Olga Shevchuk

For almost 20 years, I have been engaged in legal practice. I have seen how behind formal disputes hide resentments, fears, unspoken expectations, and long-standing stories that people sometimes repeat for years.

Later, I realized that I want to work not only with the consequences of human conflicts but also with what causes them. This is how mediation, coaching, and psychology appeared in my life.

Today, I help people explore their own life scripts, understand why certain situations repeat, and find the possibility to act differently.

I am particularly interested in how a person can be strong, responsible, successful, support others for years, yet at the same time lose contact with their own desires. Why do we sometimes know what we do not want but do not dare to choose what we desire? Why do we promise ourselves not to repeat old mistakes anymore, but then find ourselves in a familiar situation again?

In my work, I combine transactional analysis and other psychological approaches with coaching tools and experience in conflict work. It is important for me not to impose the right answers on a person but to help them see their own patterns, contradictions, and choices.

I am convinced that our past explains a lot but should not define our future forever.

Self-awareness and Personal Development

• Awareness of one's own needs, values, and life priorities.
• Exploration of recurring life scripts and habitual behavior patterns.
• Development of autonomy, self-confidence, and the ability to make one’s own choices.
• Searching for personal resources and new ways to realize one’s potential.

Emotional State and Psychological Resilience

• Working with anxiety, internal tension, and excessive worry.
• Overcoming the consequences of prolonged stress and emotional exhaustion.
• Developing emotional self-regulation skills.
• Restoring a sense of stability amid uncertainty and change.

Relationships and Interpersonal Interaction

• Awareness of recurring difficulties in partnerships and family relationships.
• Working with personal boundaries, closeness, trust, and responsibility.
• Understanding conflicts and finding constructive ways of interaction.
• Developing dialogue and mutual understanding skills.

Life Changes and Adaptation

• Psychological adaptation to relocation, emigration, and changes in the usual environment.
• Reconsideration of life priorities after crisis events.
• Searching for new identity, meanings, and directions of development.
• Restoring the ability to plan the future amid uncertainty.

Professional Realization and Coaching

• Defining goals and searching for directions of professional development.
• Working with internal obstacles, doubts, and fear of change.
• Developing leadership potential and personal effectiveness.
• Supporting in making difficult decisions.

I have been working in psychological counseling, coaching, and mediation since 2015.

I have many years of experience supporting people during periods of personal and professional change. In my practice, I work with adults, young people from 16 years old, and couples.

Currently, my main focus is psychotherapy. At the same time, I work as a psychologist in the "Poruch" project. I conduct coaching practice, including in the "Brainspotting Help" project, and private practice as a family mediator.

My previous professional experience includes almost 20 years of legal practice, working as a lawyer and managing my own legal practice. This experience laid the foundation for my interest in conflict psychology, human behavior, responsibility, and decision-making mechanisms.

Since 2017, I have headed the public organization "Mediation Center ‘Space of Understanding’". I have experience developing mediation practices, working with conflicts, and participating in projects implementing family, school, and business mediation in Ukraine.

In 2019–2020, I was the secretary of the board of ICF Ukraine.

I created and coordinate the networking club for Ukrainians in Italy "U-Italy".

In my work, I rely on the individual needs of the client, professional ethics, and the integration of methods that correspond to the request and specifics of the individual.

• Transactional Analysis
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Brainspotting

I use an individual approach focused on analyzing the situation and explaining legal aspects that may affect the client.

• Situation analysis
• Individual approach
• Explanation of risks

• Psychological support
• Coaching for personal development
• Training in negotiation and conflict resolution
• Work with couples