We are two experts in the field of psychology with a professional background in music. What we truly believe is the great importance of the well-being of professional musicians and artists and their communities. We want to develop an even better working life for people in the arts and other professions.
We offer individuals and organisations information, support and help in various issues and challenges that are related to work and the working community.
We carry out customized training based on your needs. For organisations and working communities, we offer work supervision, coaching, workplace conflict mediation, developmental support and psychologist's services for well-being at work.
We are committed to following the ethical principles of the Finnish Psychological Association, STOry and ICF. Together with many experts in the field of musical medicine, we have been involved in the foundation of the Finnish Musical Medicine Association’s psychosocial well-being department.
She is a a psychologist (PsM), violinist (M.Mus.) and an orchestral musician (HKO).
My long and diverse experience in the profession of performing arts combined with my expertise in psychology creates a foundation for my work in improving the well-being of artists and artists’ communities. I want to produce and offer researched information to add to the understanding of the psychic and psychosocial stress- and resource-factors pertaining to a musician’s work. The core of my professional interest is also the significance of developmental traumas in current psychosocial processes.
Along with lectures and training I also hope, in the future, to offer one-on-one psychological discourse and a psychologist’s assessments and referrals for treatment. My aim in my work is to analyse and describe a client’s situation and to plan the necessary implementation for individual care. Owing to my professional background I have the capabilities to understand the psychic challenges of professional artists in particular.”
Contact: helmi.kuusi@virite.fi
She is a social psychologist (M.Soc.Sc.), work supervisor (STOry), a workplace conflict mediator, a doctoral researcher (UniArts Helsinki), a mindfulness-coach (CFM) and a musician (M.Mus.).
I combine 30 years of experience in organisations and teams with research knowledge from various fields of psychology and an approach that considers the person as a whole. This provides a foundation for developing working-life skills and organisational culture at both the individual and community level.
I am particularly interested in questions relating to workplace atmosphere, interaction and leadership. My calling is the comprehensive development of working life and the improvement of its quality.
Alongside analytical thinking and precision, I count among my strengths the depth with which I engage in the questions that matter to my clients. My approach is largely grounded in the view that everyone is the foremost expert on their own experience and reality.
I work with individual clients, working communities and teams as a professional supervisor and workplace mediator, as well as a coach and lecturer. I draw on mindfulness-based knowledge and tools as the situation requires. They can support the work whenever it is appropriate — either as part of a broader process or as a whole of their own. When needed, I can also draw on various supporting tools, such as the WorkPlace Big Five profiles, WorkPlace Nordic 360 and the Emergy Emotional Climate Audit.
Contact: paivi.rissanen@virite.fi, +358 40 7021516