Dr. Gabor Maté
In conversation with Afroditi Panagiotakou
Time & Date
Tickets
Tickets available in the first presale phase are sold out.
—Presale Phase B
Onassis Friends: from 25 APR 2026, 17:00
General public: from 2 MAY 2026, 17:00
Ticket presales take place in two successive phases (A and B), with a limited number of tickets available in the first one. The first presale phase, that started on September 15 for Onassis Friends and on September 20, 2025 for the general public, has been completed.
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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.
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