Katy Grazebrook is a qualified Clinical Psychologist and President of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT), first elected in 2020 and currently serving her second term. Her work as President has focused on the role of CBT associations as collective professional structures that safeguard the quality, integrity and ethical delivery of evidence-based CBT across diverse national and cultural contexts. This has included the development and adoption of EABCT’s Diversity and Inclusion Statement, chairing the Women in CBT Working Group, and leading the Humanitarian Crises Resources Working Group. Together, this work reflects a commitment to strengthening shared standards, ethical practice and professional identity, and to supporting collaboration and knowledge exchange across Europe for the benefit of clients and the wider public.

Katy qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1994 and spent most of her professional career in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), with a three-year period as a research clinical psychologist at the University of Manchester. Her early clinical work focused on CBT for psychosis across community, inpatient and rehabilitation services. In 2008–2009, she was recruited to establish the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service for common mental health problems in the London Borough of Greenwich, which she led from inception for over a decade. She later became Head of Psychological Therapies for all mental health services in Greenwich, professional lead for approximately 200 psychological therapists, and a member of the Directorate Management Team, leaving the NHS in 2022.

Alongside her clinical career, Katy held a range of voluntary roles within the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), including Manchester branch committee, Accreditation committee member, Trustee of BABCP, and then service as Honorary Secretary to the Board of Trustees. This national-level work provided the foundation for her subsequent engagement at European level, including representing BABCP at EABCT, election to the EABCT Board as Secretary, and later as President.

Mehmet Sungur is professor of psychiatry at Üsküdar University. He received training in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), sexual and marital therapies at the Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College), London. He is accredited as a 'cognitive behaviour therapist' by the Europoean Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT). He is a founding fellow member, certified cognitive therapist/supervisor of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) and International Advisory Board member of the Beck Institute (BI). He is the immediate past president of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP) and has been one of the past presidents of the EABCT. Dr Sungur is now the past president of the European Federation of Sexology (EFS) and also an executive board member of the recently established World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT).He was also a board member of the World Association of Sexual Heath(WAS)

His clinical practice covers a wide range of clinical syndromes with a special emphasis on cognitive behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders and sexual and marital problems. He has presented workshops and keynotes in many international congresses. He played a leading role in the dissemination of the practice of CBT and sex-couple therapy. He is the president of Turkish Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (TACBT) since its establishment.

He has received some national and international awards, including “Schizophrenia Reintegration Award”, “Gold Medal from European Federation of Sexology”, "Julia Heiman Honorary Award" for his contributions in the area of couple and sex therapy. He also received the Ivan Pavlov Award in St. Petersburg. He has published more than 100 papers mainly about CBT and sexual disorders and written many books and book chapters on CBT.His books on “ Making Peace with Uncertainty” and “Love-Marriage and Infidelity” are published in Russian and being translated to English.

He is on the advisory and/or editorial board of many national and international journals and has currently committed himself to the training of mental health professionals in clinical applications of CBT and couple-sex therapy. He has been the president of 8 international and many national congresses.

Maria do Céu Salvador is a Professor at the University of Coimbra, teaching CBT models and interventions, conducting research and supervising CBT Training, Master and PhD thesis. She is a clinical psychologist and an accredited CBT psychotherapist and supervisor, working in private practice and teaching in several training programs, both in Portugal and abroad. She is currently the President of the Portuguese Association of Behaviour Therapy.

Professor Agnieszka Popiel, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, cognitive-behavioural therapist, supervisor, and professor at SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland. She co-directs both the Postgraduate School of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and the Clinical and Scientific Centers for CBT at SWPS University.

As a co-founder and past president of the Polish Association for CBT and an active member of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT), she has played a key role in advancing CBT training and supervision standards in Poland since 1998. She currently serves on the EABCT Accreditation Committee and contributes to the EABCT Working Group on Humanitarian Crises. She specialises in the treatment and prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her research includes clinical trials, PTSD therapies, and CBT supervision, emphasising evidence-based practice and the integration of temperament for personalised treatment.

She is a co-author of influential CBT handbooks (2008, 2022) and Supervision in CBT (2013, with E. Pragłowska). The 2022 handbook was honoured by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Division of Psychology. Her collaborative work on PTSD treatment and prevention, alongside B. Zawadzki and E. Pragłowska, earned recognition from the Polish Firefighters Headquarters.

Professor of Psychopathology/ gsimos@uom.edu.gr

Gregoris Simos, graduated from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, specialized in Neurology and Psychiatry/ Psychotherapy, and earned his PhD from the same University. He had also a post-specialty clinical training at the Institute of Psychiatry/ University of London and at Dr Aaron T. Beck’s Centre for Cognitive Therapy, Medical School/ University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr Simos and his colleagues founded the Greek Association of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies (GACBP) in 1994, and he has been its elected and re-elected President since then. He had been also at the Board of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (post of the International Representative). 

Dr. Simos has played a central role in the development and dissemination of CBT in Greece, promoting high-quality training, supervision, and certification standards. Dr Simos is a Founding Fellow, Diplomate, and Certified Consultant/Trainer at the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, and he is also a Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy.  

Dr Simos had been appointed Professor of Psychopathology at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. His scholarly work includes authored and edited academic volumes and peer-reviewed publications.

