Curriculum Vitae 15.2.2011

Name                                         
Heidi Valasti-Lindgren

Date of birth                                                                    
27.7.1965

CV CATEGORIES

Education

Work Experience

Lectures and Presenations

Written Articles and Essays

Performances in Television and Radio

Interviews in Magazines

Other Professional Activities

Misc.


EDUCATION

Gestalt Institute of Scandinavia
2003 –   2007
Gestalt therapist

Metodi Team Oy
2002 –   2004
sexual- and couple therapist
(psychodynamic, traumatherapeutic, gestalt)

Jyväskylä polytechnic             
1998 – 2001
sexologist / sexual therapist
(classical, cognitive)

Helsinki Polytechnic
1999
counselor for urological disorders

VMT-koulutus Oy 
1997 – 1998
NLP-Practitioner  

Metodi Team Oy
1996 – 1997
sexual counselor    

Helsinki Nursery School
1992 – 1995
occupational therapist

Espoo Hotel- and restaurant school
1988 - 1989
waitress


WORK EXPERIENCE
Iltalehti 2005 –
sexologist

Sexpo Säätiö 2002 – 2007
sexual counselor, trainer

Private practice 1999 –

Helsinki Polytechnic 1997 – 2005
trainer, supervisor

Invalidiliitto Käpylä Rehabilitation Center 1995 - 1999
occupational therapist, sexual counselor


LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Helsinki Polytechnic
Education for occupational therapists
Sexuality
1997 – 2001, 2004 –

The Finnish MS Society  
Couple relationship
2004

Finnish Society of Gastroenterology        
The 35 th Nordic Meeting of Gastroenterology
Stoma patient and Sexuality
12. 6. 2003

Finnish Association of Heart Children
Couple relationship
2002 – 2003

Association for Muscular diseases
Sexuality and the young handicap people
2002 – 2005

Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology    
The 25 th Conference of   NACS Analysis of Sexual Function – Enables
rehabilitative sexual therapy
31. 8. 2002

Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities                  
Couple relationship
Sexuality and the young handicap people
1999 – 2005

Association for Brain Injury
Couple relationship
Sexuality and the young handicap people
1997 –


WRITTEN ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

Voi Hyvin – magazine
The Journey to own Sexuality
4 / 2006

SinCity
Sex Aids
10.5. 2006

Association for Stroke and Dysphasia
Stroke and Sexuality - booklet
10. 12. 2004

Safe sex - brochure
1 / 2004

Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities
IT-magazine 12 / 2003
Everybody can flirt

Association of Brain Injury
AVL-Yhteys-magazine 3 / 2001
Sexual Therapy is needed amoung people with Brain Injury

Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities
IT-magazine 11 / 2000
Sexual Therapy in Department of Brain Injury

Finnish Association for Occupational Therapist
Toimintaterapeutti-magazine 3 / 2000
Imagination and NLP

Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities
IT-magazine 5 / 1999
Handicap and Sexuality

Finnish Association for Occupational Therapist
Toimintaterapeutti-magazine  
4 / 1998
The Changes of Sexual function amoung people with Stroke

Finnish Association for Occupational Therapist
Toimintaterapeutti-magasine  
2 / 1998
Group of Photographs for Young people with Brain Injury

Association of Brain Injury
Brain Injury, 1998, book
Chapter of   Occupational Therapy
Chapter of Sexual Counseling


