POVILAS GODLIAUSKAS
I am a psychologist, accredited coach, and people (HR) consultant. I provide life, career, and leadership coaching sessions and psychological counseling for individuals and teams, working in tech and related areas. I specialize in work, relationships, and wellbeing-related topics. I also conduct training sessions and lectures on various topics in coaching psychology and positive psychology.
I started my tech career in 2015 when I joined Synergium Sweden AB, one of the most innovative translation and localization houses in the Baltics, where I led the HR team. Between 2017 and 2021, I helped senior IT professionals get hired by major tech companies and startups, including ProtonMail, TRAFI, Vinted, Wix, and Zedge.
Throughout my career, I’ve heard over 700 career stories from programmers, testers, designers, administrators, and executives. I realized that tech professionals demonstrate a variety of strengths, such as high intelligence, boundless curiosity, and a constant desire to improve. Yet they also face a lot of doubts, self-esteem issues, and relationship difficulties limiting their self-realization.
Coaching can help not only to agree with yourself and others but also to achieve personal and company goals more effectively. World-changing tech organizations are at the forefront of society's progress, so it is important to make a positive contribution to the mental health, emotional competence, and leadership skills of their employees.
APPROACH
I consider my coaching and counseling approach integrative.
This means that my practice is based on theories and practices taken from diverse schools of psychology, psychotherapy, and coaching. In this way, my services are more adapted to the diverse needs and goals of my clients.
In my practice, I draw inspiration from existential, humanistic, and positive psychology approaches that focus on values, goals, meaning, emotional processing, and the therapeutic relationship.
Speaking in technical terms, I follow paradigms, such as solution-focused therapy, gestalt therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, schema therapy and relational psichoanalysis.
Therefore, in my practice, I value:
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Accepting ourselves rather than changing our thoughts or behaviors.
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Making sense of unpleasant emotions rather than seeking pleasure.
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Taking responsibility rather than blaming other people.
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Developing strengths rather than fixing weaknesses.
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Focusing on creative solutions rather than problems.
I also follow the code of ethics of the International Coaching Federation and Lithuanian Psychological Association.
EDUCATION
STUDIES
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2023–now Postgraduate Studies in Psychodynamic (Object Relations) Psychotherapy (International Psychotherapy Institute)
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2020–2021 MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (diploma) (University of East London)
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2016–2019 Major (BA) in Psychology (diploma) (Mykolas Romeris University)
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2012–2015 Minor in Psychology (diploma) (Vytautas Magnus University)
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2011–2015 Major (BA) in English and German Philology (diploma) (Vytautas Magnus University)
CERTIFICATES
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2022 Associate Certified Coach, ACC (certificate) (International Coaching Federation)
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2021 Accredited Coach and Mentor, Foundation (certificate) (European Mentoring and Coaching Council)
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2020 Certified Career Mobility Team Member (certificate) (Randstad RiseSmart)
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2019 Certified Agile Professional, ICP (certificate) (International Consortium for Agile)
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2019 Certified Coach, ACSTH (certificate) (International Coaching Federation)
TRAINING
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2023 Advanced Practice in Positive Psychology Coaching, Dr Robert-Biswas-Diener & Dr Christian van Nieuwerburgh (Positive Acorn)
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2023 Supervision and Intervision Training, Dr Julija Gečaitė-Stončienė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
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2022 Introductory Seminar Into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dr Julius Neverauskas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
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2022 Coaching Essentials, Leda Turai-Petrauskienė & Rimas Petrauskas (L-con Global/Coaching Development)
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2021 Psychology of Health Coaching, Margaret Moore (British Psychological Society)
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2021 Ethical Dilemmas in Professional Coaching, Judit Chrenoczy-Nagy (L-con Global)
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2021 Coaching on Life’s Big Questions, John Perry (University of East London)
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2020 Positive Psychology Coaching, Dr Christian van Nieuwerburgh (British Psychological Society)
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2020 Neuropsychological Coaching, Dr Paul Brown (British Psychological Society)
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2020 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Training, Shamash Alidina (University of East London)
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2020 IT Training for HR Specialists, Neimantas Petkelis (Codebakers)
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2019 Agile Professional Training, Vaidas Adomauskas (AgileCoach.lt)
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2019 Coaching Essentials, Leda Turai-Petrauskienė & Rimas Petrauskas (L-con Global/Coaching Development)
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2018 Meaning and Valued Living Coaching, Dr Hugo Alberts & Seph Fontane Pennock (PositivePsychology.com)
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2017 Psychological Counseling Training, Robertas Petronis (Center for Existential Therapy)
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2017 Suicide Intervention Skills Training ASIST, Dr Paulius Skruibis & Antanas Grižas (LivingWorks)
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2016 Gestalt's Approach to Group Dynamics, Dalia Gaidamavičiūtė (Vilnius Gestalt Institute)
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2016 Introduction to Gestalt Psychotherapy, Brigita Kaleckaitė (Vilnius Gestalt Institute)
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2013 Intercultural Competence and Communication, Part III of the Project (Vytautas Magnus University)
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2012 Intercultural Competence and Communication, Part II of the Project (Süleyman Demirel University)
CONFERENCES
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2023 Minding the Body: Clinical and Ethical Challenges in Work with Young People (International Psychotherapy Institute)
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2023 LGBTQ+ and Mental Health (Lithuanian Psychological Association)
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2023 Conference for Clinical and Health Psychologists: the Psychology of Pain (Lithuanian Psychological Association)
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2023 Online Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Training in Times of Division, Pandemic and War (International Psychotherapy Institute)
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2023 Object Relations Theory and Practice Summer Institute (International Psychotherapy Institute)
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2021 11th International Congress of Coaching Psychology (International Society for Coaching Psychology)
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2021 Psychotherapy Courses in Lithuania (Human Study Center)
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2020 10th International Congress of Coaching Psychology (International Society for Coaching Psychology)
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2020 Blue-Green Psychology: Coaching in the Eutdoors – Eco-Coaching (British Psychological Society)
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2020 Online Symposium on Positive and Coaching Psychology (University of East London)
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2019 Agile Tour (Agile Lithuania)
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2019 Coaching in the World: Trends and Opportunities (ICF Lithuania)
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2018 Psychotherapy Courses in Lithuania (Human Study Center)
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2018 Conference for Clinical and Health Psychologists (Lithuanian Psychological Association)
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2018 Lithuanian Congress of Psychologists: Psychology Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Lithuanian Psychological Society)
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2017 Challenges, Good Practices, and Future Opportunities in Healthcare (Lithuanian Psychological Association)
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2016 Smart Lithuania (Business News)
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2016 Psychologist in an Organization: IT Challenges (Lithuanian Psychological Society)
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2016 Conference of HR Managers: Personnel Management Innovations (Vilnius Conference Center)
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2016 Annual Winter Coaching Academy (ICF Lithuania)
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2013 Schizophrenia in Today's Context (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
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2012 The Path of Psychiatry to Society: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)