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I trained as a counsellor at Thames Valley University in London and started my counselling career in 2007 at Waltham Forest Mind - the agency offering short-term counselling to clients from very diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
In 2008 I started working for Ealing Abbey Counselling Service in West London, and at the same time
I also started seeing clients privately.
I moved to London six years ago, originally I come from Estonia, a small and beautiful Nordic country right next to Finland.
Before becoming a counsellor
I worked in many different professions in Estonia, Russia, UK and Scandinavia, and studied
clinical psychology at the University of Tartu, Estonia. My other long-term interest beside psychology and psychotherapy
has been Oriental philosophy and practices - I have lived for a short while in a Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and have
also participated in Zen-Buddhist retreats on Inishmore, a small island off the west coast of Ireland. I am fluent in both
English and Estonian - in the past I have translated books and poetry from English into Estonian, and I can also speak
Finnish and Russian. My other hobbies and interests include photography, and a wonderful moving meditation practice
called 5 Rhythms dance.
I am currently a member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and Society
for Existential Analysis, and since summer 2009 I am also serving as SEA monthly discussion group organiser
and a member of the SEA Committee. More information about forthcoming SEA existential discussion groups
(which are open to everyone) can be found in the 'news' section of my website.
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News
Society for Existential
Analysis discussion groups
"Martin Heidegger: Authenticity -
discovering the world in my
own way"
How do I know when I'm
authentic and when I'm not?
Is being authentic 'better'
than being inauthentic?
12 March 2010, 7-9pm.
Venue: New School of
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Open to everyone!
More info »
BookshelfBooks from the bookshelf
are now in the 'Books,
articles, audio' section
of my website - all
nicely together.
And you will find some
useful mindfulness
exercises there as well!
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