On Thursday, May 12, 2022, 18: 30-20: 30, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, psychologists Irini Koutela & Sofia Menier Boulanze held a presentation on:

"… Parenthood, adoption, foster care… life relationships…"

This presentation was an open invitation - discussion about the difficulties and challenges related to the process of parenting through conditions of adoption or foster care.

References were made to stereotypes and prejudices about the meaning of parenthood and different family formations, such as same-sex parenting, single-parenting, short-term-long-term adoption… but also expectations, frustrations, adjustment times, color, the race…etc.

Finally, on the occasion of the saying of the people: "the child comes out of the belly and the man out of the arms" followed an extremely warm and fruitful discussion with the participants who were thrilled with the experiential character of this meeting !!!

Irini Koutela, Mental Health Counselor, Gestalt Psychotherapist, M.Sc., I-MBA, M.Sc. Litt., Member of HAGT, EAGT and BACP.

Sophia Menier Boulanger, Professor of Biology, University UCLB of Lyon, France. A graduate of the Gestalt Foundation, Psychotherapy and Gestalt Training center. Graduate student M.Sc. Psychology, University East of London.