an introvert-extrovert congregational attitude inventory for psychology of religion. European Journal of Science and Theology, 8(1), 1-31
37. Varvatsoulias, G. (2012c). Moral Orientations of Males and Females on Justice and Social Exchange, and Care and Kin Reciprocity: An Evolutionary Psychological Approach. Philotheos: International Journal for Philosophy and Theology, 12, 159-183.
38. Lewis, C., Varvatsoulias, G., & Williams, E. (2012d). The psychological type profile of practicing Greek Orthodox Churchgoers in London. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 1-8. doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.720753
39. Varvatsoulias, G. (2013a). Evolutionary psychological explanations of social competition relating to depression. GESJ: Education Sciences and Psychology, 1(23), 33-58.
40. Varvatsoulias, G. (2013b). Cognitive behavioural therapy: A transformative approach to negative appraisals of religious origin. Psychological Thought, 6(1), 62-74. doi:10.5964/psyct.v6i1.61
List of Book Publications [My PhD has been reviewed and cited seven times so far (see below in bold)]
1. Varvatsoulias, G. (2004). Neurosis according to Karen Horney and the
anthropological aspects of St. Maximus the Confessor: A comparative study (in
Greek). Athens-Greece: Akritas Publications. The English version - originally written
and submitted to Durham University - can be found available at E-Theses Online:
http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5100/. The English version of my thesis can also be found
online at the Greek National Documentation Centre/National Archive of PhD Theses
at the address: http://thesis.ekt.gr/thesisBookReader/id/10342#page/1/mode/2up,
or through: thesis.ekt.gr/10342.
PhD thesis cited in:
a. Kornarakis, I. (1988). Orthodox Pastoral Psychology: Synoptic sketch of a problem. Synaxis, 25(1), 19-33 (citation added later).
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b. (1997-2001). International Karen Horney Society Bulletin (IKHS). Can be retrieved from http://plaza.ufl.edu/bjparis/bulletin/index.html
c. Vamvounaki, M. (2004). Book review. Synaxis, 91(3), 105-107.
d. Siskos, G. A. (2007), Book of Morals: St Symeon’s the New Theologian Anthropological Gnosiology (MA Dissertation) (p. 156). Thessaloniki, Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Publications.
e. Stamatopoulos, S. (2008). The eschatological vision of Andreas Empirikos’s ‘Oktana’. Synaxis 107.
f. Vujisic, Z. (2009). The impact of Orthodox Christian Neptic-Psychotherapeutic Interventions on self-reported depressive symptomatology and co-morbid anxiety (pp. 42 & 238). Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Africa. South Africa. The dissertation can be retrieved online from the address: uir.unisa.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/10500/3192/1/dissertation_vujisic_.pdf
g. http://www.inkarp.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=1672 (2010). A general review and recommendation for reading because of the thesis’ interdisciplinary scholarship in regards to modern Psychology and Patristics.
h. M. Knežević (2012). Bibliographia Serbica Theologica (BST): Maximus the Confessor (580-662): Bibliography (p. 199). Belgrade, Serbia: University of Belgrade/Faculty of Orthodox Theology/Institute for Theological Research.
2. (Pending 2013). Conscience in Patristic writings and in modern Psychology: A systematic approach to the topic of psychology of religion. Athens-Greece: Parrisia Publications.
Qualified Teacher Status
1. I am a Qualified Teacher in England (QTS Reference Number: 9024693), as well as in
Greece (Greek QTS Reference Number: 155502). Years of full-time/part-time work
experience so far: 25.
2. My professional teaching qualifications are Psychology, RE, English Language &
Literature, as well as Ancient, Modern Greek and Latin on GCSE, AS & A2 Levels.
Employment details in particular:
1987-2009: I have worked as a Religious Education Teacher, Teacher of Psychology, and Teacher of English in the following Countries:
Teaching Religious Education in Greece (1987-1993):
Municipality of Evros/Greece (Secondary Schools of Tycheron and Peplos); Municipality of Kavala/Greece (Secondary School of Kavala –Secondary School of Keramoti); Municipality of Chios/Greece (Secondary School of Volissos); Municipality of Xanthi/Greece (3rd and 4th Secondary Schools).
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Teaching Religious Education in Germany (1993-1994):
Greek Secondary School of Düsseldorf and Cologne.
Teaching Religious Education, Psychology, and English in the UK (1994-2010):
Newcastle Upon Tyne, London Greek Secondary (Gymnasium & Lyceum) School; Kingston Upon Thames; Crystal Palace; East Croydon; The Theological and Ecclesiastical Seminary of the Archdiocese of Thyateira & Great Britain in Wood Green; Acorn Independent College, West London.
