About US
Penelope Orfanoudaki
Founder
Expertise
Art Psychotherapy | Neuroscience & Psychology | Group Therapy | Multicultural & Corporate Teams | Inclusion & Diversity
Born in Greece, I call Crete and Champéry, Switzerland, home, where I live with my husband, Danny.
As an internationally recognised Art Psychotherapist, I specialise in Neuroscience-informed Group Art Therapy, holding an MA from La Salle – Singapore and a postgraduate degree from King’s College London.
I’ve worked across Europe and Asia, leading diverse therapy groups. In Hong Kong, I was the first art therapist at Ebenezer School for the Blind. In Stockholm, I led sold-out art therapy courses at Folkuniversitetet for 4 years.
After nearly two decades in corporate life, my own burnout led me to this field—and ignited my passion for helping others.
I feel privileged to have worked with hundreds of participants and inspiring professionals.
Beyond therapy, I hold a degree in IT and a Business Administration diploma from INSEAD.
Registered with EFAT
(European Federation of Art Therapists)
ASCA Accredited, Switzerland
co-facilitators
Co-facilitator
Romny Vandoros
Top Skills:
Art Therapy - Fine Arts - Supervision - Children Special Needs - Autism - Elderly Memory Needs
I bring a creative, warm, playful and intuitive approach to my work with clients. Growing up in Africa and experiencing several relocations with a young family gave me deep insight into what helps build resilience; what it takes to create a sense of belonging and how to connect with and walk alongside others during life's surprising and often unpredictable unfolding.
As a Fine Art and Journalism graduate with an early career in hospitality, public relations and advertising, I later found a passion in volunteering with causes close to my heart. My love for art and helping others happily collided through Art Therapy.
I've since run an established and successful private practice for 13 years, including offering Clinical Supervision to art therapists. I support children, adolescents and adults with a broad range of concerns through trauma-informed/ strengths based / attachment theory lenses. My years of experience working in the special needs arena includes individuals with cognitive/physical needs, neurodiversity and adults with ABI/Stroke. A focus on aged care brought me to Sydney's Memory Innovations Centre where I developed and curated groups for ageing adults living with wellbeing and /or cognitive concerns, also creating innovative online programs during Covid19.
I am passionate in guiding people to develop a greater sense of self through their creative process, leading to meaningful change-making and developing mindfulness strategies to assist with daily life challenges and key relationships.
"Finding passion in the process rather than perfection in the product" is a key goal for my clients.
(Registered ANZACATA, Australia)
Co-facilitator
Franny Bryant-Scott
Top Skills:
Art Therapy - Palliative Support
Frances Bryant-Scott MSW, Registered Art Therapist (British Columbia, Canada)
Franny Bryant-Scott is a compassionate and playful Canadian artist, Art Therapist, and arts-based interfaith spiritual director.
Ever since she was a little girl creating memorial objects and rituals for wild birds and beloved family pets, she has intuitively grasped the transformative power of art to help us hold both the beauty and suffering in our lives.
With a BA in comparative religions, a Masters degree in social work, and a bad case of burnout, Franny spent the next fifteen years rediscovering her soul and her art. Thirteen years ago she re-entered the therapeutic field through Art Therapy, having discovered the grounding and healing element of art - both for herself as a practitioner and her clients.
Her ceramics and mixed media artworks are inspired by personal and universal stories. How we handle the opposites or dualities in our lives — light and dark, joy and sorrow, how we want life to be and how life really is — is always at the core of all of her work, both artistic and therapeutic.
(Registered British Columbia, Canada)
Teacher Mindfulness - Co-facilitator
Despina Yiannouli
Top Skills:
Mindfulness Teacher, Supervisor and Teacher Trainer.
Wellness Entrepreneur. Holistic Health Coach. Founder UnboxHappiness
I grew up in a loving family, cultivating a warrior’s instinct. That’s how I went up the corporate ladder and I enjoyed great success for more than 20 years in Fortune 500 FMCG’s. But I didn’t keep myself safe. So, I embarked on a journey where I realized that in order to be truly happy, I had to live in a way that makes me feel joyful and passionate, find purpose, and connect to the magic of the present moment, appreciate what is at this very moment, and be grateful for who I am.
On that journey, I found several treasures and I have promised myself to devote the rest of my life sharing those with people like me, like you, who deeply wish to live life to the full and write a new story.
Today, I’m teaching Mindfulness for Stress, for Health, for the Workplace, for people with cancer experience, and also for those who wish to change their relationship with food. I’m also training prospective Mindfulness Teachers in Greece and Cyprus through the Breathworks Centre of Excellence.
I look forward to meeting with you and Unbox Happiness together in your life.