ABOUT
Hi, I'm Ieva.
I welcome you to therapy.
Perhaps you need another human to breathe with you until the storm passes. Maybe you’re kind of well, except for that one stubborn thing that keeps popping up, not letting you enjoy fully. It could also be that there’s a box in the deep corner of the basement - one that needs opening - and you feel it’s time. Or perhaps you can't quite put a finger on it, but something inside you moves as you read.
I am here, let's get in touch.
I know, from my own experience, how uncomfortable it can be to say it out loud, to be seen in your blind spot, to need support. But I also know how powerful it can be to reach out and receive that support. I wish you do.
I am a Lithuanian, based in Oslo, born in 1989. I am in my forth (and last) year of studies at Norwegian Gestalt Institute and I offer gestalt therapy sessions as part of my student practice. I feel well supported to support you. I have teachers I trust, go to personal therapy and receive regular supervision. My practice is guided by code of ethics of European Association for Gestalt Therapy.
I am a woman, wife, sister, daughter, friend. As part of my career path, I've been a Japaneses teacher, a corporate worker and a UX designer. Today, along with the therapy practice I run a solo web creation studio. Writing, traveling, yoga and time in nature are my forms of soul searching.
HOW I WORK
Gestalt therapy: you & me,
here & now.
As a gestalt therapist, I will invite you to step out of the hamster wheel of looping thoughts and notice what is actually happening right now.
Your tone of voice is as telling as your words. Your body might be offering an alternative version of the story you share out loud. A pause - and a brief thought that you quickly brushed away - can be just as important as what you are eager to tell me.
I will be there with you, mind and body, listening, sensing and being affected by what you share. For an hour, my awareness is a tool to help you notice, express, explore and make meaning of what is hiding between the lines.
Being witnessed so closely by another human can be intense. Uncomfortable. Even scary. It might take time until it feels safe enough for some parts of you to show themselves. Especially the "illegal" ones, the deeply hurt ones.
I invite you to trust that even when it seems that not much is happening during therapy sessions, micro shifts are taking place below the surface. In my experience, a meaningful lasting change rarely looks like a quantum leap. It tends to be more of a quite and easy to miss hah, when did this happen?
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/ FRITZ PERLZ
Lose your mind and come to your senses.
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/ ARNOLD BEISSER
Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.
TOPICS
Some themes
we can meet at.
Worthiness
I know how it is to walk through life on tiptoes, fearing I'll be too much if I breath in fully.
Body
I remember avoiding to sit comfortably, because I could not stand to see my thigh expand.
Inner critics
Here they are, terrified, warning me about the mortal danger of doing things imperfectly.
Relationships
Those not always comfortable mirrors that prompt us to face ourselves.
Anxiety
A scared part of me makes my heart pound and thoughts race like highway. How can I take care of it?
Anger
A powerful force that keeps my needs met, boundaries clear, body alive, life more full.
book a session
An invitation to trust the process.
hi@ievavera.com
I offer individual therapy for adults in English and Lithuanian. Price per 60 minute session: NOK 900 (~ EUR 80).
To meet online, book a session by clicking below. There's nothing you need to do or know beforehand. Show up as you are, I will meet you there.
We can also meet in person in central Oslo (Bygdøy Allé 21). Send me an e-mail - we'll figure out a time that works, plus everything you'll need to find your way there.