Sports Psychologist & Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Hi! I'm Veli-Matti, or Vellu for short, and I'm a psychologist by profession. I'm 31 years old and have 7 years of experience working as a psychologist. In addition to being a sports psychologist, I also work as an occupational health psychologist.
During my childhood and teenage years, I played football and ice hockey, with the former continuing into my early twenties. At that point, I realized that my true talents lie more on the academic side, so I decided to invest fully in that direction. Fortunately, you can pursue goals ambitiously outside of professional sports as well, so sport itself remains a big part of my life and identity.
As a psychologist, my strongest area of expertise is supporting and treating mental health. Depression and anxiety symptoms are the most common topics in my consultations, and they can have a wide variety of underlying causes.
While studying sports psychology and mental coaching, mental skills training has also become part of my toolbox. I use a wide range of tools in my work to help athletes, and my goal is that after each session, the athlete leaves with something concrete from our meeting.
Finnish, English
Video sessions only
€90 / 45min session
I have experience working with athletes from these sports and understand their specific needs.
Football
Icehockey
Individual Sports
Regarding my working style, I have received praise for my active and empathetic approach. At the beginning of our work together, we define the goals and expectations for the session, which I then aim to address with my approach.
During the session, I present different perspectives to examine the situation, and if you wish, I offer practical tools to help.
At the end of the consultation, we review the content of the session, and my goal is that after each meeting, the client leaves with something concrete from our time together. As a person, I am very conscientious, so I genuinely care about my clients' wellbeing and like to follow up on how things are progressing after our sessions as well, to ensure that the client doesn't feel alone with their situation.