Fivos Efstratios Papamalis MA

School of Health and Related Research
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA

Biography

I received a BA in Counselling & Psychological Science from Teesside University (Mediterranean College, Athens) in 2006. Afterwards, I studied at the University of Indianapolis (Athens Campus) for an MA degree in Clinical Psychology which I received in 2009. At the same time, I was awarded the title "Certified Addiction Counsellor" by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC).

Subsequently, I have started working as a counsellor in a private drug treatment facility conducting both individual and group therapy. Soon, I became team leader and responsible for the organizational functioning of the clinical service. My aim is to integrate scientific knowledge and practical clinical experience and implement them in my daily work as a scientist practitioner.

Research Interests

Explanatory models of addictive, deviant & risk taking behaviour
Drug policy regarding prevention, treatment & social reintegration
Process/Outcome evaluation in substance misuse treatment
Service users characteristics & personality matched interventions
Co-morbidity & dimensional approach to diagnosis

PhD Research

I am currently a student of ScHARR (University of Sheffield) and South-East European Research Centre, with the PhD research topic:-

"An integrative approach to drug treatment evaluation: client level factors as indicators of treatment engagement."

The aim of the research is to examine the extent to which service users´ personality traits are related to certain indicators of treatment engagement and whether this relationship influences the treatment process.