About the Practice

Nikos
Marinos.

Psychodynamic psychotherapist. Working with individuals and couples in Paris and online — in English, French, and Greek.

The Practice

On the work
I do.

I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist working in Paris. My practice is relational in its orientation — which means that the therapeutic relationship itself is considered central to the work, not merely a vehicle for technique.

I work with people who sense that something important is happening in their inner life or their relationships, but who have not yet been able to find the language for it. The work is unhurried. It asks for patience from both sides.

I trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy and hold a background in psychology. My clinical orientation draws on contemporary relational psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and what I think of as the ethics of presence — the Relational Integrity framework that I have been developing through both clinical practice and writing.

"Human beings do not change in isolation. We change in relation."

— Relational Integrity

Credentials

Psychologist (MSc Psychology)
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Contemporary Relational Psychoanalysis
Member, professional register (France)

Languages & Culture

A transcultural
practice.

I conduct sessions in English, French, and Greek. Language matters in therapy — not as a neutral carrier of content, but as a container for affect, memory, and self-understanding.

I have lived and worked across cultures — between Greece, France, and the English-speaking world. Many of my clients are navigating the experience of living somewhere that is not their country of origin, holding more than one cultural identity at once, or working through the disorientation that comes with a life built across languages and borders.

If you are an expat in Paris, if you think in one language and feel in another, this practice was shaped with you in mind.

English

First language of the practice. Suitable for all sessions.

Français

Séances entièrement en français — pour ceux qui pensent, ressentent et se souviennent en français.

Ελληνικά

Συνεδρίες στα ελληνικά — για εκείνους που αισθάνονται ότι η μητρική τους γλώσσα μεταφέρει κάτι που δεν μεταφράζεται.

Thinking and Writing

Relational Integrity
as a framework.

Alongside clinical work, I have been developing a conceptual framework called Relational Integrity — six orientations toward honest relational life that I use both in clinical thinking and in the essays, writing, and materials I produce for a wider audience.

The framework is not a therapeutic method so much as a way of attending — to the self, to the other, to the space that opens between them.

The framework
Begin

Get in touch.

If you are considering whether this kind of work might be right for you, write to me. An initial conversation — free, and without obligation — is always possible.

Contact     Work with me

Paris — in person
Worldwide — online
nikos@nikosmarinos.com