Well-Being in Winter

Well-Being in Winter

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In November 2022 we presented on “Well-Being in Winter” to a huge audience of newly arrived internationals for the City of Helsinki. The purpose of the presentation was to help people adjust to the long, dark and cold winters of Helsinki and Finland in generally. Now...
Media to help you feel at home in Finland

Media to help you feel at home in Finland

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Recently Hatty and I were invited to speak on the YLE English language podcast “All Points North” about mental health issues in Finland. The whole experience reminded me that while many foreign born people living in Finland enjoy and listen to this...
Trauma-Focused ACT Training With Russ Harris

Trauma-Focused ACT Training With Russ Harris

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The British-Australian ACT therapist Russ Harris, author of the book “The Happiness Trap”, (2007), came to Helsinki this week to run a workshop on Trauma Focused ACT. ACT stands for “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy”, a process based therapy...
Suicide Prevention in Springtime 

Suicide Prevention in Springtime 

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For many people springtime feels like the end of a long winter, with more daylight and above zero temperatures in southern Finland indicating that summer is on the way. But statistics show that this transition period, from a long, cold, dark winter to the bright light...