PERFORMANCES in TELEVISION and RADIO
MTV-3 / Helmi
Back Together
8.1.2009

MTV-3 / Helmi
Difference of the Length
6.11.2008

MTV-3 / Helmi
Relationship without Sex
17.12.2008

YLE 1 / Voimala
Unlucky 44 years old?
12.3.2008

Sävel Radio

Summer Romance
20.7.2006

Big Brother
Bisexuality
3.9.2006

MTV3- Viihdeuutiset

Sexuality in BB-programme

Radio YLE, Aamu-Q
Unfaithfullness
18.11.2005

TV-1, Voimala
The Young people feel bad, who pays the costs?
30.8. 2005

Radio Nova
Woman's body
12.1.2005

FST – Neon
Couple Therapy
9. 5. 2005

Jyväskylä Radio
Affairs
26. 11. 2004

TV-1, Aamutelevisio
Affairs
24. 11. 2004

TV-1, Jos – Mirja Pyykkö
Couple Relationship
24. 4. 2004

TV-2, Solar Plexus
Sexual Growth
26. 1. 2004

TV-1, Aamutelevisio
Sex Addictions
15. 1. 2004

TV-2, Harakanpesä
Over-Sexed culture
17. 10. 2003

Radio Nova, Helmi
Sex Guides
6 / 2003

TV-4, Sexodus
Oral Sex
1997

INTERVIEWS in MAGAZINES

Iltalehti
I dont't like my Daughter in Law
16.8.2010

Iltasanomat
Making Lovee
13.8.2010

Iltalehti
Stop fighting for the money
20.6.2010

Iltalehti
We are dating
26.2.2010

Divaani
Is your Partner disturbing your Sleeping?
2/2010

Iltalehti
Divorce
9.1.2010

Meidän Perhe
Where is Sex?
11/2009

Ilona
Dear, look at the Door...
44/2009

Anna
Hooked to impossible Man
39/2009

Iltasanomat
Summer Vacations ja Divorces
17.8.2009

Turun Sanomat
Country Side Dance Culture and Sexual Minorities
16.8.2009

Ilona
Sex Fantasies
30/2009

Iltalehti
Hot Summer
11.7.2009

Olivia
Speak!
3/2009

Olivia
Stop falling in Love to Bad Men
3/2009

Olivia
Make decicions
1/2009

Valitut Palat
Living Full Life
1/2008

Iltasanomat
Yelousy
2.2. 2008

City-lehti
My Dear Diary
15.2.2008

Kotilääkäri
Keep Your relationship in Plus
2/2008

Iltalehti
Some fruits, my dear
13.5.2008

Cosmopolitan
Why Man is not giving Sex?
4/2008

Ilona
Are you speaking the Truth?
27.5.2008

Iltalehti
Help, there is a Football between Us
10.6.2008

Voimatorilla
How to avoid Holiday Stress
2/2008

Voi Hyvin
Seeing a Good Relationship from the Mirror
6/2008

Iltalehti
Dogging
15.7.2008

Iltalehti

More Time Together
27.7.2008

Iltalehti
May I cheat, if I do not Sex at home?
6.9.2008

Meidän Perhe
An Adult as a Teen age
9/2008

Kauneus ja Terveys
Back to You
13/2008

Iltalehti
Do you dare to enjoy Sex?
9.11.2008

Kirkko ja Kaupunki
Book Presentation
44/2008

Ilona
Personal Interview
25.10.2008

Karjalainen
Hups, I am having some Gas!
18.12.2008

Aamulehti
What is common with men and old bras?
32/2007

City-lehti
Love is blind?
Heinäkuu/2007

Kotilääkäri
19 myths about couple relationship
7/2007

Voi Hyvin
Me, Jealous?
4/2007

Ilona
At last a hobby together
25/2007

City-lehti
You see ugliness by yourself
13.7.2007

Iltasanomat
Internet can destroy relationship
25.5.2007

Jade
Light Desire again!
4/2007

City-lehti
Bibles of Love
8/2007

Me Naiset
That strange woman
11/2007

Me Naiset
A man, whom I couldn’t let go
2/2007

Kauneus ja Terveys
Neverending lust, A Goal?
12/06

Kodin Kuvalehti
You can recognize the Right one. True or False?
22/06

Kotivinkki
Internet Dates
16/06

Jade
Find your attractivity
1/06

Sin City Magazine
Questions
1/2006

Henkimaailma
Love making with awareness is not a performance
5/2006

Trendi
Today is good Day to leave
Heinäkuu / 2006

Iltalehti
Free like Summer Widow
17.6.2006

Dreams
The Touch
Kesäkuu / 2006

Demi
Who is the Third one?
6 / 2006

Trendi
The Thousand times left Woman
Kesäkuu / 2006

Vartti
Young Couple during Christmas time
22.12. 2005

Iltalehti
A lovely Finnish Woman
4.11. 2005

City-lehti
Enviness
20 / 2005

City-lehti
Who pays the bills?
18 / 2005

