Dr. Harry Stefanakis, Psychologist

02/10/2026

New Release:

When Your Mind Won’t Settle: Practical Tools for Mental Overload

01/31/2026

Most myths don’t survive because they’re believed.
They survive because they’re used.
I wrote a short piece on how stories harden into structure, how myth becomes something we inhabit.

When Story Becomes Structural

10/31/2025

Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well. I wanted to share something close to my heart — my new poetry collection, Words That Mend: Verses in Resilience and Renewal.
The book grows out of the same terrain as my clinical and teaching work — the meeting point between language, healing, and presence. These poems were written in the quiet spaces that therapy and reflection make possible: moments when words become more than expression, becoming instead a way of listening, of mending, of restoring coherence.
(please share to anyone who may be interested.
Many thanks.
You can learn more about the book here: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1739017501
Words that Mend: Verses of Resilience and Renewal

Poetry can open where silence has closed. It can slip past defenses, touch sensation, and remind us that even our deepest wounds can shine. In this collection, clinical psychologist and poet Harilaos Stefanakis brings together poems born in the therapeutic space and shaped by the universal theme...

06/02/2023

Check out my new author website:

H. Stefanakis Books and Blogs. Harry' uses words to mend life's fractures and inspire life-affirming possibilities. His writing has been described as a swiss army knife of genres and wisdom.

01/15/2022

Check out this article I published providing a simple and direct explanation of clinical hypnosis:

CORE Hypnosis

01/07/2022

Check out some of the article I have published in Medium:

Do your remember learning how to ride a bike? That first day balancing on two wheels? I remember that day clearly. It was a warm muggy…

10/29/2021

Happy Halloween

10/18/2021

My second Debunking Hypnosis Myths video. I'm trying to make these short and sweet. https://youtu.be/Dp8YxB2mCEo

10/05/2021

I am going to post a few videos on debunking hypnosis myths over the next few months. Here is the first: https://lnkd.in/gd9vDch8

First of a series of videos looking at what is true and false about hypnosis.Some of the answers might surprise you.

09/13/2021

Please check out my brief introduction to CORE Hypnosis

08/31/2021

Just wanted to let people know that my book CORE Hypnosis: A Compassion Informed Therapy will now be available at ODIN BOOKS for local people and at about a $20% lower price than from Amazon. https://odinbooks.com/
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07/08/2020

This month our meditation series will focus on taking mindfulness into our day. As we begin returning to our offices we will focus on taking the practices from the meditation cushion to our everyday experience. Today we will focus on presence through our 5 senses along with a very brief walking meditation.

This month our meditation series will focus on taking mindfulness into our day. As we begin returning to our offices we will focus on taking the practices fr...