Compassionate presence for challenging times
Individual and relationship counselling, creative inquiry and body-based therapies in Oslo, Norway and online.
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Welcome, I’m so glad you are here 🌱
I am Kirien Eyma, a somatic and relational therapeutic practitioner who combines counselling and talk therapy with creative and body-based methods — with individuals, couples and other people in close relationships. I offer slow, spacious, non-directive and non-pathologising spaces for people to meet themselves more deeply — their needs, values, beliefs, ways of making meaning, and ways of showing up in relationship with others.
Sessions with me can take many shapes — talking through an issue that’s on your mind, perhaps while looking at some colourful drawings together, receiving supportive touch, being guided through a meditative visualisation, or something else altogether. I meet you with compassion and curiosity, as a co-explorer rather than an expert who knows exactly how to fix you.
You can work with me in-person in Oslo, Norway or online anywhere in the world; primarily in English, sometimes in Norwegian, and a tiny bit in Mandarin Chinese (for the occasional concept that can’t be expressed in another language).
I also have ongoing group offerings that are mostly donation-based and open to anyone, as well as free guided meditations you can enjoy on InsightTimer and Youtube.
When you need someone to talk to
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Existential & Relational Counselling for Individuals
1-1 conversation and dialogue-based support with an existential and relational orientation.
“Existential” broadly means, that I am particularly (but not exclusively) interested in topics related to meaning, purpose, values, identity, choices, impermanence, uncertainty, worldviews and belief systems, and being with the “big questions” in life which do not have easy answers.
Relational means that I am also interested in what specifically happens between us — when two humans meet and share space in this particular way. I might ask questions like: what’s it like to share this with me? What’s it like to hear me reflect these words back to you? What do you notice, being here with me right now?
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Co-Facilitated Couples & Relationship Counselling
Support for couples (and other relationship constellations) co-led with my life partner, Soren Stone.
Our primary offering is sessions that involve both of us, and both (or all) of you together. We meet your relationship as the object of our meditation, inviting curiosity and increased capacity to stay present with what and how it is right now — without rushing to explain or problem-solve it away.
There is also the possibility for couples to have 1-1 sessions, one with each of us, at the same time as ongoing 2-2 sessions. This time can also be used to work on things that are not directly connected to the relationship.
Creative & body-based methods
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Guided Self-Inquiry with Tarot
What do you notice when you look at this image here? What draws your attention, and what thoughts and emotions come up in response? What information might your own reactions to a set of “random” images, have to give you about the topic you are bringing to the session?
When there is something you want to talk through, but the words are lacking (or getting you running in circles in your mind), a tarot deck might be able to help — not as fortune telling, but as a creative, imagery-based way of thinking and processing.
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Reiki + Sound Therapy (in person)
When you are feeling burned out, overworked, overstimulated, constantly taking care of others and struggling to get in touch with your own needs, a space where your only “job” is to lay back and allow yourself to be cared for might be exactly what your heart and body needs.
I place my warm and relaxed hands, very lightly on your body — communicating steady presence and relational contact, without you needing to do anything in return to entertain me. If desired, I can also play singing bowls on your body for a deep and grounding singing bowl massage.
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Shamanic Reiki Healing
A dream-like experience that combines deep relaxation and supportive touch with a guided imagery-based journey. You choose a place on Earth for me to begin the story — any place that has personal significance to you — and I simply follow whatever images appear in my mind while sharing them out loud.
It’s a bit like a long guided meditation, improvised on the spot, made just for you. I do not claim to know what the images mean for you, but I can support you to arrive at your own conclusions.
Would you like to combine multiple practices, or are not sure what you want?
I offer session lengths of: 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 2 hours, and 3 hours. You are very welcome to book a session by length of time rather than by “type”. For longer sessions, you may select multiple specific practices (for example: “Reiki + tarot” or “Reiki + counselling”) when booking, if you already know that is what you want. It is also ok to come to a session not knowing what you want or what might actually be helpful — trying out different practices and seeing how they work for you can be what we do together.
From isolation to shared humanity
Do you have something where you think: I might be the only person in the world who feels this way? What would it be like to hear a whole room of people, joining from different countries and language backgrounds, sharing their own versions of something you thought you were alone in experiencing?
I always have at least one ongoing group offering that is open to all on a drop-in basis, where donations are appreciated but not required. They are usually held online, with a focus on global community building and the experience of sharing space in real-time with other humans from across the world. Some groups are more focused on sharing and active engagement than others, but participants are always encouraged to notice and prioritise their own needs when deciding how much and in what ways to participate. These groups can be a space to experience belonging, practise a more authentic way of relating, and receive genuine resonance from others — in an international company of peers.
It can also be a chance for you who is considering booking a session with me, to experience the way I hold space — and get a sense of whether it vibes with you.
A little about me
I have been drawn to meditative practices, space-holding work, and deep conversations about the origins and antidotes to human suffering — and many more “existential” topics — for as long as I can remember. I actively sought out — and was offered the privilege of — opportunities to hold space for others in a structured way from the age of 11, and started formally practising meditation at age 13.
My work here is not only a profession; it is the latest, most mature expression of the same human being I have always been, shaped by the only life path I have ever known — the only path that ever held meaning. I am not someone who has “figured it out” — just someone who has dedicated their whole life to being with the questions, and gradually learned how to not rush towards an answer for the sake of one.
You are welcome to read more about my story, or my values and principles as a therapeutic practitioner.
I also offer individual meditation and mindfulness coaching, as well as private training in Reiki as a self-care practice, for those who may be interested in deepening their own commitment to a slower and more intentional way of life.
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
— Pema Chödrön