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Clinical psychologist

As a clinical psychologist may aim is to diminish the suffering caused by mental distress. In addition to the treatment of most common mental health disorders, I have a special interest in helping people who have undergone single or complex traumatic experiences, and those suffering from personality disorders and/or self-harm.

My framework is integrative, with an emphasis on mentalization-based treatment. I have additional training for trauma treatment in EMDR and Cognitive Therapy fo PTSD.

Researcher

As a researcher my main interest is the human mind and the problem of consciousness. How does the brain – this gelatinous lump of cells and tissue – produce subjective experience? How do we supersede our private experiences and can understand the experiences and feelings of others? What actually happens when things go wrong?

My long term goal is to better understand such questions with the use of various tools; theory, neuroscientific methods and phenomenological reports. This has lead me already to study such diverse topics as dreaming, the perception of time, saccadic suppression, hypnosis, neuroethics and the global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can find out more by visiting my Google Scholar page or by browsing my list of publications.

Supervisor

Supervision is a twofold task. First, it is a means of reparation by providing alternate viewpoints and a space to reflect on experiences. Second, it is an essential aid in professional and personal development toward a meaningful and effective path.

As a supervisor I specialise in communities and individuals who face difficult and demanding circumstances. I have supervised professionals who work with people who either have suffered violence or trauma, or who have a severe mental disorder.

I have especially focused on professional supervision of leaders and managers of various private or public institutions. Such executive supervision is often not only useful for the leader but the organisation as a whole. As I consider organization from a complex systems perspective, I’m naturally very interested in the novel problems that occur in non-hierarchical and flat organizations.

Teacher & Trainer

I have taught psychology and related subjects for several years at various levels from vocational schools to post-graduate university-level courses. My aim in teaching is to foster and facilitate discussion and provide a space for reflection and new insights. I have a special interest in teaching the more unconventional topics, such as the role of psychology in climate change, how to design environments to aid citizens’ to forward their goals, or the ways psychology as a discipline has been used for ill.

You can find out more about my teaching by visiting this page.

Experiences

Junior Researcher
University of Helsinki

09/2020 –

In August 2020 I will start as a researcher in a multidisciplinary project at the Helsinki University faculty of Social Sciences. The project concerns social neuroscience of personality disorders, and is carried out in collaboration with Aalto University. This project allows me to strengthen my expertise in functional magnetic resonance imaging, and aid in my broader goal of combining neuroscience and clinical practice.

Psychologist
Finnish Red Cross
Psychologists’ Emergency Response Team.

2019 –

The Emergency Response Team is a group of psychologists employed by the Finnish Red Cross, who are called to action during national emergencies. The work concerns individual, group and communal psychosocial support.

Doctoral Candidate
University of Turku

2013–2020

I’ve had the privilege to carry out my PhD research under the supervision of professor Antti Revonsuo and adjunct professor Katja Valli at the Consciousness Research Group. During my years as a doctoral candidate at the University of Turku I have gained broad and varied experience in the academia. In addition to conducting research (design, implementation, data gathering, data analysis, write-up) as a member of the faculty I’ve been able to design and teach several courses from the BA to the post-graduate level, and take part in administrative duties.

Project coordinator
Finnish Psychologists for social responsibility

2013–2019

In collaboration with Human Rights Foundation Turkey we designed, developed and carried out a Care for Caregivers project to aid professionals and volunteers who treat victims of torture in South-East Turkey. The project was partly funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Project coordinator | Psychologist
Turku Crisis Centre

2012

A project coordinator and a crisis psychologist in a project aimed to help those suffering from complicated grief and prolonged bereavement. In additional to individual and couple counselling also included stakeholder coordination and managerial duties.

Chair | Psychologist | supervisor
aatos cooperative

2015 –

We wanted to radically change the way psychological services are delivered. To meet this need we founded the Aatos cooperative. Aatos is an official social enterprise striving for broader social good. I’m currently serving as the chair, and carry out clinical and supervisory work, in addition to training and applied psychology services.

Psychologist
Finnish Student Health Services

2015 –

Since 2015 I have worked part-time at the Finnish Student Health Services. As the often first mental health professional the students meet when they face a personal crisis, are overwhelmed with stress or are experiencing the outset of a severe mental illness, I have been privileged to share their experiences. I have carried out both individual and group treatment. Since 2018 I have served a s the contact psychologist for the Faculty of Medicine, and in this role have lectured on e.g. stress management for dentist students and on dealing with death for medical students, in addition to taking part in community health.

Advisory panel Member
EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism

2020 –

As a member of the advisory panel for the EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism I have had the opportunity to participate in drafting and developing a EU level response to the needs and treatment of victims of terrorism.

Psychologist
Harjavalta Psychiatric Hospital

2012

In my short surrogacy post as a psychologist at the Harjavalta psychiatric hospital’s closed ward for psychotic patients I learned a lot about treatment and assessement as well as the structure and functioning of a psychiatric institution.

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