Iltalehti
My partner is getting fat
30.8. 2005

City-lehti
frienship forever?
16 / 2005

Arjen Psykologiaa
The Mystery named ”Orgasm”
3 / 2005

City-lehti
When two becomes three
15.7. 2005

Me Naiset
I mean ”NO”
29 / 2005

Apu
Sex Addiction
25-26 / 2005

Iltalehti
Summer Widow
5.7.2005

Iltasanomat
Big O(rgasm)
28.6.2005

Iltalehti
Summer Sex
23.6.2005

Kotivinkki
When friends are separeting
6 / 2005

Meidän Perhe
Fathers and their fanatic hobbies
5 / 2005

Arjen Psykologiaa
Sex, emotions and thoughts
2 / 2005

Iltalehti
The secret affairs
30.4. 2005

Me Naiset
Help, I fell in love with an other man
17 / 2005

Trendi
Love under the heals
May / 2005

City-lehti
Relations – Grazy Magnets
15.4. 2005

Me Naiset
Twisted feelings, freezed bed
12 / 2005

Iltasanomat
Sex and Ex – do they fit together?
26.2. 2005

Iltasanomat
Why does sex hurt?
22.2. 2005

Iltalehti
Sex
12.2. 2005

City-lehti
Relations – He is not good for You!
2 / 2005

Iltalehti
Men, who buy sex
27. 11. 2004

Iltalehti
Women's unfaithfulness
27. 11. 2004

Arjen Psykologia
My moment of happiness
1 / 2004

Me Naiset
More pleasure of sex
47 / 2004

Kotilääkäri
Let's be close to each other
11 – 12   / 2004

Iltasanomat
Social network and the couple relationship
5. 11. 2004

Iltalehti
Lack of sexual desire
21. 9. 2004

Iltalehti
Expert comment
17. 9. 2004

Iltalehti
Tyrant wifes
21.
8. 2004

Iltalehti
Summer widows
20. 7. 2004

Me Naiset
How to take care of couple relationship
27 – 28 / 2004

Exit
Sex Games
3 / 2004

Cosmopolitan
At work – sexual therapist
7 / 2004

Kotilääkäri – Ekstra
Sex is full of sensitive feelings
16. 6. 2004

Image
Woman, as a user of pornography
5-6 / 2004

Hämeen Sanomat
Breast feeding and sexuality
6. 4. 2004

Vauva-lehti
Woman and sexuality
11 / 2003

Iltasanomat
Rejected woman
18. 10. 2003

City-lehti
Sexiness
20 / 2003

Helsingin Sanomat
Sexuality and couple relationship
13. 10. 2003

City-lehti
Being unfaithfull
15 / 2003

Trendi
Anal sex
5 / 2003

Iltalehti
Sex quides
4.
6. 2003

Iltasanomat
Holiday romance
28. 5. 2003

Iltasanomat
One night stand
30. 4. 2003

Iltasanomat
Romance at work place
12. 4. 2003

Iltasanomat
Suprises in sex life
8. 3. 2003

Iltasanomat
Women's performance pressure in sex
1. 2. 2003

Iltasanomat
Triangle drama
31. 1. 2003

Vantaan Sanomat
Sexual disorders are feeded by performance pressures
8. 1. 2003

Iltasanomat
Lack of sexual desire
9. 11. 2002

Iltasanomat
Communication in the couple relationship
19. 10. 2002


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Finnish Association of Couple Therapy
member of the administration

14.11.2005-

Kataja ry.
member
9.6. 2005 -

Finnish Association for Gestalt therapy
member
2004 –

Finnish Association of Couple Therapy
member
2004 –

International Academy of Sex Reasearch  
in conference
16. – 19. 6. 2004

Finnish Association for Sexology
member of the administration
1. 4. 2002 – 6. 4. 2004

Finnish Association for Sexology     president of the department of sexual therapy
1. 6. 2002 – 6. 4. 2004

Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology    
in conference
22. – 24. 9. 2000

Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology    
in pre-conference
21. 9. 2000

Finnish Association for Sexology member
1999 –


MISC.

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Rehabilitation services / psychotherapist
1.10.2007

National Authority for Medicolegal Affairs

psychotherapist
13.7.2007

Clinical sexologist (NACS)
Authorisation
9.9.2006

Sexual therapist (NACS)
Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology    
Authorisation
15.9.2002