Discussion

Dr. Gabor Maté

In conversation with Afroditi Panagiotakou

Dates

23-05-2026

Prices

10 — 70 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

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Time & Date

Day

Time

Venue

Day

Saturday

Time

19:00

Venue

Main Stage

Tickets

Onassis Friends Presale: from 24 APR 2026, 17:00
General public Presale: from 5 MAY 2026, 17:00

Type

Price

Full price

70 €, 60 €, 50 €, 35 €

Onassis Friends*

56 €, 48 €, 40 €, 28 €

Unemployed

35 €, 24,5 €

Restricted View Ticket

13,5 €

People with disabilities, Companions

10 €

*The option of redeeming points or open tickets does not apply. Points are credited to Onassis Friends account with each ticket purchase.

Information

Language

The discussion will be held in English, and will be simultaneously interpreted in Greek and the Greek sign language.

The renowned speaker and author of five international bestsellers in a healing conversation on psychological trauma, parenting, and the power of human will.

Photo: Gurudayal Khalsa

Dr. Gabor Maté

How does anxiety manifest in the body? How are childhood traumas healed? And why have we normalized the wrong values?

Dr. Gabor Maté comes to the Onassis Stegi to speak about the things we rarely dare to confront: anxiety that turns into illness, the childhood traumas we carry for a lifetime, and the values that make us sick without us even realizing it. The Main Stage becomes a space of care and honesty through a conversation between Dr. Gabor Maté and Afroditi Panagiotakou, the Artistic Director of the Onassis Foundation.

A doctor, bestselling author, and internationally sought-after speaker, Maté has devoted his life to understanding psychological trauma, childhood, parenting, addiction, chronic stress, and ADHD. Through his method of Compassionate Inquiry, he has inspired thousands of mental health professionals to help people reconnect with their bodies and emotions.

How does anxiety manifest in the body? How are childhood traumas healed?

Dr. Gabor Maté’s appearance at the Onassis Stegi is accompanied by a screening of the documentary The "Wisdom of Trauma" (2022) and the workshop “Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture,” offering a deeper exploration of the thought and work of one of the most important contemporary thinkers on health and the human psyche.