Yianna Ioannou is a registered Clinical Psychologist and on the faculty of the Social Sciences Department at the University of Nicosia, where she is currently the coordinator of the MSc Program in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Ioannou received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and holds Bachelor degrees both in Psychology and in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University, New Jersey. She served as a member of the Cyprus Board for the Registration of Psychologists and the Board of the Cyprus Psychologists Association. She also serves on the Board of Professional Development, of the European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA). In addition to teaching and supervising clinical psychology trainees, Dr. Ioannou is also in private practice in Nicosia, Cyprus.