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Have you ever experienced the fear of vomiting while eating in public?Have you ever avoided eating in public because of this fear? If you are one of these people, you are not alone. According to emetophobia.net, “emetophobia, or the fear of vomiting, affects between 0.1% and 0.2% of the population, which adds up to about 12 million people worldwide.

I was thrilled to be invited to talk about Morita Therapy at PPF ry’s Professional Development day in Helsinki on May 4, 2024. Morita Therapy is a long-established psychotherapy with profound insights into how to view and deal with anxiety. More than 20 international psychologists/psychotherapists gathered and discussed a variety of topics ranging from current psychological issues and how to deal with them.

A big day came on October 17, 2023, in Hotel Arthur in Helsinki where Psychologiliitto’s Culturally and Liguistically Diverse Work Group held their first seminar on the issues of culturally & linguistically diverse psychologists in Finland. I gave a presentation on the issue of registration of foreign educated psychological professionals as part of the program!

Psykologiliitto is the Finnish Association of Psychologists and its Multicultural Working Group is hosting its first seminar on the Cultural and Linguistical Diversity of Psychologists in Finland on October 27, 2023.