In detail:
Teaching Religious Education, Psychology, and English in the UK:
(1) At the Greek Embassy School in London from 1995-1998 (according to the Greek Curriculum) & from 2004-2007 (according to the British Curriculum of Edexcel for GCSE, AS & A2 Levels)
(2) Teacher of GCSE/GCE Religious Education (Head of the Religious Education Department), Psychology, and English Language & Literature since 2008 at the Acorn Independent College in Southall/Middlesex in West London. On the 17th of March 2010 I was assessed by the OFSTED during two of my lessons - Religious Education, and English - and I received feedback for excellence.
In some additional detail: October 2000-February 2001: I was appointed external examiner from the Greek Ministry of
Education and Religious Affairs for teachers wishing to work at secondary schools.
Since May 2006-to date: I am marker/moderator for Religious Studies and Greek by the
Oxford/Cambridge and RSA (OCR) Examination Board.
1999-2000: I have worked as a Secondary School Librarian, in charge of the Religious Education
Section, at the Lyceum of Nea Peramos-Attiki/Greece.
2000-2001: I have worked as a Secondary School Librarian, in charge of the Religious Education
Section, at the 21st Lyceum of Athens.
Voluntary work:
2001-2004: Voluntary seminars at the Parish of the Assumption of All-Blessed Mary in Acharnai-
Attiki/Greece. Seminars took place on a weekly basis (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at
18.00-21.00).
Topics:
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1. Pentateuch (The first 5 Books of the Old Testament) 2. Epistles of Paul the Apostle (New Testament) 3. Anthropology of the Church Fathers 4. Psychology of Religion
Other duties and responsibilities: I had also been appointed Parish Counsellor for students and youngsters under the same scheme of voluntary work. 2004-2009: Member of staff of the Ecclesiastical and Theological Seminary (2008-2009: Head of
the Seminary) of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, where I have
taught New Testament, Practical Theology, Anthropology of the Church Fathers, Introduction to
Psychology, and Psychology of Religion.
Autumn term 2006-2007: Psychology of Religion Lecturer at the Benedictine Study & Arts
Centre in Ealing/London.
Academic teaching:
In the academic year 1994-1995 I worked as a Lecturer at the University of Durham, Languages Department, where I have taught Anthropology of Religion according to Patristic Texts of the 2nd and 6th century.
For the academic year 1995-1996 I worked as a Lecturer at the School of Languages at Darlington College of Modern Technology, University of Teesside, where I have taught the Gospel according to John, and Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History.
In the autumn term of 2006 I have worked as a Lecturer at the Roman-Catholic Institute of Saint Benedict’s Ealing/London (Benedictine Study & Arts Centre), teaching Psychology of Religion.
In the Spring term March 2013 I have taught as a Psychology Lecturer at Newham University centre.
In more detail: 1. Academic year 1994-1995: Appointed Lecturer at the Languages Department, University of Durham, where I have taught the following subjects: 1a: On Mystical Theology by Saint Denys the Areopagite. Published by J. P. Migne, vol. III (Autumn term 1994). 1b: The Church’s Mystagogy by Saint Maximus the Confessor. Published by J. P. Migne, vol. XCI (Winter term 1995). 2. Academic year 1995-1996: 3a: New Testament: Acts, The Gospel according to John (Autumn term 1995). 3b: Eusebius’ “Ecclesiastical History”, vol. II, edited by Harvard University Press, vol. 265 (Winter and Spring term 1996).
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3. Spring term March 2013: 1. Specialist Skills in CBT 2. Enhanced CBT skills 3. Academic Collaborations 1993-1994: During that year I have worked with:
a. His Eminence the Bishop of Lefka, Eumenios Tamiolakis, in Aachen/Germany on Patristic issues (Saint Maximus the Confessor-Saint Gregory of Nyssa) and Christian Anthropology.
b. The Senior Lecturer Dr. Basil Markesinis of the University of Leuven/Belgium, on issues concerning the anthropology of Saint Maximus the Confessor. During the same academic year I have also been a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal “Orthodoxe Gegenwart” (Orthodox Present) of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany, which is published under the aegis of Metropolitan Avgoustinos.
c. Article Reviewer of the Journal Psihologija d. Article Reviewer of the Journal Psychological Thought
Presentations 1996, March: I have participated in a discussion being held at the Cleveland North-East Radio of
Middlesborough, after an invitation I have had for a live interview. The subject was entitled:
“The Ancient Greek Language and its Influence over the English Language and World:
Terminology Issues”.
Internet 1. My doctoral thesis has its own website on the Internet in full length. The electronic address is
provided by the Greek National Documentation Centre of the National Institute of Research.
The website address of the thesis is: http://thesis.ekt.gr/10342
2. My doctoral thesis can also be found online at the University of Durham doctoral theses
portal via Durham e-Theses: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5100/
Foreign Languages Greek and German: Fluency and breadth of vocabulary on both languages on academic level.
Fluent translational ability from both tongues to English and vice versa.
Computing Use of Computer (Windows Vista, Mac, Office 2007, Excel, Powerpoint, SPSS)
Topics of Research and Interest Individual Differences, Psychology of Religion, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Evolutionary
Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology of Religion, Psychology and the Writings of the Church
