Among one of the many challenges for non-natives living in Helsinki, is the fact that Helsinki is the second-northernmost capital city in the world after Reykjavik in Iceland, meaning that Helsinki receives just less than 6 hours of sunlight per day in the middle of...
Next month Compass Psychology and Timothy Hudd of English Therapy Helsinki will offer a new program called “Fitting Into Finland: A group for English-speaking men”. This program is a six-week self-development course aimed at male, English-speaking spouses...
A guide to Third culture life here for English speakers You arrive at the airport and find your beloved Finn waiting for you, then you are whisked off to the countryside to enjoy light filled nights, sauna, swimming in a lake in the forest – the whole package. This...
A couple of weeks ago I presented to the American Women’s Club in Finland as a speaker for one of their monthly morning meetings. The topic was “Finnish and American Cross-Cultural Differences”, and I used my back ground as a psychologist and...
In early April I was visiting Melbourne, Australia, and I had the opportunity to present for the Australian Psychological Society Study Network Group. Since 2014 I have been running workshops for psychologists about Working with Older Adults. This time around I ran...
