Fearless Growth Mindset
Disruptive Business Team Coaching & Dramatherapy Combo
The Fearless Growth Mindset Team Coaching & Dramatherapy Workshop takes the goal that the organization sets and puts it through an objectively disruptive method, the likes of which you have never encountered before, where obstacles to achieving that goal are instantly revealed and understood. Those obstacles that are holding everything back. Its impact and understanding will follow individuals even after the workshop is over. It is all designed with a focus, ultimately, on Performance.
At the core of every organisation are its people. Performance does not just come from “technical solutions” but, more importantly, from the ability to identify and remove the day-to-day obstacles that hold teams back.
The obstacles usually have to do with the duality of fear versus a desire or need (goal), and here fear comes dressed in different clothes, depending on the situation. Fear, as a liar, creates problems in organization, performance, change management, sales, marketing, HR, management, innovation, team collaboration, and vision. It cultivates anxiety, procrastination, blurring of decisions and partnerships, and insecurity. This disruptive workshop offers an opportunity to address these problems by shifting your teams towards the Fearless Growth Mindset.
The workshop is about a serious, revealing, and liberating process with a focus on the goal set by the organization.
All we promise is the truth… and a series of liberating shocks. Talk to us, and together we can design a program tailored to your organization’s specific needs.
Who is the workshop aimed at?
To teams or departments in organisations, small or medium sized businesses, family businesses, boards of directors, executives, project management – wherever there is a team or individuals who need to work as a team, to reach a goal, to implement a project, to work together different people in different locations, people who have taken on new roles.
Read a detailed article about Team Coaching here.
Expected results of the workshop
Some of the expected outcomes that participants will gain are:
Facilitate the smooth adoption of new processes and strategies.
Gaining authentic confidence and resilience, closing more deals without fear of rejection.
Boosting innovation and creativity by experimenting with new campaigns without fear of failure.
Communicating authentically, turning vulnerability into inspiration for the team and making decisions with a clear vision.
Cultivating a culture of psychological safety, supporting employees to face fears such as burnout and imposter syndrome.
Strengthening empathy and communication skills, building trusting relationships even in difficult conversations.
Developing strong public speaking and storytelling skills, addressing the fear of exposure in front of an audience.
Boosting the confidence of new employees, allowing them to quickly and fearlessly connect with the organisation.
Empowering flexibility and collective responsibility, turning changes in the environment into opportunities for improvement.
Cultivating a culture of honesty and risk-taking, creating a context where dissent becomes a positive tool for improvement.
Improving adaptability and the courage to take risks, enabling faster adoption of new technologies and ideas.
Increasing confidence in making decisions under uncertainty, managing the fear of financial loss through structured analysis.
Methodology
In this workshop, team coaching with the support of drama therapy is integrated into a dynamic experience that transforms obstacles into innovative solutions towards the business goal, utilizing the wisdom of the “maieutics” (Socratic) approach and the power of role-playing.
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Intellectual Level
Perception
We will begin by understanding the subconscious beliefs that act as hidden obstacles to achieving our goal. There is indeed a way to get there, by coming with an honest questioning and a willingness to discover.
Observation & knowledge
Through techniques of mindful observation, reflective dialogue (coaching), and personal storytelling (drama therapy), you will identify and reconstruct your limiting mental patterns.
Management
Management of thoughts and beliefs will be achieved with tools such as cognitive reframing, inner voice mapping, and role-playing techniques. With these, you will enhance self-observation and strengthen your thinking.
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Emotional Level
Understanding
You will reach a deeper understanding that leads to the activation of the emotional level and provides you with more room for a much greater perception.
Acceptance
Acceptance of emotions will be facilitated through experiential techniques, including symbol processing, emotion personification, ritual actions (such as drama therapy), and methods that promote emotional intelligence and empathy (such as coaching).
