George Fragakis

05/04/2026

I’m leaving “Facing Violence: Understanding the Faces – Seeking the Voice”, the two-day conference organised by HAPCEA on April 4–5, feeling grateful, moved, and full of thought.

I had the chance to be part of it in two very different, yet deeply connected, ways.

I presented “Working with Clients from Far-Right Political Parties: The Power of Therapist Transparency,” a subject that feels very close to me, not only intellectually and clinically, but also personally. It gave me the chance to speak about the complexity of staying present, honest, and ethical in therapeutic work when difference feels intense and deeply charged.

I also co-facilitated, with .skandalis , the experiential workshop “Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: An Experiential Deepening through the Expressive Arts.” That was a very different kind of space: one shaped by expression, reflection, encounter, and shared humanity. A space that reminded me how much can happen when people are invited not only to think, but also to feel, create, and meet each other more openly.

One part of my participation was about speaking.
The other was about holding space.

Both felt meaningful.
Both felt true.

I’m carrying with me the conversations, the openness, and the reminder that therapeutic practice can be many things at once: critical and tender, reflective and embodied, challenging and deeply human.

15/03/2026

Visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and left deeply touched. Beyond the paintings, what stayed with me was the love between Vincent and Theo, two brothers bound by tenderness, faith, and devotion until the end. Their story is a reminder that love can also be a masterpiece.

18/02/2026

📣 4–5 April 2026 | Moraitis School (Athens)

I’ll be joining the conference “Facing Violence: Understanding the Faces, Finding the Voice” with a talk and an experiential workshop focused on:

• the Person-Centered Approach when the therapeutic relationship is under pressure
• working with violent/aggressive clients
• privilege, power, and our blind spots in the therapeutic encounter

If you want grounded, practice-oriented input plus reflection on your way of being as a therapist, come join us. Register now or DM .epve and they’ll send you the details.

31/01/2026

Last night in Athens I walked into Michael Cacoyannis Foundation for Cleansed by Sarah Kane (directed by Dimitris Karantzas), and I’m still carrying it in my body: it was ferocious, splatter-level, soaked in blood, violence so relentless it kept ejecting me from my own softness, like my heart needed to step outside and gulp air. And yet, in the middle of all that brutality, there were pockets of tenderness between the actors like small, devastating flashes of care that made the horror feel even more real, because love was still trying to live in that ruin. What a paradox: cruel and lyrical at the same time, a work that forces you to look at grief, desire, love, and some strange kind of redemption without filters.  What hit me most was how the production didn’t “justify” the violence, but used it as a pressure-cooker where identities dissolve and rebuild, where q***r desire and the body become a battlefield, I wouldn’t say t it was chaos; it was controlled, deliberate, almost ritualistic. I left shaken, but also strangely opened—because a part of this performance is still working inside me, pushing me (gently, insistently) to transmute what is unbearable into something symbolic that has meaning for me, not as an excuse, but as an inner act of survival. And honestly? Nights like this are why I keep saying it: theatre in Greece is unmatched…

29/01/2026

Fifteen years later, we somehow managed the impossible: a summit meeting of three old friends, reunited in the heart of Athens! We laughed like we never left, replaying the ridiculous (and somehow heroic) stories of our first grown-up years: the messy confidence, the big feelings, the forever plans… and it hit me how rare and precious it is to come back to the people who knew you before you learned how to “adult.” Grateful beyond words for time, for friendship that survives distance and different lives, and for Athens doing what it does best: holding memory in its streets…!! ✨

04/12/2025

This workshop, “Diversity, Equality, Inclusion: Exploring the Therapist’s Identity and Values,” held at Mediterranean College in Thessaloniki (December 1–2), invited therapists to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the places where personal experience, socio-political conditions, and therapeutic identity meet. Through a blend of encounter groups, expressive arts, and a guided FSTU meditative journey, participants gently explored how internalised norms around gender, identity, and privilege shape their therapeutic presence. The aim was not perfection, but deeper awareness, authenticity, and compassion. Participants left with clearer insight into their conditioning, a stronger link between who they are and how they work, and embodied ways to bring DEI principles into their clinical practice.

23/11/2025

I’ve just returned from the 6th PCE Europe Symposium in Glasgow, and my heart feels a little larger, a little softer and, a little kinder. Carl Rogers used to say that when a person feels deeply heard, they begin to change; this weekend it felt like a whole community was being heard in lecture halls, corridors, coffee queues, and in that unofficial “nicotine support group” shivering together outside the . I met people whose work formed the backbone of how I sit in the therapy chair today, and suddenly they were not just authors but warm eyes, tired smiles, and long grounding hugs. There were tender words after talks: “Your work touched something in me”, “Me too”, “Can we stay in touch?” and authentic sharings about pain, politics, faith, q***rness, hope, and why we still believe in this strange, beautiful thing we call therapy.
I return with new ideas for research and practice, a mind stretched by theory and debate, and a heart full of faces, stories, hugs, jokes in the cold, and shared humanity. To everyone I met in Glasgow: thank you for the trust, the playfulness, the nerdy conversations, and the gentle reminder that our work is always bigger than any one of us. May we keep growing in all these “difficult and challenging places”… together!

05/10/2025

Athens in a heartbeat.
Popped down for a health check and left with a full one. Plaka’s winding lanes, the Acropolis glowing at golden hour, laughter with friends, and a teenage crush unlocked—Robbie Williams live 🎤💫
A few days, a lot of light. Heading back to Brussels with joy, kindness, and fresh inspiration buzzing. 🏛️🤍✈️

03/10/2025

Just had a quick escape: Brussels → Athens 🇧🇪✈️ All for one night only — to see live at the iconic Panathenaic Stadium. What. A. Show. From “Let Me Entertain You” to the emotional finale of “Angels”, it was pure magic. Over 40,000 people singing their hearts out under the Athenian sky, in a venue filled with history and electricity.

The moment Angels started… goosebumps. Everyone lit up, singing every word like it was the anthem of the night. Short trip, unforgettable memory. Worth every mile. 🖤🎤

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04/09/2025

02/09/2025

Last night I watched “Tebas Land” (in Greek: Μια άλλη Θήβα) and I’m still processing… Written by Sergio Blanco, this play is a gripping, darkly witty exploration of identity, artistry, and parricide. A playwright sets out to stage the story of a young man who killed his father, only to be forced by the state to replace him with an actor.

In Greece, under the direction of Vangelis Theodoropoulos, the production plunges into the deepest human conflicts: parricide, guilt, identity, and the fragile line between reality and fiction. Dimitris Kapouranis delivers a breathtaking performance, shifting between the roles of killer and actor with raw intensity, while Thanos Lekkas narrates with haunting clarity, holding up a mirror to our collective shadows.

As a process-person, I felt how profoundly this story touches the universal wounds we all carry: the invisible struggles with authority, the longing for recognition, and the desire to free ourselves from inherited pain. This is not just theatre; it feels like therapy in motion.

If you’re in Athens, don’t miss it. This play will challenge you, move you, and maybe even heal a part of you.

30/08/2025

Thank you for this amazing picture of Skala Eressos!