Joonas Vehvilainen, BACP

Originally from Finland, Joonas Vehvilainen has lived in Thailand, the United States, and now the United Kingdom, where an early curiosity about how the mind and brain work guided his career path toward psychology. He completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of York in 2014, studying areas such as social psychology, mental health disorders, and addiction. In 2015 he pursued a master’s degree in neuroscience at King’s College London with a focus on the behavioural aspects of addiction and mental health.

Joonas gained practical experience in London between 2016 and 2019, working as a healthcare assistant in a mental health unit and as a recovery worker in supported accommodation for people facing mental health and addiction challenges. In 2019 he began a master’s in addiction psychology and counselling at London South Bank University while working part time as a counsellor for the NHS, Humankind, and WDP from 2019 to 2021. He became a member of BACP in 2021 and went on to start his own practice in 2022, also working as an addiction therapist at Castle Craig Hospital in Scotland.

Drawing on training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, he supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, eating concerns, self-esteem difficulties, ADHD, family and relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related problems, anger, and depression, among other concerns. He provides therapy in English and Finnish and accepts international clients. As a registered BACP member he emphasizes a practical, collaborative approach that combines psychoeducation, coping skills, and emotional support for people ready to seek help.