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...
Introducing Celina Maunu

Introducing Celina Maunu

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Hi everyone, I’m Celina, a Clinical Psychology Master’s student at Leiden University. At the moment I’m completing my internship at Compass Psychology.  Previously, I have studied a Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Masters, through which I gained insight...
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...
Introducing Christina Kapanen

Introducing Christina Kapanen

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Hello everyone, I’m Christina, a Clinical Psychology Master’s student at Leiden University, currently completing my internship at Compass Psychology here in Helsinki. My academic path has been focused on understanding psychopathology and therapeutic processes, with...
EMDR Therapy now available at Compass Psychology

EMDR Therapy now available at Compass Psychology

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Recently one of our psychologists, Annabel Battersby, gained certification as an EMDR therapist from Traumaterapiakeskus. In this article she explains what EMDR therapy can offer.  EMDR is a type of therapy which taps into memory processes to alleviate distress and...