❈ Crossroads ❈
Support for life's crossroads through confidential therapeutic conversations.
Counselling for Life's Crossroads
We all have different seasons in life. Things around us or within ourselves go through a change – or they are in need of a change. We sometimes call these seasons "Crossroads of Life". During these times it is easier to figure out what is going on and where to go next when we have somebody to process it with.
Counselling for Life's Crossroads gives you a safe space to have therapeutic conversation with a trained professional. Through a confidential dialogue with your counsellor, you will get new perspectives on your situation. You become more aware of your own resources. Different options emerge that will help you to make new choices in life. You can embrace a life that looks like your own.
A life that looks like your own.
Frame of Reference
Counselling for Life's Crossroads is based on Transactional Analysis (TA) counselling. Through TA we are able to comprehend the structures and functions of the human mind. We become aware of our beliefs about ourselves and in life in general. We can analyze our communications and different transactions that we are involved with. Alongside TA, Counselling for Life's Crossroads uses Solution Focused thinking.
How to start your journey
You can start your journey from where you are at right now. Previous experiences of counselling are not required.
Counselling for Life's Crossroads is individual
on-line counselling, available also to clients living outside of Finland. A phone, a laptop or
other device with secure and reliable internet connection is needed. We use
Teams or Zoom. Cameras on. :)
Before our first session we make a contract about our work together. What might be the key issue or issues you would like to work on and over what period of time. We book the first sessions in our calendars.
Each counselling session is 45 minutes long and the sessions run every week or biweekly. The cost for one session is 75€ (including VAT 25,5%).
Your Counsellor
My name Marjukka Rintamäki. I live in Helsinki, Finland. I've worked as a Supervisor (STOry) since 2018. I've also worked as a Career Coach and have Masters in Music Education. I've completed 2-year TA Counselling studies in Oxford, UK, in the spring of 2024. You can check out www.marjukkarintamaki.fi to find out more about supervision (unfortunately only in Finnish).
Currently I'm studying Transactional Analysis (towards CTA-Counselling) here in Finland and internationally.
As a Counsellor, I'm committed to the ethical principles of relational work. I respect life and its uniqueness. I respect and support the Client's right for self-determination. I believe in their ability to make choices related to their own life. I'm committed to the co-operational relationship, to its psychological safety and confidentiality. I develop my skills as a Counsellor in various trainings that enhance my professional growth. I undertake constant supervision to be aware of any transferences that may arise during counselling.
What is Counselling?
The Cambridge Dictionary describes counselling as "the activity of a trained person listening to someone who has a problem and giving them advice on how to deal with it".
One of the four fields of specialization in Transactional Analysis is counselling. Instead of giving direct advice to clients or client groups, the contractual works focuses on developing awareness, finding options, and enhancing skills for problem management and personal development in daily life.
In counselling we look at your life – what's it all about. Through conversation and different guided exercises, you will become more aware of your strengths, resources and how you function. The aim of the work is to increase your own internal autonomy in those social, professional, and cultural environments that you inhabit.
