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Frequently Asked Questions about Psychotherapy

What does psychotherapy in training mean?

I am a professional training to become a psychotherapist, and I provide psychotherapy under the supervision of an experienced, trainer-level psychotherapist/clinical supervisor. This means that I receive strong and regular support for my work, enabling me to offer my clients high-quality and safe care. For you, this is reflected in a careful and thorough engagement with your situation, as well as the opportunity to receive therapy at a slightly lower cost. As a trainee, I am bound by the same professional and ethical responsibilities as fully qualified psychotherapists.

Psychotherapy provided during training is suitable for a wide range of life situations and concerns. You may seek therapy if you are experiencing, for example, anxiety, depressive symptoms, burnout, relationship difficulties, or if you are going through a major life change that feels hard to make sense of on your own. No diagnosis or referral is required for training psychotherapy. Instead, we can explore together what currently needs attention in your situation and in your life. You do not always need to know exactly what the problem is—we can reflect on and clarify that together. What matters most is motivation and a willingness to better understand yourself, a wish to be seen and heard, and a desire to create more space to breathe in your mind and everyday life.

Most commonly, sessions take place once a week. Sufficient intensity and regularity support the development of a trusting therapeutic relationship and help to ease symptoms as well as to support processes of understanding and change. A single session usually lasts 45 minutes, unless we agree otherwise on specific occasions. If your life situation requires flexibility in the frequency or length of sessions, we can consider together what therapeutic framework suits you best. The overall length of the therapy process depends on your situation and goals. Sometimes a shorter period is fully sufficient to clarify a situation, while at other times a longer process supports deeper change within yourself and your life.

Yes. Research shows that video-based therapy can, in many cases, be just as effective as face-to-face therapy. What matters most is that it feels like a good and workable way of engaging in therapy for you. The suitability of online therapy is always assessed individually, and we discuss this together during an initial meeting. I offer online sessions via the University of Helsinki’s secure Zoom connection. Online therapy can be a very good option, for example, alongside a busy daily life, long travel distances, or due to health-related reasons. If you live in Denmark, we can also flexibly combine in-person sessions and online meetings in a way that best supports your needs.

You are welcome to get in touch by email or via the contact form. After this, we can arrange an initial meeting where we take some time to get to know each other and to explore your situation and your hopes regarding a possible therapy process. The initial meeting gives you the opportunity to reflect calmly on whether working together feels supportive and safe for you. If we then decide to continue our work together, we can agree on future sessions and begin our shared therapeutic journey.