Hello!
My name is Evija Puķe-Jansone.
I am currently studying existential psychotherapy at the Humanistic and Existential Psychology Institute (HEPI, Lithuania) – foundation level – as well as pursuing a master's degree in psychotherapy at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC, UK). This programme is delivered in cooperation with the Existential Academy and leads to a qualification from Middlesex University.

What do I offer?

As part of the HEPI training programme, I offer 10 to 12 existential psychotherapy sessions (each session lasts 50 minutes, fee – 20 euros per session). After these sessions, further collaboration is possible if there is mutual interest.

What can we talk about in these sessions?

About life as it is – with all its questions, uncertainties, and search for meaning.
About the meaning of life, choices and responsibility, transitions, losses and awareness of mortality, relationships and loneliness, inner conflicts, various desires, questions of values, your identity, your sense of self, or any other topic that feels important to you right now.

What can you expect from me?

Presence and an empathetic attitude, thoughtful questions and deep listening, a dialogical space where we can approach the questions that matter to you, openness and a willingness to accompany you even into the unknown.
Not quick fixes or ready-made solutions, but a dialogue that can help you gain a deeper understanding of your challenges and this life in all its ambiguity.

📍 Sessions are held online.
📩 To apply or ask questions: [email protected]

My work with clients is supervised by an experienced existential psychotherapy colleague. I have been practicing with adults as part of the HEPI training programme since autumn 2022.

Participation:

  • Eastern European Association for Existential Therapy (AETA, https://www.existentialtherapy.eu, associate member)
  • Latvian Society for Existential Therapy (LETB, https://www.eksistencialaterapija.lv/biedri-sv/evija-puķe-jansone, candidate member)
  • Volunteering at the public benefit organization Caritas Latvia – sessions for mothers with children who have support needs.

Working language: Latvian and English




"To understand the people closest to me, I need to understand myself. Because from the moment I was born, I have been subject to the same forces as they. I am subject to time, and time is subject to me. I am subject to society, and society is subject to me. How does a worldview come about? I have yet to answer this question for myself. I need to digest myself before I can turn to others."

- Albert Bell, Investigator

My approach is compassionate, collaborative and one that helps clients become more aware of themselves and their emotions. It will be a shared path of exploration that will help you find answers to the most important questions in your life.In my practice I combine psychology with philosophy, so the questions will be ones that encourage you to look deeper into your life - to examine your values, goals, choices and possible consequences. I will not give ready-made answers, but questions that are likely to raise new questions for you. Sometimes it is enough to realise that there is no answer to a question and only then can you really begin to answer it.

I believe that many of the answers are within us, and we find them there when we start to look into our experiences, describe them and look at ourselves and our lives a little bit from the outside. For me it is important to be goal oriented as well as to have a more free flowing therapy process. Why is the goal so important in life and in therapy? Because without it, both life and therapy would be like Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot - stuck in an endless waiting and hopeless hope for change. In this case, one is waiting for this resolution and direction from the outside, for example from an external authority. Existential philosophy holds that one of the inevitabilities of life is that everyone must find, or more precisely create, this solution for himself, as well as for the meaning of life. Often this realisation that I am the author of my own life comes about precisely in the process of therapy.

As in life, in therapy there is a limited time to deal with your problems, difficulties and big questions, so I am in favour of therapy where the client purposefully works on current life challenges. 

I am not saying that you will solve all your problems in this therapy, but at least you will have had the opportunity to address them.  I am not saying that I understand a person and know everything about them, but I want to understand and learn more about them. I am not saying that I no longer have any problems myself, but I have gone through many of them and found my own answers.

In therapy I am present - engaged and authentic. It is important for me to both empathically support the client and to be interested in his life, in his acceptance and exploration of his being.

I believe that we are each here to be happy! I believe that we have the power to make our lives happier in our own hands. The ability to be self-aware, to understand oneself and the other person, to cooperate and to move on despite the downs and setbacks.

How will we work?

Process: In the first session, we get to know each other. We discuss the framework of therapy - time, place, confidentiality, mutual responsibilities and boundaries. Initially, we work together to understand and agree on the goal we will work towards.

For the first four sessions, you can just try it out, so you can better understand if you want to continue on this therapeutic journey. Later, we will discuss if you feel any changes and how far you've progressed toward the goal. This is how we co-create the therapy path - maybe through a forest, maybe through a deeper valley, or perhaps over a higher mountain - with the goal itself serving as a beacon that helps you navigate and illuminate the way.

Price per session: 30 euros.

Time: 50 minutes per session. The preferred frequency of sessions is once a week. During the first four sessions we will agree on the best time for therapy, which will then remain your reserved time.

Location.

remotely via Zoom or Skype. 

Contact

Evija Puķe - Jansone

+371 27008314 (call time to be arranged)

[email protected]

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