Press
Skyros has been the subject of numerous features in the British and foreign press over the years. The very short extracts on this page represent only a tiny sample of the vast publicity given to an organisation, which does not even have a PR department.
"The system is supportive, friendly and highly professional. Dina Glouberman, who worked at Brandeis under Marcuse, is a London-based psychotherapist and a senior lecturer at Kingston Poly. Each year she pulls together an impressive team which includes star shrinks from the States and Europe."
"The one question friends have asked since I got back is ‘What type of people go to a centre like Skyros – are they crazy?’ Let me, therefore, introduce the members of my group. Elsa was a committed socialist living within a politically motivated community in Denmark, Thomas an engineer from Sweden, and Martine a biology teacher in France. Sid was a doctor practising both orthodox and homoeopathic medicine in London, Christe a medical assistant in Innsbruck, Hannes a psychiatrist in Zurich and Rosemary a language teacher in Basel. And no, no one was crazy, but we all shared a common need – the need to grow, to confront oneself deeply and honestly, find our inner selves and resources, uncover the games we play with ourselves and others, the different roles, unidentified fears, anger ... But it wasn’t all painful encounters with long-buried feelings. The only nightlife on offer was the Disco on the Rocks high above the beach, well away from the village. There we grappled with Greek dancing, ordered margaritas, were served tequila sunrises, and consumed copious quantities of ouzo. Later we’d pile back to the cave on the beach, light candles, banter, laugh and drink more wine. That’s the other side of the Skyros experience – the sheer, crazy, overwhelming joy of letting go and feeling alive. It’s a time of change and a time for growth. A twilight time of self-recognition, of saying goodbye to tired games one has played out for the last time. It’s a reformation, but a transformation."
October 1983
"The people were greatly reassuring, the atmosphere enormously supportive, and the actual holiday aspect of it was immensely rewarding. I have to say that there is no other way to describe it than to admit that it changed my life."
June 1982