I am a psychologist and have worked as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä since 2025. I earned my PhD from the University of Jyväskylä in 2016. Following that, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher and Senior Clinical Lecturer at Karlstad University in Sweden. My role there involved teaching cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), while also working in primary healthcare as a clinical psychologist. As part of my position, I also provided education for healthcare professionals.
I was a co-founder of the Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) Lab at Karlstad University and am currently a member of the CBS research group at the University of Jyväskylä.
My research interests lie in the areas of Contextual Behavioral Science, Relational Frame Theory, Process-Based Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I am particularly interested in understanding mechanisms of change and therapeutic processes related to evidence-based practices. Recently, my research has focused on perspective-taking and self-relating processes (e.g., negative self-perceptions, self-compassion), with a specific interest in how self-relating is connected to wellbeing and how it can be influenced by perspective-taking interventions.
In my current research project, we are investigating the use of virtual reality (VR) in psychological interventions, with a particular focus on perspective-taking. The project, originally launched at Karlstad University in 2020, aims to develop and evaluate a VR-based intervention in which participants interact with a 3D-recorded version of themselves. During the intervention, participants respond to self-related questions designed to influence self-perception and promote a more flexible and compassionate relationship with the self. The VR intervention has so far been studied in healthy adults, individuals with depressive symptoms, and people with eating disorders.
