The Bureau of the Society for the current year:

President     

Charoula Pilavaki

My name is Chara Pilavaki. I still remember my first session like it happened yesterday. For the first time in my life someone said “I’m listening” and the words took flesh in an immediate Act. I started joining the seminars. Petros Patounas once said: “The Truth and the Act are one” and indeed, in this process of analysis you feel this on your body as you start breathing. When it comes to desire, the breath does not lie. As a linguist, I have been always interested in words, their origin, their meaning, their sound and how they vibrate on a human’s body. In psychoanalysis this goes even beyond, as I leaned that the subject’s body is constructed out of signifiers. I believe that we are responsible to explore this hidden universe of the unconscious, work on our traumas and make out of them a new creation, a new constrAction by giving body to our desire and thus write our own “lunguage” to communicate with the world for a Joyful life. One of my Acts of desire is by supporting our school in the President role since 2022.

Secretary    

Eleni Christofi

My name is Eleni Christofi and I have joined our school four years ago. Since then, I can say that every year I am having a wonderful journey full of new experiences and discoveries in the field of psychoanalysis.

Treasurer     

Angeliki Herodotou

My name is Angeliki Herodotou and I serve as the Treasurer of the School of the Freudian Letter. I came across psychoanalysis in 2022. Suffering was the reason to begin the process; desire — then and now — is the reason to continue. As an Analyst in Formation, I am deeply impressed by the transformative nature of psychoanalysis. I perceive my analyst as a mirror, reflecting aspects of myself that — though present within — had long remained unseen. Confronted with my inner truth, I feel compelled to Act. This action, expressed through my way of life, often becomes a source of inspiration to others, awakening in them a desire to explore psychoanalysis. It resembles a reverse domino effect: instead of triggering collapse, it fosters resilience, autonomy and shedding of emotional burdens. This leads me to wonder: could psychoanalysis be not only a personal journey, but also a matter of broader social significance?

Cartel Coordinator    

Natasa Iacovides

My name is Natasa Iacovidou. I joined the school in 2020 and since 2024 I hold the role of the Cartel Coordinator. Psychoanalysis is a journey, and a precious gift one can offer to self. In an unexpectable way it brings you closer to your truth, a beautiful and meaningful place to be, the essence of our existence on earth.

Interlocutor  

Mirjana Patouna

My name is Mirjana Patouna and I am practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst operating in Cyprus and Serbia, offering sessions in Greek, English and Serbian languages. I am an active member of the Cyprus Society of the School of the Freudian Letter, contributing over the years as a Cartel coordinator and interlocutor in the society’s committee. My interests concentrate on challenging themes, such as the concepts of Hysteria, the Feminine in Freud and Lacan, and understanding women’s multidimensional positions in life. My aim is to offer to my analysands what was offered to me as a analysand, and that is understanding the dynamics that shaped us, but also the possibilities for shaping life according to our desire.