Rebellion does not always shout!

Sometimes it quietly refuses to accept what everyone else has normalized...

#71: Reclaiming the essence of therapy!

In this very first episode of the 𝗕𝗶-𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: Vassia Sarantopoulou, therapist, founder of AntiLoneliness and The Therapy Business Circle and someone who is no longer willing to accept a system that forgets the human it was built to serve!

Vassia’s journey is rooted in lived experience, personal healing and a deep commitment to care that goes beyond protocols. From navigating her own path into therapy to building a practice grounded in awareness, she now stands at a turning point. 

Questioning not just how therapy is practiced, but what it has become. Her work is a call back to essence, where connection, responsibility and self-awareness are no longer optional.

Deep dive talking points:

👉🏾 the lost essence of therapy: moving from human connection to rigid systems, procedures and protocols;

👉🏾 therapist identity and self-awareness: why you cannot guide others deeper than you have gone yourself;

👉🏾 supervision and personal therapy: the missing foundation for ethical and effective practice;

👉🏾 systemic pressure and broken care: long waiting lists, overdiagnosis and treating people as cases instead of humans;

👉🏾 reclaiming agency for clients: shifting from passive waiting to empowered choice and responsibility;

Rebellious nuggets: 

🙌🏾 you cannot create safety for someone else if you are not safe within yourself;

🙌🏾 when care becomes transactional, we lose the very thing people come for;

🙌🏾 awareness is not a luxury in this profession, it is the foundation;

Vassia’s empowering quote:

🙌🏾 “You cannot help somebody go deeper if you haven’t gone deeper with yourself”

Lets ask ourselves:

If the systems we trust to support us lose their humanity, who do we choose to become inside them?

Connect with Vassia:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vassia-sarantopoulou/  

Therapy Business Circle: https://www.therapybusinesscircle.com 

Antiloneliness: https://antiloneliness.com