Olga Pakalenko

Gestalt Psychotherapist | Trauma, Life Transitions & Relationships Languages: English • Russian • Lithuanian Location: Trondheim, Norway I am a multilingual Gestalt psychotherapist working with people who find themselves at a turning point — after loss, crisis, relationship rupture, or a longer period of feeling disconnected from themselves. My work is for those who want more than coping strategies, and are ready to look more deeply at what is happening inside. Originally from Vilnius, Lithuania, and now based in Trondheim, I bring both personal and professional experience of transition, identity change, and rebuilding a sense of inner ground when familiar structures fall away. In therapy, we work with what is alive in the present moment — emotions, bodily sensations, impulses, and relational patterns. Through this process, clients often begin to recognise long-standing adaptations, trauma responses, and ways of relating that once protected them but now limit their freedom. I support clients in developing greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and the capacity to make choices that are more aligned with who they truly are. I am trained at the Vilnius Gestalt Institute (EAGT-accredited) and have been working in private practice since 2022. Since 2024, I have also been supporting clients through the Ukrainian Association in Trondheim. My approach is relational, body-oriented, and awareness-based. I offer a grounded, attentive space where difficult experiences can be met with honesty and care, and where real, lasting change becomes possible — not by fixing yourself, but by coming into deeper contact with yourself.