Dr. Anastassios Stalikas was born in Thessaloniki in August 1960. He studied Psychology in Canada, at Concordia University and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Ottawa.He was Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. He was also a Visiting Professor at McGill University in Canada. In addition, he taught at a large number of Universities both in Greece and abroad. He was Founder and President of the Hellenic Association of Positive Psychology and taught in the Society's educational programs, founding and promoting the science of Positive Psychology in Greece. He is the author of 20 books, more than 80 chapters and 300 articles and contributions to the international scientific community. In addition, he was a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, business consultant and had conducted dozens of lectures, seminars and workshops in various contexts at national and international level. His research interests focused on the areas of Clinical, Positive of Counselling Psychology, construction of psychometric instruments and research methodology. His main objective was the study and understanding of how people "flourish" psychologically, i.e. the study of well-being, a central subject of Positive Psychology, the discipline he brought to Greece and is therefore considered the father of Positive Psychology in Greece.