Psychological counseling

The purpose of psychological counseling is to help people identify, understand, and address personal or interpersonal difficulties related to psychological well-being or behavior.

Students and employees of Vilnius University can register for individual or group psychological counselling facilitated by experienced and qualified practitioners. VU students can receive up to 4 free of charge individual sessions each year. The duration of a session is 45–50 minutes. Sessions can be conducted in person or remotely.

You can find information about psychological support and registration for psychological counselling on the University’s WEBSITE.

On the University’s website, you will find detailed information about:

• Registration and counselling procedures – learn how to register and what types of consultations are available.
• Free and paid services – clear explanations about service accessibility and
• Community Well-being Division – its activities, initiatives, and support programs for university members.

External support helplines – contacts for those seeking additional emotional orpsychological support beyond the university.

The location of consultations

In-person consultations are provided at the psychological counseling offices located in:

• Institute of International Relations and Political Science (room 404, 4^th floor, Vokiečių str. 10)
• Faculty of Philosophy (Universiteto str. 9/1)
• Faculty of Physics (Saulėtekio av. 9)
• Faculty of Medicine (M. K. Čiurlionio str. 21).

Emergency psychological help

Vilnius university community psychologists offer urgent free of charge psychological help for students and employees if:

• You are going through a psychological crisis – a tough period, such as losing a loved one, a traumatic experience, etc.
• You have thoughts about suicide or harming yourself.
• You have had severe psychological conditions, such as depression, psychotic episodes, etc., and you feel it may happen again shortly.

Don’t be alone and ask for help; we will try to find solutions together.

Register for emergency consultations by:

• Writing an email to padek@vu.lt
• Calling VU community psychologists directly by phone: +370 658 99392, +370 699 34818, +370 690 09131
• Filling inthis registration form.

Consultations are available in Lithuanian, English, Russian, and Ukrainian.

If you are worried about a friend or colleague who needs help, don’t hesitate to contact us; together, we will find ways to help them.