Fotini Sonia Apergi

BA, Deree – The American College of Greece; MA, New York University;MS, Long Island University; PsyD, Long Island University

Dr. Fotini-Sonia Apergi is an alumna of Deree, The American College of Greece, and the Psychology department, earning an MA in General Psychology from New York University and an MS in Applied Psychology from Long Island University. She completed her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at Long Island University, C.W. Post, in New York, with a focus on family violence and child abuse, as well as a second specialty in developmental disabilities. Her focal points encompass child abuse prevention, professional capacity building to recognize and counter child abuse, advocating for child-friendly and restorative justice approaches for abuse survivors, and addressing gender-based violence. She consults on and supervises projects in capacity building, program evaluation, and training curriculum design with diverse Greek and International NGOs, focusing on Child Protection and Safeguarding. Her research interests lie in the area of child abuse and neglect, domestic and gender-based violence