Linking/Connection
We will consistently ensure that a safe space for your expression, relief, and authentic connection to your inner experience is present and cultivated. There is no judgment about anything.
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Kinetic Level
Integration
This is where understanding and acceptance of the information gained through the process of detecting and learning about fears is achieved. We will apply the tools to the body to integrate the internal change through action.
Conscious action
Our broader motor level (that of action) will consciously integrate information through physical expression, symbolic action, physical events (drama therapy), and commitment to specific action goals (coaching).
Clarity of intention
We will conclude by filtering the multitude of what we have learned and experienced into a tangible and individualized action plan as a conscious act. This plan will emerge from your own “wants and can’s” and will have its mechanisms for monitoring progress towards your goal, as well as your methodology.
Instructors
Christos Vasilopoulos
- Growth & consulting: 23+ years
- Projects for 1000+ companies.
- Certified Coach (CPC) / ICF Member
- Author of the book: "Fear: This Liar".
Christos Vassilopoulos has had a long professional career, consistently associated with needs analysis, where he has thoroughly understood problems and challenges, and provided effective solutions to those issues. Initially, he studied Systems Analysis and Programming at City College. He expanded his knowledge with additional seminars on sales and management, as well as his participation in international volunteer organizations (J.C.I.), where he served as President of the Greek chapter.
This multifaceted experience contributed to the development of a unique synthesis of strong analytical skills, unconventional thinking, and a deeper understanding of the concept of cooperation in addressing complex challenges. From the very early stages of his career, he took on management roles in leading digital development companies, successfully leading and inspiring diverse teams.
Since 2005, he has consistently run his business development organization (digital marketing, consulting, & Coaching), adopting an approach that soon went beyond the boundaries of simple business analysis and marketing and delved into what factors influence the dynamics of an organization and its constituent individuals, combined with technology and marketing. He was certified in Coaching by the ICF (International Coaching Federation) after 2 years of additional studies.
He chose to expand his knowledge, combining deep expertise with essential empathy. The combination of all these elements, together with extensive self-examination, meditation, and the study of philosophy, allowed him to gain practical insights into the fears and obstacles that limit human development.
More about Christos
This deep understanding turned into a valuable tool, leading both him and his clients to grow their businesses and meet their own needs. He understood that to support another person’s goals truly, one needs to move far beyond technical solutions. This approach was applied to enhancing the quality of his customer service by establishing corresponding structures, methods, and technical capabilities.
In 2023, he published (Greek/English) his book “Fear: this liar” (see reviews, interviews) as a structured basis that the individual can use to start and understand fears in a meaningful way as a means for meaningful development.
He firmly believes that true evolution is neither temporary nor superficial, nor a “cover-up” or “patch-up”, but a profound, internal transformation that leads to ongoing growth within and without both individuals and organizations. He has turned this knowledge into a new paradigm that inspires organizations and people to grow in a meaningful way.
He is “allergic” to empty motivational “quotes”, superficial consulting approaches, and superficial self-improvement, believing that only profound and authentic change has the power to meaningfully transform an individual, a team, or an entire organization.
Eirini Tsatova
- Actress
- Graduate student of drama therapy
- Group Coordinator
Irini was born and raised in Athens, where, from a very young age, she came into contact with the world of the arts – theatre, music, and dance. Her involvement with theatrical play in groups of children and adults was instrumental in the early steps of her journey.
She studied acting at the Higher Drama School “Iakovos Campanellis”. She has attended numerous seminars with an emphasis on improvisation, physical expression, and theatrical creation. In addition, she has studied the work of important masters of world theatre such as Stanislavski, Grotowski, Barba, Brook, and Suzuki. A special place in her career is occupied by her participation in the Theater of Research group, led by Fanis Katechos. At the same time, she is completing her studies in Drama Therapy at the AION Institute (with a degree).
From 2010 to 2015, she worked as a facilitator for adult and children’s theatre groups, focusing on theatre play, creative development, and group empowerment. Additionally, from 2007 to 2024, she was active as both an actor and director, creating theatre productions.
