Her background in graphic design enriches her artistic practice, resulting in multidimen- sional projects that experiment with photography, materials, objects, and video.
In 2022, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Photography & Visual Language, support- ed by a scholarship, from Middlesex University London (AKTO College). Her photographic work is part of private collections as well as the art collection of the San Telmo Museum of Photography in Spain, and has been exhibited in museums and institutions in Greece and internationally including the Momus Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Benaki Museum, the Athens Photofestival, the Photopolis Festival, the MedPhoto Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete
She currently works as a graphic designer at the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
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Trained in Integrative Psychotherapy, with strong experience in working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, trauma, self-harm, personality disorders, and complex presentations.
She obtained her BA in Psychology from Deree College, completed seminars of Clinical Psychopathology I & II, Philosophy & Methodology of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy from Eginition Hospital, and attained her postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from Metanoia Institute, London UK. She has been practicing as a psychotherapist for 16 years and has offered her services in various settings such as St Thomas’ Hospital & Maudsley Hospital London, UK ,Parliament Hill Medical Centre, London, UK, The Arbours Association, London,UK, Bereft Counselling Service, London, UK. In 2004, she collaborated with Aimilia Balaska and Rebecca Simons in their project Daughters, where she co-facilitated experiential workshops, offering safe boundaries and psychological resources. She currently holds her private practice in Athens and has a particular interest in working with grief and bereavement.

She studied Graphic Arts, Photography, and Video Art. She holds an MA in Inclusive Arts Practice from the University of Brighton and has trained in drama-based group facilitation, as well as adult education.
Her practice moves between photography, performance, and participatory art, often engaging with memory, identity, and transformation. For over a decade, she has designed and facilitated workshops that combine artistic practice with experiential and inclusive methodologies, collaborating with day centers, rehabilitation settings, and NGOs in Greece and the UK.
Alongside her social and educational work, Vlachaki has participated in numerous group exhibitions and solo presentations in Greece and the UK. Her series Event Horizon has been presented at the Athens Photo Festival, where it was included in the collective album and exhibition Greek Seas by the Benaki Museum, and has been exhibited multiple times, receiving an Honorable Mention at the Kythera Photographic Encounters. One Dress Many Roles was shortlisted at TIVA Festival. She has also worked on European cultural projects in the audiovisual field and currently teaches photography in Attica.
For Anastasia, photography functions as both ritual and transformation.

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