ReflektioReflektio Agneta Ahlfors
Psychotherapist, family therapist and work supervisor
My work combines long experience, listening and a wish to help people find new perspectives in their lives.
My educational background is in education, psychology and special education. I trained as a solution-focused work supervisor in a two-year programme at the University of Helsinki and graduated as a psychotherapist at special level in a resource-oriented family therapy programme.
I am a member of Suomen Työnohjaajat and an international SFiO member. The professional title psychotherapist is protected by Valvira. The right to use the title is granted only to sufficiently trained and experienced professionals approved by Valvira.
My education
My education includes:
- Matriculation examination, 1988
- Kindergarten teacher, 1990
- Studies in education and special education at Åbo Akademi University, 1991
- Studies in psychology at Åbo Akademi University, 1991
- Studies in multilingualism at the University of Vaasa, 1994
- Family counselling training at the University of Helsinki, 2002
- Group leadership training at Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, 2006
- Solution-focused work supervision training at the University of Helsinki, 2013
- Special-level resource-oriented psychotherapy and family therapy training at the University of Helsinki, 2014
- Crisis work training, Finnish Association for Mental Health, 2007
- Family-centred work training, City of Helsinki, 2001–2002
Further training and congresses
- Family violence and children treated in harmful ways
- Networks supporting child welfare
- Parenting role maps
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Dual diagnosis
- Narrative and solution-focused approaches
- Trauma in children and adolescents
- Dissociation and recognising it
- Behavioural disorders in children and adolescents
- Child ADHD aetiology
- Autistic children and their invisible world
- Intersubjectivity in psychotherapy and consultation
- Courses and training arranged by the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, including child psychiatry and severe trauma
My work experience
- Family therapist
- Work supervisor
- Mental health nurse
- Kindergarten teacher
- Special-needs kindergarten teacher
- Head of a special-needs day-care centre
- Immersion teacher
- Social instructor and crisis worker in child-protection institutions
- Social instructor and family worker in open child welfare
- Social instructor in adult social rehabilitation
- Acting social worker in psychiatric work at the children’s outpatient clinic of Helsinki University Hospital
- Acting social worker in psychiatric work at the adolescent outpatient clinic of Helsinki University Hospital
Good to know
My work is based on confidentiality, collaboration, attentive listening and respect for each person's own situation.
Everyone is warmly welcome.
You are welcome exactly as you are. Everyone is welcome here, including trans people, LGBTQ+ people and neurodivergent people.