On March 17, 2017, in the "IANOS” Culture Chaine, in Thessaloniki, a lecture was held on "Companionship and Autonomy: Creating the Conditions for a Harmonious Coexistence in Relationships" by Mrs Alexandra Gibiriti, a Gestalt psychotherapist, EMDR traumatologist and EM Social Worker.

The dilemma “Companionship or Autonomy” is a dilemma that afflicts modern man. That was the main reason that this lecture attracted a wide range of audience. Alexandra helped the participants to understand how they can create in their lives the conditions with which they will establish in a relationship, a balance between these two, seemingly incompatible, concepts. She explained, in a creative way, when companionship undermines the individuality of a person and when autonomy blocks the deep connection and contact of "together" resulting in the paradoxical conclusion that only an autonomous person is ready for a real companionship.

At the end of the lecture, the speaker received a "bombardment" of questions, an indication of the intense interest of the public, to which he responded with great eagerness.

You can watch this lecture and many others, very easily, by going to our Gestalt Foundation YouTube channel