welcome | Ieva Baršauskaitė

Psichoterapija tai vienas iš pagalbos būdų emociškai sunkioje situacijoje ar gyvenimo etape. Pokalbis tarp tavęs ir terapeuto (manęs) yra terapijos pagrindas. Terapijoje mes sukuriame erdvę kuri turi aiškias ribas, yra konfidenciali ir pagarbi. Per susitikimus mes tyrinėjame tavo išgyvenimus, jausmus, mintis. Mes kalbame ir jaučiame. Ypač svarbu, ką sako mūsų kūnas - gumulas gerklėje, akmuo pilvo apačioje, įtampa veide - tai ženklai kurios įtraukiame į mūsų pokalbį. Terapijos metu mes visapusiškai suteikiame laiko ir erdvės tavo išgyvenimams.

Terapeuto užduotis yra suteitki tinkamą paramą tavo procesui. Parama gali atrodyti taip: aš galiu užduoti klausimus, normalizuoti tavo jausmus, duoti kontekstą situacijoms, atliepti, daryti įsižeminimo pratimus. Parama taip pat gali būti ir nepatogi, awkward, lėta, kviečianti susidurti su nepatogiais klausimais.

Man ypač patinka dirbti su žmonėmis, kurie:

- išgyvena didelius pokyčius gyvenime, kaip kad, žengimas į (jauną) suaugystę (adulthood), profesijos keitimas, perdegimas, santykių krizė;

- yra (labai) jautrūs. Jautrumas yra dovana ir visiems jautriems žmonės gali prireitkti papildomos paramos gyvenant šiūdienos pasaulyje;

- išgyvena dvasinę krizę, kaip kad, gyvenimo prasmės praradimas ir identiteto ieškojimas (kas aš?).

types of services

Individualus konsultavimas

As a therapist I am grounded in humanistic and Gestalt therapy tradition. The goal of our sessions is to raise awareness of your experiences and process, to give meaning to what is going on and nurture acceptance and compassion to where you are right now.

I work in-person in Amsterdam and online. Sessions are weekly or bi-weekly.

Individual therapy can be short or long term. Depending on your situation, we can decide to do a short trajectory of 5-10 sessions. This usually applies if you want to explore a singular situation, gain more awareness in a specific period of your life, or have financial constraints. If you are up for a longer process, we start a therapy journey together that can last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. A long-term process allows for time to explore the complexities and interconnections between different issues, past-present-future, work on attachment wounds. We always have an open conversation about your needs and how to proceed. You can stop sessions at any time.

Grupinė terapija

Together with a colleague Mili Marjanovic, I run group therapy sessions focused on transgenerational trauma. Group therapy offers a different experience from individual sessions. The most obvious difference is that you will impact and be impacted by more than one person. This can offer expanded awareness of who you are in this world with others and more opportunity to practice different ways of interacting in real time. Group setting can be confronting, but it can also bring a lot of support and a sense of belonging in a group.

The previous group started in October 2024. This is a closed therapy group that lasts 10 months.

We are looking for participants for the next group which begins in Fall 2025. Please reach out if you are interested to join.

Patryrinimes dirbtuves: Exploring contact through identities

Together with 2 colleagues - Mili Marjanović and Yulia Bondar - I co-facilitate a workshop exploring how in our polarized society we can practice making contact through differences. Some questions that anchor this work: How can I stay in a dialogue when we disagree? When is dialogue not possible? How does the environment and context I am in influence my own identity? What happens when I hear you and you hear me?

We also co-authored a paper on which we built our workshops. You can find it in the British Gestalt Journal:

Baršauskaitė, I., Bondar, Y., & Marjanović, M. (2023). Gestalt trialogue experiment: giving voices to shame. British Gestalt Journal, 32(2), 54-60.

Upcoming

Please reach out if you are interested to join this workshop in the future.

Past workshops

5/10/2024 NVAGT Gestalt Congress, Antwerp, Belgium.

16/3/2024 De Roos, Amsterdam.

5/1/2024 De Ruimte, Amsterdam. In collaboration with Rinske Engländer and Nederlandse Stiching Gestalt (NSG).

21/9/2023 EAGT Congress, Madrid. Presented the workshop as part of the congress program.