Philia Issari (PhD, UCLA) is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), founder and Director of the Laboratory for Qualitative Research in Psychology and Psychosocial Well-Being at the Department of Psychology (NKUA), and founder and Director of the Institute for Qualitative Research: Applications in Social Sciences, Humanities and Education at NKUA. Her teaching, research and therapeutic practices are influenced by social constructionist, collaborative, dialogic and narrative ideas. Her work focuses on psychosocial aspects of health and well-being, counseling across cultures and social justice. She is interested in participatory, visual and creative methods in research and therapeutic work and is currently involved in international qualitative research projects concerning young people, unaccompanied refugee adolescents and young Roma women in Greece. She is the main author of the e-book Qualitative Research in Psychology and Education and co-editor of Qualitative Research in Counseling Psychology. She is a member of the steering committee of the European Network of Qualitative Inquiry (ENQI) and NKUA representative in the CIVIS expert group for Civic Engagement.