About Me

Who Am I

I am a trained, experienced and accredited counsellor. I am not a psychologist or a psychiatrist. I do not diagnose my clients or prescribe medication. I began my counselling career in 2010, as a volunteer counsellor on a crisis hotline.

Currently, I perform counselling for a full range of emotional and psychological issues. As part of my training, I have performed many hours of supervised counselling. As a professional, I have performed thousands of hours of counselling dealing with a wide range of emotional issues and working with a diverse group of adult men, women and couples.

I opened my own office in Kadriorg in 2018. My counselling space is comfortable, cosy and designed to provide a sense of safety and privacy. I work independently, though I do rely on several experienced counsellors to oversee my work, provide feedback, and assist me in my own counselling needs in order to maintain balance and objectivity.

I have completed extensive counselling with persons struggling with alcohol and have a number of special certifications for counselling in the area of alcohol abuse and Alcohol Use Disorder.

My Education

I began working as a volunteer counsellor in 2010. For the first three years, I acted as a responder for an online crisis hotline. In that time, I interacted with hundreds of people, all over the world, in a supervised environment, dealing with a range of issues including alcohol and drug addiction, self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, etc. During this time I also began working, one on one, with others experiencing problems with alcohol and addiction. After hundreds of hours of volunteer work, I began pursuing a more traditional counselling education. I currently hold a Bachelor’s degree, as well as an advanced diploma in Counselling and Psychology. I hold certificates in Counselling Practice and Psychotherapy. I am also certified separately in addictions counselling. I have received specialized training in opioid abuse and recovery, as well as addictions management. I am an accredited member of the ACCPH.

My Background

I am an American from Los Angeles that came to Estonia as a backpacker in the 1990’s. I have been an entrepreneur all of my life. I have been involved in consulting, film making, marketing, the bar and restaurant sector, historical exhibitions, design, writing, editing and publishing. I speak Estonian, and though my Estonian teacher says I am fluent, many times it doesn’t feel that way. At present I am not counselling in the Estonian language. Counselling involves such subtle cues in language that I don’t yet feel competent enough in Estonian to use it in counselling.

For me, working with someone and watching them grow and heal and find purpose in life, where before it was missing, is an experience like no other. Perhaps, working together, we can find a better way for you to go forward that gives you purpose, balance and a sense of self-validation.

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Ensō-About my logo

Ensō is an ancient and revered symbol from the Zen school of Buddhism. The practice of drawing the Ensō, with a single brush stroke, is both an artistic and meditative practice in Zen Buddhism. The Kanji symbols that form the word Ensō in Japanese translate directly as circle of togetherness. This simple, elegant, beautiful, hand-painted circle is never the same twice, and in every example expresses deep and subtle meaning. Its form embraces the idea of beginning and ending; of perfection in imperfection; of individuality and unity at once. With the circle comes outer form and boundary. The inner void suggests emptiness, as well as infinite potential. The curve reveals movement, and where end meets beginning is the promise inherent in completion. Ensō has long been associated with eternal forms and ideas;

the universe, infinity, strength, simplicity, the moon, elegance, possibility, hope, freedom, the cycle of life, perfection, imperfection, emptiness, all, nothing, enlightenment.

For me, Ensō is a beautiful symbol for a human being;

Each one of us unique;

Imperfect, and yet, somehow, perfect;

incomplete, but ripe with potential;

simple and also complex;

a work of art never really completed,

and yet, truly beautiful,

and, in every case, enough.