Experience: 10 years
Consultations in lithuanian, english languages
Education: student of Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (VU); Master’s degree in Health Psychology (VU), Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (MRU)
Specialization: counselling for the following difficulties: -psychological crises; -life dilemmas, changes and choices; -difficulties in interpersonal relationships; -divorces, bereavements; -issues related to career, work, education and self-fulfilment; -burnout, stress, and the disturbances it causes; -anxiety, fear, panic attacks; -depression, sadness, loneliness, mood swings, lack of joy and energy in life; -self-esteem problems; -physical complaints of psychological origin; -adapting to living with illness.
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Hi, I’m Evelina Šidagytė, a health psychologist, studying and practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy. Since 2016 I have been working as a medical psychologist at the Outpatient Clinic of the Centre, in the service of the On-call Doctor, providing counselling for people experiencing psychological crises, anxiety, stress, depression, panic attacks and physical complaints of psychological origin, and for their relatives, as well as private counselling and psychotherapy in English and Lithuanian, for adults and teenagers. If you feel that it is time for a change, if you would like to find inner peace, if you are having difficulty in making a decision or finding a way out of a difficult situation, if you are experiencing anxiety, stress, sadness, inner dilemma, confusion or crisis, if you would like to better understand and accept yourself and improve your relationship with others, or just want to have more harmony, or if you are unsure about what you would like to do in your life, I invite you to get in touch with me. Seeking psychological help, being able to share your difficulties openly and being willing to work on yourself is a sign of strength, I invite you to try. I see psychotherapy as a journey towards self-knowledge and acceptance, taking responsibility for one’s own life, inner freedom and creating an authentic life. It is a process of learning about and changing one’s own ways of reacting, feelings, thoughts, needs and behaviours in order to improve the quality of one’s life, to create a peaceful relationship with oneself and a harmonious relationship with others in a safe space in contact with a psychologist/psychotherapist. Psychological counselling can help with specific, situational, uncomplicated psychological problems, ranging from one to several dozen meetings (each case is individual), and focuses more on solving the specific situation/problem or stabilising the emotional state, while psychotherapy delves deeper into the origin and causes of the problem and aims at a profound resolution of the problem, and learns new ways of responding to the problem, which usually lasts between six months and 1 to 2 years or longer. I mainly use the principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy in my psychotherapy, but I can also incorporate elements of other disciplines in my counselling sessions according to the need and the situation (solution-focused counselling, crisis intervention, CBT, art therapy, writing therapy, bibliotherapy, etc). How do I work? In psychological counselling I create a safe and secure space to meet oneself, to explore and clarify one’s emotions, reactions, needs, desires, thoughts, attitudes, values and relationships with others, to see one’s own strengths and weaknesses, to understand what is important, what is not, what is satisfying and what is not in life, learn to say “No” and say “Yes”, to let go, to accept, to see a clearer picture of yourself and the current situation, so that you can see more possibilities for solving the situation than you can see now, to make effective decisions, to overcome life’s challenges and to learn new and more effective ways of responding. I do this by active listening for understanding, asking questions, offering support at the right moment, noticing what you may not notice in yourself, making adjustments and interpretations based on professional knowledge and experience, taking a respectful and empathetic stance, and maintaining confidentiality. In some cases, I can also provide information, education, assignments and supplementary material, and referral to the necessary specialists when needed.
In counselling, I seek, firstly, to understand the client and the problem they bring with them, to understand the difficulties, their manifestation, context, and key life experiences in order to better understand what patterns of feeling, behaviour, thinking, and relationships have contributed to the development of the difficulties or symptoms, and, secondly, to encourage the client to recognise these patterns and experiences, to identify the patterns and behaviours that have led to their emergence and to correct them, to abandon ineffective behaviours that perpetuate the vicious cycle of the problem, to seek effective solutions to life’s challenges and to learn new ways of responding that will lead to more effective self-fulfilment and enrich one’s own life and the life of others. I focus on getting to know emotions and needs and how they can be realised, getting to know the conflicting parts of the personality, putting into words what you experience and allowing yourself to feel and accept a wide range of feelings. I believe that emotions are our inner compass that tells us what we need and where to go from here. I have over 4 years of experience as a psychologist in medical institutions, a gymnasium and working on various projects. I started my psychological work experience during my Master’s degree in Health Psychology (VU, 2015) by doing my professional practice in Antakalnis polyclinic and volunteering at Vilnius Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre. Later, I provided psychological support to people experiencing psychological crises and their relatives at the Crisis Management Centre. I also worked in a gymnasium, counselled pupils, and at the Elektrėnai Mental Health Centre provided psychological counselling and assessment services to adults, adolescents and children with psychological difficulties, mental health and physical health disorders, and conducted classes (cognition of emotions, art therapy, etc.) for patients at the day-care hospital.