The Center for Systemic Therapy and Counseling (Ke.Sy.The.S.) in collaboration with Kipos – A Workshop for Self-Awareness and Well-being invites you to a 3-hour introductory seminar on the relationship between fairy tales and the social sciences.

Short description

Most people perceive fairy tales as a form of entertainment, mainly intended for children. However, traditionally, fairy tales were addressed to adults. In Greece, people used to narrate them in village cafés or festivals – in some cases, even up to the 1990s. Fairy tales continue to be relevant for both adults and children. Not only because they convey the joy and beauty of oral storytelling, but mainly because their narration offers multiple levels of understanding life’s challenges in a symbolic way. In this way, fairy tales in libraries allow books and their plots to come to life, in classrooms they facilitate learning and the processing of peer relationships, in social services they are integrated as community practices, and in psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions they encourage deeper exploration of relationships and the self, thus promoting both personal and collective self-awareness.

Practical Information:

Duration: 3 hours
Date: March 20, 2024 – Wednesday, 18:00–21:00
Participation: Online via Zoom
Instructor: Tina Lygdopoulou (Kipos – Workshop for Self-Awareness & Well-being)
Cost: €15

For more information or to reserve your spot, please contact us by March 15 at 2651070434 or email us at kesythes@gmail.com.

Instructor’s Short Bio:

Tina Lygdopoulou has been a professional storyteller since 2003, often integrating storytelling into group processes as a tool for education, supervision, and self-awareness. For example, she has contributed to the University of Athens’ Education Program for Muslim Children (in various villages and towns in Thrace), in groups of Roma adolescents in Metaxourgeio (Athens), at the KETHEA “Off Club” intervention unit, in youth empowerment programs of the Athens Center for the Study of Man (AKMA), at the Center for Psychological Applications, and at the Museum of Childhood Emotions. She has also worked at the Refugee Minor Reception Center in Agiasos, Lesvos, and the Department of Architecture at the University of Thessaly. Additionally, she has performed traditional storytelling at the music stage

Pura Gana Center for Somatic Expression, at the 3rd Storytelling Festival “Tales and Myths on Centaur’s Ridge” (Agios Georgios, Pelion), in Liontari (Arcadia), at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, at the Cooperative Café of Plato’s Academy and “Saites” Cooperative Café, at the Day Center for Migrants and Refugees “Babel,” at the Oncology Children’s Hospital “Elpida” (TAO Department), at “Periplaniseis” bookstore, “Angry Portrait” café, and many more. For years she explored the relationship between storytelling and the social sciences through her blog: www.mythoplasieskiafigiseis.wordpress.com. She is currently practicing the art of storytelling at Kipos – Workshop for Self-Awareness and Well-being (www.kipos.org.gr). She studied the art and technique of storytelling with Sasa Voulgari.