In recent years, she has been collaborating with the psychiatrist-psychotherapist Ioannis Augustatos in group therapy groups, where she combines her artistic and therapeutic skills.
More about Eirini
Her experiential involvement with art, combined with her extensive training in drama therapy, contributed to the development of a thorough and critical understanding of the structure and dynamics of the human psyche. Through individual and group therapeutic interventions, she developed the ability to recognize and bring unconscious psychic processes to a conscious level, creatively utilizing artistic expressions and dramatic play as a means of expression, processing, and transformation.
She has actively participated in artistic-activist groups, such as the “Theatre of the Awakened” and the Craft Workshop in Acharnes, offering her artistic support voluntarily. At the same time, she has organized and carried out street performances that combine art with social messages, enhancing community participation and awareness. Since 2023, she has been coordinating educational programs that link Art with Therapy.
Irene deeply believes that combining Art with Science strengthens human mental health. Through this process, the connection to emotions and to life itself is strengthened. Mind, soul, and body come together in harmony, opening pathways for deeper understanding, creativity, and personal transformation.
Expression of interest
The final cost is shaped by factors such as the final number of hours based on the goal itself, the number of people, the location, the position of the participants in the organisation and any special requirements.
FAQs
What really is Coaching?
Coaching is about working with someone who is there to help you unlock your potential and achieve your goals, whether they are personal or professional.
A coach provides a safe space where you can explore your challenges, gain clarity and discover new possibilities. A coach doesn’t give you the answers, but helps you find yours without projecting theirs, using a particular ‘midwifery’ methodology, offering support and helping you to take responsibility and control to achieve them.
Think of it as having a neutral trusted ally who will help you get to where you really want to go and support you to ‘dig in’ and discover what you really want to do and how. The International Coach Federation – ICF (of which Christos Vassilopoulos is a registered member) ensures that coaches follow high standards so you know you are in good hands.
If you are ready to make meaningful changes and grow in ways you may not have imagined, coaching is exactly the support you need.
In this workshop, with your active participation, you will discover another way of acting and functioning that you can then apply to other issues.
What is Drama Therapy?
Dramatherapy is a form of psychotherapy that belongs to the creative-expressive therapies and integrates techniques and elements from theatre, psychology and the therapeutic process into the therapeutic framework. It is based on the use of drama, role playing, metaphor and narrative as a means of expressing and processing emotions, experiences and internal conflicts. Dramatherapy practice may include improvisation, physical expression, construction and use of objects, masks, voice, text and fiction, all of which act as safe ‘transition spaces’ for the expression of the inner world.
Contemporary psychotherapeutic, concepts as they treat the human being as a whole, now include in their object of study not only the language-speaker but also the body. Dramatherapy thus emerges as a fertile field for creating interactions that give rise to the necessity of another living theatre that responds to the multicultural, multi-cultural social context. Its theoretical basis draws from psychodynamic, existential and humanistic psychotherapy, while being influenced by dramatic theory, Jung’s analytical psychology, and the theories of Winnicott and Moreno.
Dramatherapy is practiced in individual and group sessions and has found application in a variety of therapeutic, educational, and social contexts (e.g., mental health, education, addictions, prisons, and welfare settings).
In the workshop “Make your fears… History”, we will apply the following drama therapy models, aiming at creativity and psycho-spiritual development rather than therapy that requires a different context.
- The developmental model (Jennings, 1987; Johnson, 1982, 1991; Cattanach, 1999)
- The narrative model of therapeutic story making and storytelling (Gersie & King, 1990; Gersie, 1991, 1998; Lahad, 1992)
- The theatre model (Emunah, 1994; Andersen-Warren, 1996; Bielanska et al., 1991) and 4.
- Playback theatre ( Jonathan Fox & Jo Salas 1973 )
