About me

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Experience

Alongside my private practice, I also provide therapy and conduct assessments for a charity organization called Spiral Holistic Therapy Centre. For the last three years, I have also provided coaching sessions for NHS mental health services. prior to becoming a therapist, I worked as a teacher.

I specialise in complex relationships - whether it’s improving them, ending them, or dealing with relational trauma - as well as life transitions, feelings of belonging and diversity (including cultural diversity, neurodiversity and diversity in sexuality or gender), fear and anxiety (like inner chaos, uncertainty, or confidence), modern life pressures (such as burnout, career, or social expectations).

My name is Gabija (Ga-bee-a). My pronouns are she/her. I am qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor working in central London and online.

Qualifications

Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling using Transactional Analysis with an Intersectional Lens, The TA East Institute*

MSc in Counselling Studies, University of Edinburgh

BSc Psychology, Vilnius University

*Currently, I'm in advanced clinical training to become Certified Transactional Analyst.

I am a accredited member of National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I also follow the ethical standards of UK Association for Transactional Analysis (UKATA) and European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA).

I hold a DBS clearance.

All my clinical work is supervised by experienced clinical supervisor. I regularly attend personal therapy and CPD trainings.

My Approach

In therapy sessions with me, we’ll explore the roots of your challenges, feelings, thoughts, behaviours, habits and relationship patterns. 

My approach is relational transactional analysis with an intersectional lens.

• Relational means that I place relationships at the very heart of what it means to be human. In our sessions, we might focus on how you relate with yourself or your experiences, how you interact with others or, perhaps, what emerges within your relationships. Paying close attention to relational patterns can help to uncover the roots of your challenges.

• Transactional Analysis is particularly helpful for those wishing to understand what keeps re-emerging in their lives. I believe that by understanding ourselves and our situations better, we can be kinder to our wounds and discover new ways of being in the world and with others.

• Intersectional lens suggests the importance of the context and environment in which we live in. In my work, I also draw on wider cultural and social narratives. I believe that no human being is the same. So, I am keen to know what’s it like to be you.

Other interests that somehow influence who I am as a therapist are music, visual art, social activism, meditation, and movement.

Why therapy?

You might want to discuss with me:

• Inner chaos and discomfort

• Feeling stuck and unable to enjoy the present moment

• Desire to feel alive and in touch with your own needs and emotions

• Anxiety and despair

• Belonging and diversity

• Self-esteem and imposter syndrome

• Identity and connection to self

• Demands and pressures of life

• Burnout

• Relationship concerns and quality of relationships

• Loneliness and thoughts of separation

Some of the themes I commonly see in my practice, while others come from my own lived experiences. However, I am equally eager to hear about your needs and unique challenges.

How therapy works?

Therapy develops awareness, allowing us to become spontaneous and autonomous individuals. When we understand ourselves and our situation better, we become kinder with our open wounds and open up an opportunity to discover new ways of being in the world and with others.

How I work?

My approach is relational transactional analysis with an intersectional lens. These are some principles I apply in my practice:

• The importance of relationships. I place relationships at the very heart of what it means to be human. In our sessions, we might focus on how you relate with yourself or your experiences, how you interact with others or, perhaps, what emerges within your relationships. Paying close attention to relational patterns can help to uncover the roots of your challenges.

• The importance of experience. I believe that the most profound change happens through here-and-now experience, which can sometimes enrich us in a way that is different from rational or cognitive understanding.

• The importance of curiosity. During our sessions, we search for meaning. Gentle enquiry becomes an important part of the therapy process.

• The importance of social responsibility & anti-oppressive practice. I continually deconstruct the social, political, and cultural landscapes we live in.

• The importance of diversity. I believe that no human being is the same. I am keen to know what’s it like to be you.

Other interests that somehow influence who I am as a therapist are music, visual art, social activism, meditation, and movement.