Compass Psychology Finland

07/12/2025

Needing the flexibility of online therapy? Then get in touch! Go to our bio to find out more ⬆️ !

01/12/2025

🗣️In this month’s newsletter, our intern Nic Boendermaker explores Non-Violent Communication, giving us tips on how we can shift from automatic judgments to recognising the universal needs that fuel our behaviour.
✅By learning how to translate judgments ⚖️into needs ♥️we can deepen connection, empathy and compassion with ourselves and others. 👇

Reaching for Connection, Nic Boendermaker, 2025 Most of us are very skilled in the language of judgments. In a split second, we can evaluate a situation and arrive at a conclusion that we see as the truth: “My mother is so selfish.” “I’m so stupid.” “My colleague is so reliable.” This ...

29/11/2025

🧣❄️We are excited to be partnering with Intero Integrationthis December to offer a free workshop about keeping strong and healthy during the Finnish winter months. Welcome along to a free cozy evening where we will provide you with plenty of wellbeing tips to get you through and thrive in the dark season. 🎄🫖🌃❄️🧣🧦Sign-up here ➡️ : https://luma.com/qmr6wcs7

31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃

29/10/2025

❓Your instincts might tell you to silence or ignore "unpleasant" emotions, but what if they're not a problem to be fixed, but a message to be heard?
💡In this month’s newsletter, our intern Barbora Prokešová dives into the evolutionary purpose of emotions like anger, fear, and shame, showing how they are powerful, ancient signals designed to help us survive and thrive. By understanding what emotions are for, we can learn to move from suppressing them to understanding and accepting them and riding their waves.
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We tend to treat emotions, especially the unpleasant ones, like unwanted guests — rushing to silence them, ignore them, or push them out the door before they’ve had a chance to speak. When we feel sadness, anger, envy, or shame, our instinct is to fix them and to make them go away as quickly as