1. Long term:
♡ Your request concerns a problem that has been going on for several years or affects several areas of life at once.
♡ You want to change many things in your way of thinking, lifestyle or relationships.
♡ This is a classic option, it involves meetings once a week.
⌛ Average duration: 6-12 months.
The price with which you started consultations long-term is assigned to you for 3 months without an increase.

2. Short term:
○ Your problem is practical and specific and does not affect you deeply.
For example:
- preparation for an interview, exam, procrastination
- you have to make an important decision in life
- relationship problems, breakup
- you need to instill a new habit or remove the old one, etc.
○ Generally a person comes to this form of work after the completion of long-term therapy, when in general their life is already established.

⌛ Average duration: 1-10 meetings.

3. Case analysis:
○ You want to get a rough estimate of your case, condition, request and understand how to move on, who to contact.
or
○ You want to receive recommendations for techniques, exercises, literature for self-study.

Step 1. Registration and questionnaire
1) Read the terms of my work
2) If you agree with the terms, sign up for a consultation below.
3) Download, fill out the client questionnaire here and send it to me by email psychologist.victoria@gmail.com

Step 2. Assessment
Based on the questionnaire and the conversation, we will analyze your condition:
1) If there is a suspicion of a problem in physical health, I will recommend taking tests from a general practitioner.
2) If a clinical disorder (such as depression) is suspected, I will recommend seeing a psychiatrist for diagnosis.
3) We will analyze your current situation and its causes.

Step 3. Goal setting
1) We will discuss your request for therapy and analyze it.
2) We will formulate a goal for our work.

Step 4. Choosing a method
Depending on the case, we will choose the main method of further work.
1) For clinical cases, I usually work in CBT.
2) For the rest, I mostly use SFBT (Solution Focused Brief Therapy) and coaching.
3) Your individuality is also important for the choice of method. Feel free to share your feedback or preferences!

Step 5. Achieving the goal and objectives of therapy
1) During meetings, we discuss changes and progress in your life, homework, doing helping practices and exercises, etc.
I am an expert in asking questions, but you are an expert in your life. So let's work as a team!
2) Between meetings, you can test our hypotheses, try new solutions, and do your homework. Or just relax while your psyche is in the process of changing.

Step 6. Finishing work or new goal
For the last 1-2 sessions, we hold a farewell meeting, sum up the results, recall what has been achieved.
When we have reached the goal, we can either finish the job or set a new goal.

1. Do not skip reading conditions!

• My work conditions specified here apply to all of my clients, to anyone booking an appointment with me.
• If you have not read my terms and conditions, they still apply to our work together.
• Any disagreements about refunds or other issues are solved with me directly on the basis of these rules.

2. Reminders, time change and time zones

• I do not send reminders before our appointment. It is your responsibility to set a reminder for yourself to be on time.
• Different countries have different rules of winter/summer time change and different time zones. It is your responsibility to double check time differences, I do not inform each client separately of our time differences or time change.
• In case of uncertainty about appointment time, my country's time take precedence (Finland).
• If you are not certain about our appointment time, please contact me directly to double check.
• If you missed a session because you were confused about time change or time zone differences, you pay 50% of the session cost. If I miss a session because of time change or time difference confusion on my part, the next session is 50% cheaper for you.

3. Cancellations and Missed Appointments

• Both you and I can cancel a session up to 4 hours before it.
• If you cancel later, you pay 50% of the cost. If I cancel later, the next appointment is 50% off for you.
• If you miss an appointment without notifying me of the cancellation, you pay 100%. If I miss an appointment without notifying you of the cancellation, the next appointment is free for you.
• These rules apply in all everyday life circumstances, even in case of illness. The only exception are sudden tragic events (for example, sudden hospitalisation, life threatening emergency etc).

4. Being late to sessions

• Both you and I can be late by no more than 10 minutes. If I or you are more than 10 minutes late, the appointment is considered missed. I will not be waiting for you to appear.
• If you are late for an appointment, the appointment is not extended. If I am late for an appointment, the missed time is added to this appointment or to the next one.
• If you have difficulty being on time - please let me know about it in advance, then I will wait longer than 10 minutes. In other cases, I will leave the meeting after 10 minutes.

5. Payment

• For new and irregular clients prepayment is required.
• To confirm your appointment booking, you need to send a screenshot or payment receipt to me.
• Any commission is paid by the client.
• If you attend regular therapy with me, then each session must be paid for within a week after the meeting.

6. Therapy cost

• The cost of the therapy you start with is assigned to you for 6 months. After that, I can revise the cost of the session, which I inform at least 2 months in advance so that we can discuss the new conditions.

7. My contacts

• You can write to me about cancellation of the meeting, rescheduling, payment and any organizational issues.
• I usually respond within 2 days, sometimes within a week.

Email - psychologist.victoria@gmail.com
Telegram - @VictoriaKesseli
WhatsApp - +358415722741

• Free for publication online

I am always happy to have volunteers to record sessions in English. You get free sessions, and I get the content. The best sessions will be posted online. Email me at psychologist.victoria@gmail.com for details.

• Concessionary cost - 20 euros

Concessionary prices make therapy more accessible to vulnerable groups. If you are in difficult life circumstances and are not able to pay full price, please send me a request for lower price to psychologist.victoria@gmail.com before booking an appointment.

• Usual price - 40 euros