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.

This user comes from Finland.

This user is of Danish ancestry.

This user lives in Helsinki.

This user is proud to be a European.

This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles.

This user is interested in Ancient Rome.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome.

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This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign.

This user is a psychotherapist.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user enjoys Classical music.

This user drinks milk.

This user drinks cappuccino.

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