User:Tellervo

Hello fellow human being!

Tellervo is a person who has been infected by the germ of wikienthusiasm. (Tellervo is the name of a pagan Finnish goddess.) I am living in a suburb of Helsinki, Finland, by the name of Espoo. I earn my living by trying to find solutions to other peoples problems through the much debated method of analytical psychotherapy.

In the beginning, at the age of 18, I started my studies at the University of Helsinki studying general history and philosophy, quickly noticing that ancient Rome had a special attraction for me. For some time I studied also Latin, translating the Odes of Horace etc.

After having passed the B.A. examination, I understood, I had to study something that would give me a living and not everything I was interested in. Horace, Cicero and Augustus, however interesting, would not do that. (I also abhorred the thought of becoming a teacher of history or latin and the classics.) So I changed to psychology as my major, and graduated from the university with a M.A. degree in applied psychology, general history, theoretical philosophy and sociology. I also went through 3 years of postgraduate studies in the theory and practice of psychotherapy and many years of personal psychotherapy.

In Wikipedia I hope to write about and work on my other interests besides psychology. No articles on psychotherapy. The practice of that controversial and at times dubious curative method I limit definitely to my professional hours!! So ancient Rome, history of China, Japan and Russia. Indian philosophies like Vedanta and Samkhya, western philosophies/philosophers also. Maybe something about Finland.....

P.S. A subjective note: Not to speak about how much I learn this way! And how happy I feel about taking part in this project!

P.S.II 28.3.07 That was in "my innocent youth" as a Wikipedian; before I realized how vandal-infested Wikipedia is, how accrimonious the debates may become, and how often civility is forgotten.

6.8.08 I am participating in Wikipdia also on the Swedish and Finnish pages. On the Finnish pages my name is Mielikki.

Me at work