Georgios Pilafas

Predicting Higher Education Students’ Psychosomatic Symptoms with Negative Emotional State, Psychological Resilience and Life Satisfaction

Georgios Pilafas, Georgios Lyrakos, Evangelia Trikaki, Triantafyllia Iliopoulou, Konstantina Karamperi, Georgios Bartzis & Nikolaos Papaleventis · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2026

Psychosomatic symptoms are an important aspect of student mental health because they reflect the interaction between psychological processes, emotional states, and physical complaints. This study examined whether negative emotional states, psychological resilience, life satisfact...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51512

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Psychotherapists’ Lived Experience of Dream Analysis in Clinical Practice

Triantafyllia Iliopoulou, Penelope Louka, Georgios Pilafas & Nikolaos Papaleventis · Advances in Research · 2026

This study explores psychotherapists’ lived experiences of engaging with dream analysis in clinical practice using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with five experienced clinicians trained in psychodynamic, Lacanian,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2026/v27i51700

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experience of Social Isolation and Its Impact on Mental Health

Triantafyllia Iliopoulou, Chryssa Matoukoglou, Anastasia Nikolaou, Isabella Katogiritis & Georgios Pilafas · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2026

While existing research has largely focused on involuntary social isolation, less attention has been given to how individuals actively withdraw from social engagement and experience this phenomenon. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of voluntary social isolation an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/indj/2026/v23i4574