Iason Venetsanopoulos
Psychotherapist,
Mental Health Counselor
Individual Sessions, Online Sessions,
Couple counseling
Each of us seeks psychotherapy for our own unique reasons. Some are driven by intense anxiety, others by difficulties in their relationships, some by a deep reluctance for life, and others while struggling with their addictions. Each of these serves as a trigger, the wake-up call, or the bothersome thorn stuck in our foot that refuses to go away on its own.
Psychotherapy is the tool, the relationship that provides each individual with the means, as well as the emotional support, to confront the parts of ourselves that lurk in the shadows and shape our lives without our consent.
Through psychotherapy, we can live a life with awareness.
My name is Iason Venetsanopoulos. I was born in Athens in 1984. Psychotherapy and painting are the lifestyle I have chosen. It goes beyond the hours I spend in front of a canvas or sitting in the therapist's chair. I began my studies in Counseling and later in Synthetic Psychotherapy in 2015. My first studies were in Painting at the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I completed my studies in 2009 and have been painting and exhibiting ever since. During those years, I regularly attended Philosophy courses at the Department of Political Science with Professor Gerasimos Vokos, which was my first substantial encounter with the concepts of Philosophy and my introduction to Freud, psychoanalytic theory, and the world of psychotherapy. I have lived for a year in Indonesia, made two trips to China, and spent a few months in Madrid. These travels played a significant role in my personal exploration. Since 2010, I have been living permanently in Athens. I completed my studies as a Mental Health Counselor in 2017 and finished my training as a Synthetic Psychotherapist in 2024. Psychotherapy and painting are two inseparable parts of my life. I love them both, and one nourishes the other.
How will I leave behind that which I know?
How will I bear the new?
How?
You can bring them up whenever you wish. You can hide them whenever you wish.
As long as you know where they are.
Where did we lose it,
where did we have it?
How can we find it again?
Personal Sessions
Therapy begins with the relationship that is created between the client and the psychotherapist. Through Integrative Psychotherapy, I work in the here-and-now while also delving into the issues the client brings. This way, a holistic approach is achieved, allowing the client, first of all, to find relief from the immediate concerns troubling them and then to explore deeper, to the extent they wish.
Online Sessions
The absence of physical presence gives a new dimension to the concept of the therapeutic space. The client, together with the psychotherapist, learns to create a therapeutic space beyond the physical presence of objects and people. Thus, an approach is born that is perfectly aligned with the particularities of our time, bringing new elements to the therapeutic process.
Couples Counselling
The ability to strengthen a relationship is one of the greatest challenges but also one of the most beautiful gifts a person can offer themselves. It is worthwhile for a couple to seek help in order to cope with the hardships of time and to reinvent the concepts of connection and intimacy. Through couples therapy, a new encounter emerges each time, under new terms, opening new pathways and allowing each partner to reconnect with themselves, as well as with the other.
The First Contact
Like every first meeting, the first session hosts not only the therapist and the client but also the anxiety of the initial encounter. Often, discomfort or awkwardness may also be present, and these are welcome in our first meeting as well.
"Will he suit me?" "Will I like him?" "Will he understand me?" "Will I seem likable, interesting to him?" "Is he the right therapist for my needs?"
The goal of the first meeting is to see if we are two people who can connect through our differences and build a therapeutic relationship. If not, that’s perfectly okay too.
Where can I sit?
Can I sit?
I think I will sit!
Standing up.
Together heals.
Together is strength.
*In the event that I'll determine that any of the aforesaid issues is beyond my capabilities as a psychotherapist, I will refer the patient to a collaborating psychiatrist or to a professional specialized on the particular issue