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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology; PSY 194 Psychology of Everyday Life; PSY 313 Psychotherapy and Counseling; PSY 301 Abnormal Psychology; PSY 403 Personal and Professional Development
Research areas
Youth mental health; Youth suicide; Suicide prevention; Mental health literacy; CBT; Self-compassion; Psychopathology
Education
PhD, Counselling Psychology (dpsych), City University, United Kingdom, 2007
Certificate, Competence In Occupational Testing (level A), British Psychological Society, London, UK, 2002
MS, Counselling Psychology, City University, United Kingdom, 2001
Certificate, Foundations Of Psychological Counselling, City University, United Kingdom, 1998
BS, Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
Contact
+971 6 515 4478
Dr. Tatiana Tairi
Associate Professor
PhD, City University, United Kingdom
Dr. Tatiana Tairi is an Associate Professor of Psychology at AUS. A Chartered Counselling Psychologist, she holds a DPsych from City University, London, and has extensive clinical experience in the UK NHS and private practice. Her research advances understanding of youth mental health and suicide through applied, socially responsive studies on cognitive distortions, adolescent suicide attempts, mental health literacy, and self-compassion across Greece, New Zealand, and the UAE. Her work informs prevention, policy, and intervention to foster youth resilience and wellbeing. At AUS, she teaches undergraduate courses and serves as Internship Coordinator while contributing to student mentoring and mental health initiatives.
Publications
Carly Owen, Tatiana Tairi And Ilana Van Dyke. Self-compassion, intuitive eating, and disordered eating among emerging adults in Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Journal Of Psychology
Georgina Caldwell And Tatiana Tairi. Does Being Kind, Warm and Accepting Towards Yourself Affect Your Well-Being? A Study of Construction Apprentices in New Zealand, Behaviour Change, 2023
Siobhain Mcgehan, Tatiana Tairi And Ilana Seager Van Dyk. Beyond the binary: Controversies and ethical considerations in current intervention models for transgender and gender minority children and young people, Psychology Aotearoa, 2022
Annericke Leonard, Tatiana Tairi And Neville Blampied. Tai Wātea/Waves of freedom: An evaluation of a surf therapy programme for improving psychosocial functioning in young men at high risk of adverse life outcomes, Journal Of Adventure Education And Outdoor Learning, 2022
Tatiana Tairi, John Fitzgerald, Theodore Chadjipadelis And Pineio Diamanti. Cognitive vulnerability profiles and suicide risk in New Zealand adults: A cluster analysis, Tpm-testing, Psychometrics, And Methodology In Applied Psychology, June 2022
Tatiana Tairi. Associations between cognitive errors and mental health status in New Zealand adolescents, Behavioural And Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2020
Nimesha Tissera And Tatiana Tairi. Mental health literacy: New Zealand adolescents’ knowledge of depression, schizophrenia, and hep-seeking, New Zealand Journal Of Psychology, 2020
Nikos Zilikis And Tatiana Tairi. Suicide attempts in adolescence (Απόπειρες αυτοκτονίας στην εφηβεία), November 2020
Tatiana Tairi. Associations between cognitive errors and mental health status in New Zealand adolescents, Behavioural And Cognitive Psychotherapy, May 2020
Tatiana Tairi, Petar Milojev And Nikos Zilikis. Clinical Profiles Among Greek Adolescent Suicide Attempters, Crisis, September 2018
Tatiana Tairi, Bryan Adams And Nikos Zilikis. Cognitive Errors in Greek Adolescents: The Linkages Between Negative Cognitive Errors and Anxious and Depressive Symptoms, International Journal Of Cognitive Therapy, September 2016
Tatiana Tairi And Nikos Zilikis. Clinical, psychosocial and family characteristics of suicide attempts among Greek adolescents., Adolescent Psychiatry, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
Nikos Zilikis, Tatiana Tairi, Grigoris Abatzoglou And Apostolos Iacovides. Adolescent parenthood and offspring suicide attempts in adolescence, Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Nikos Zilikis, Tatiana Tairi, Grigoris Abatzoglou And George Kaprinis. Family and psychosocial characteristics of adolescents with suicide attempt: data from a clinical population study, Aristotle University Medical Journal, 2009
Conference Presentations
Mental health literacy across UAE adolescents: Preliminary results of a large cross-sectional study, The Ehs International Mental Health Conference, 3 October 2026
Self-compassion: A multidimensional pathway model of motivation, resilience and academic success, The Ehs International Mental Health Conference, 3 October 2026
Understanding suicide attempt risk in adolescent psychiatric patients: the role of suicidal ideation and psychosocial stressors, Association For Psychological Science (aps) 2026 Annual Convention, 28 May 2026
What do you think about student wellbeing? University students’ perspectives on wellbeing in the UAE, Association For Psychological Science (aps) 2026 Annual Convention, 28 May 2026
Examining risk factors for suicide attempts among adolescent psychiatric patients, 33rd Panhellenic Psychiatric Congress (2025), 15 May 2025
The challenges of university: A qualitative analysis of New Zealand university student experiences., International Psychology Conference Dubai (ipcd) 2025, 22 February 2025
Self-compassion and psychological wellbeing in construction apprentices, 44th International Conference Of The Society On Stress, Trauma, Anxiety And Resilience, 20 July 2023
Identifying differences between Greek adolescent suicide attempters and adolescent patients with no suicidal behavior, 31st European Congress Of Psychiatry, March 2023
School-based prevention of youth suicide in New Zealand: Issues and recommendations for practice, 32nd International Congress Of Psychology, July 2021
Theory of Mind (ToM) in pregnancy and the maternal infant attachment relationship, International Neuropsychological Society Ins Mid-year Congress, Convention And Exhibition Centre, July 2021
Associations between cognitive errors and mental health status in New Zealand adolescents, 40th National Conference Of The Australian Association For Cognitive And Behaviour Therapy (aacbt), October 2019
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, AUS Faculty Startup Grant 2025 - Multidimensional acculturation in the UAE, American University of Sharjah, 2025
Grant, Mental health literacy across UAE adolescents, teachers and parents: A large-scale cross-sectional study, 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2025
Awards and Honors
Teaching Excellence Award, Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Practice Team, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, 2016
Teaching Excellence Award, Special Commendation, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, 2014
