Questions You May Have.
What is Ecopsychology ?
Ecopsychology takes a wholistic and relational approach to understanding our wellbeing. It draws on insights from psychology, philosophy, ecology and other ways of knowing to recognise that our inner lives are deeply connected to the living world and that we are not separate from nature.
At IILEYA, ecopsychology provides one of the foundations that informs how we understand wellbeing, belonging and change.
How long does a typical a session or workshop last?
A one-to-one session can be 45-60 minutes, depending on the depth and nature of the work.
For organisations, sessions, workshops and training may range from 90-minute modules to half-day or full-day formats, depending on the scope, number of participants and intended outcomes.
What makes counselling at IILEYA different?
At IILEYA, we hold a non-pathologising view of human experience, by broadening how we understand distress, and situating it within our relationships, environments, and life stories. We support people experiencing anxiety, depression or burnout, and we do so without seeing distress as a flaw or illness.
We understand them as natural, meaningful responses to disconnection, loss, or misalignment in our different relational ecosystems.
What can I expect from counselling?
Counselling at IILEYA is collaborative, relational and paced according to your needs.
Our work begins with the understanding that distress is meaningful. Together, we explore how your relationships, life experiences, culture, environment and the meanings you make of them have shaped your current experience.
Rather than reducing difficulties to symptoms alone, we seek to understand them within the wider contexts in which they have emerged.
The work creates space to reconnect with your own wisdom, re-author the stories that shape your life, and move forward with greater agency and intention.
Where do the sessions take place ?
Sessions are available online internationally, and face-to-face where location allows.
Organisational work may be delivered online or in person.
How do you work with organisations?
IILEYA works with organisations through workshops, reflective spaces, facilitation and consultancy.
Our work explores organisational culture, change, leadership, wellbeing, psychological safety, purpose and relational practices that support healthier ways of collaborating together.
What if my circumstances make it hard to access support?
For many LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals, or people from the Global South, and those from vulnerable communities, access to mental health support is often limited — even though studies show they are the ones most exposed to economic instability, intergenerational distress, discrimination, environ-mental stress, and intersecting crisis-related impacts.
IILEYA offers ReciproCycle sessions: an accessible €10 option created with equity and reciprocity in mind, designed to reduce barriers to care and offer a welcoming doorway into support.
If this is part of your lived experience, this option is here for you.
You contribute what you can, when you can — because everyone deserves access to care and support.
Who do you work with?
IILEYA works alongside individuals, communities and organisations seeking meaningful and sustainable change.
This may include people navigating transitions, anxiety, burnout, grief, questions of purpose or belonging, as well as organisations wishing to cultivate healthier cultures, stronger relationships and more psychologically safe ways of working.
Whatever brings you here, the starting point is the same: understanding the relationships, stories and systems that shape your experience.