PhD, psychotherapist, supervisor (STOry), EMDR-Consultant, adjunct professor of legal and criminal psychology, sex counsellor.

I am the founder and CEO of Mindroot Ltd. I provide psychotherapy, psychological coaching, and supervision for both adults and young individuals.. I am specialized particularly in EMDR-therapy. Many of my customers have had difficult experiences and trauma. Violence, death of a loved one, divorce, safety threats, publicity challenges, difficult interpersonal relationships, narcissism, sports failures, and workplace conflict situations are topics that are addressed at my reception. I collaborate with the police, prosecutors, insurance companies, occupational health service providers, the Journalist Support Fund, NGOs, sports coaches, HUS and several law firms in Helsinki and Turku. I am in the Kela’s rehabilitation service provider registry and conduct outsourced therapy for HUS and YTHS.

I have had a private practice since 2010. Prior to that, I worked as a psychologist in the National Bureau of Investigation for 10 years (during 2002-2008 as a Researcher for the Academy of Finland) and in 2010–2020, in addition to my clinical work, I was the head of a law firm. In addition to my clinical work, I maintain an blog, write books and academic papers. I actively develop new methods related to EMDR therapy, especially for mental coaching in sports and arts, supervision and police criminal investigation. I have written or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles and four books.

I work fluently in Finnish and English.

Contact info: helina.hakkanen@mielenjuuri.fi