Helen Macdonald is a UK Accredited Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer. With over 30 years' experience of delivering therapy; providing clinical supervision and teaching, she has a background in Mental Health Nursing, is a Registered Practitioner Psychologist in Health,  Fellow of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), Consultant in EMDR; Senate Award Fellow of the University of Sheffield and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. 

She has worked in adult mental health since 1983, specialising in CBT from 1990. She is an associate lecturer in CBT at the University of Sheffield, and has taught workshops on CBT for persistent pain, long term health conditions and basic skills in the UK, Europe and further afield, and provided conference presentations on training, accreditation and ethical decision-making. 

Since January 2023, she has been Senior Clinical Advisor for the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, with overall responsibility for public engagement, policy advice, and clinical excellence in the organisation. Award-winning host of the podcast series ‘Let’s talk about CBT’, she also writes a regular column on ethical dilemmas in CBT clinical practice for ‘CBT Today’, the association’s magazine. In her previous role as Chief Accreditation Officer and Registrar she led the organisation’s registration of practitioners, supervisors, trainers and courses in CBT and related occupations in the UK and Ireland. She is the Chair of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies’ Ethics Committee (2026-) and was the was Training Co-ordinator on the Board of EABCT (2018-2025); and Honorary Secretary of EABCT 2011-2017. 

She has an independent clinical practice where she specialises in treating adults who have persistent pain, long term health conditions and complex trauma, as well as working with common mental health problems. She also provides clinical supervision and consultations.

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Department of Psychiatry with Medical Psychology. Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist, and Systemic Family Psychotherapist.

He serves as Head of the Center for Mental Health Protection at the University Clinical Center in Niš and Director of the Center for Education in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in Niš. He is a supervisor and educator within the psychotherapy training program in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy organized by the Serbian Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists.

He is a member of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). He is also a member of the National Expert Commission for Mental Health of the Republic of Serbia and the City of Niš Youth Mental Health Team.He is the recipient of the Serbian Medical Society – Niš Branch Award for the best publication in 2015 in the category of textbook/practicum for “General Psychopathology in Clinical Practice” (Grbeša G, Stanković M), as well as the 2021 award for the best textbook for “Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Clinical Practice.”

Nikola Petrović is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, a psychotherapist and supervisor in the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies of Serbia, and a collaborator of the Serbian Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists. He is the President of the Ethics Committee of the Serbian Psychological Society and a member of the ethics committees of EABCT and EFPA.

Ivana Vračkić is a Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist and supervisor with decades of experience working with adolescents, couples, and adults. She is one of the founders of the Society for Behavioral Theory and Practice – SRABCT, a psychotherapy association that will celebrate 30 years of existence next year.

She has been a long-standing collaborator and lecturer within the CBT training program at SRABCT, where she contributes to the education and training of future therapists. In her clinical practice, she focuses on anxiety disorders, couple relationships, and the development of communication skills.

She is also a founder and partner at KBT IN – Psychotherapy and Education. With nearly thirty years of experience in the development of preventive policies, Ivana integrates clinical expertise with a strong sense of social responsibility. In her therapeutic work, she emphasizes the power of change, clarity of thought, and the importance of authentic human connection.

Milica Mitrović, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. She teaches courses in the field of clinical psychology. She gained her clinical experience during her internship at the Special Psychiatric Hospital in Gornja Toponica.

Since 2015, she has held the National Certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (No. 414). Over more than ten years of therapeutic practice, she has worked with a wide range of clinical issues. Her practical clinical work integrates competencies developed through professional experience, numerous specialized trainings, and scientific research in the fields of psychopathology, health psychology, and psychotherapy.

She is actively involved in the training of CBT trainees within the psychotherapy education program organized by the Serbian Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists. She is the author and co-author of several scientific papers and the monograph “When the Stork Does Not Land – Psychological Aspects of Infertility” (2023).

She has participated in numerous national and international scientific conferences, and her professional interests primarily focus on psychopathology and clinical psychology.

Dr. Radivojević is one of the leading experts in Serbia in the treatment of addiction disorders, including alcohol dependence, psychoactive substance abuse, and pathological gambling. He serves as an educator within the psychotherapy training program in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Serbian Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists (SRABCT).

His work combines extensive clinical experience with specialized therapeutic approaches that have proven highly effective in working with individuals and families affected by addiction. His professional activities also include education, prevention programs, and counseling.

In his clinical practice, he is recognized for his direct approach, empathy, and strong commitment to achieving long-term therapeutic outcomes.

Marija Mitković Vončina (MD, PhD) is a psychiatrist at the Clinic for Children and Youth, Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, and teaching assistant in psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. She is a CBT therapist and educator/supervisor, representative of the Serbian Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists (SRABCT) within the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT), a board member of the Preventive Psychiatry Section – World Psychiatric Association (WPA), and board member of the Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions of Serbia (DEAPS). Her clinical and scientific expertise clusters around youth psychiatry, emotion dysregulation of adolescents, childhood trauma/parenting, and CBT interventions (group CBT, transdiagnostic approach). In addition to international and national research projects (supported by EABCT, UNICEF, DEAPS), she has been involved in innovative nation-wide preventive projects in domains of youth mental health and parenting (in collaboration of the Institute of Mental Health with organizations such as UNICEF, Orygen, relevant national bodies). She is specially devoted to creating psychosocial intervention programs for youth in busy settings, and to advocating for CBT-based interventions to be available to all youth and parents in need, in key public sectors (healthcare, education, social welfare), and in all prevention levels (universal, selective, indicated).