About HESTIA
Systemic perspective
Integrative
Diverse and international
A safe space to explore emotions and relationships
At HESTIA we offer a comprehensive and innovative approach to psychotherapy and to training in Systemic Relational Therapy. As well as being a leading clinical centre, we are an accredited school that trains the future professionals of systemic relational psychotherapy, a model that focuses on interaction and human relationships.
We believe in the power of therapy to change lives and in the importance of solid training for therapists. That is why, alongside clinical support, we offer accredited training programmes to the highest academic and ethical standards.
Dimitra Doumpioti
Originally from Greece, Dimitra is the founder and director of HESTIA. After an experience as an exchange student in the United States at the age of sixteen, she decided to dedicate herself to psychology. She studied at the University of Manchester, did postgraduate studies in Transpersonal Psychology at John Moores University and specialised in Systemic Relational Therapy with a master’s degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
She worked in research at the University of Manchester and at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, under the direction of Michael Tomasello. In 2005 she decided to return to the Mediterranean and founded HESTIA in Barcelona, combining scientific knowledge with a deeply humanistic view of psychotherapy.
Since 2016 she has been an academic collaborator at ESADE and a consultant at Family Business Knowledge. Today she also leads the Interpersonal Arts Institute, where she continues to explore new ways of understanding human relationships.
Historia de lo Nuestro
In “Historia de lo Nuestro”, Dimitra Doumpioti explores love and couple relationships from an innovative and deeply analytical perspective. Although love is one of the most influential forces in our lives, it is rarely reflected in the way we structure our society.
What makes couple relationships so meaningful, special and sometimes painful? Why do we feel trapped in them, and why does communication so often fail? How can we strengthen the bonds that unite us?
Written in an accessible and engaging style, the book offers ideas and tools for personal and relational growth.
The power of relationships to transform lives
HESTIA collaborates internationally with institutions such as the Centro Studi in Rome, directed by Prof. Luigi Cancrini. Our team combines solid theoretical training with extensive clinical experience, integrating the best of different psychological and systemic schools to understand the complexity of human experience.