Erma Georgiou, Trainer

Erma Georgiou, gained a BA in Theatre Studies from the University of Athens, and then graduated from the drama school of G. Armenia. She is also registered as a yoga and meditation teacher from Yoga Alliance Institute and has attended various seminars on theatrical techniques such as physical theatre, voice lessons e.t.c. But, she is always searching for ways to empower people and find therapy through arts and therefore she attended drama therapy lessons. She has worked with children of refugee background in Elix N.G.O at Athens and she attended the workshop "Facilitate Teachers using the arts in working with groups'' from the P.Y.E organization and she was impressed by the creativity of the process as well as the potential of arts to empower people. 

At the moment, she is working as a school assistant empowering students with social and educational difficulties, she is also teaching drama lessons to kids and adults in the afternoons and empowering through drama activities people with mental health needs in the psychiatric ward of the Limassol hospital. She has a great passion for the development of individuals as well as groups, and this is the reason that she decided to collaborate and become a trainer at the NGO Acpelia. Last year,she has also been a trainer in 2 projects of Acpelia in Cyprus, (Mental Health under Crisis Period and SICALS-Self-Improvement and Coaching as Life Skill) and this year is going to be the trainer in another three projects (Innovation through Thinking out of the Box,Re-Connect with Nature protecting the Environment and Improvement of Mental health after a lockdown). She also loves to travel,to meet new people and learn new things.