Welcome to my page. I am Leopold Maria Tomaschek. With my clients I work in an integrative way, and understand myself as a steward of a safe space in which the intimate process of transformation can unfold as it is natural to you.
To grow, we need to be safely contained, to dissolve what no longer works, to safely re-arrange how we relate to ourselves and the world, and to find ourselves again.
I am in this contained space together with my clients, equally involved until lasting inner change emerges for you. Often, feeling better is not so much about fixing a problem, but more about growing bigger than it. Easier said than done! To do so, we may work and journey together.
Like many therapists, I come with my own story of having worked through suffering. My life was marked by many twists and turns before stepping into this calling.
I have been an entrepreneur for almost a decade, a pre-school teacher, a designer and researcher, then came difficult transformation and everything changed. I went through a period of loss and change, and focused on fine art and my own therapy. Finally, I found my way to therapeutic work. I still paint and write too, and am engaged in promoting mental wellbeing in society.
I believe that it is the combination of such experience, safe authenticity, warm compassion, and real understanding, that helps. It can be good to understand that who you meet knows from personal experience what suffering can be like, and that it is possible to find a different way of being.
My hope is that one day you want to say to me: “Leo, I don’t need your support anymore.”
Experience
Somatic Trauma Therapy
2025 – (ongoing training)
Jungian Therapy & Analytic practice
2024 – (ongoing training; lectures: ISAP and CG Jung Institute Zurich)
Leading Fundraising Operations for Lapinlahti-säätiö sr,
Promoting Mental Health, Inclusive Arts and Cultural Heritage
2025 – (ongoing)
Expressive Art Therapy (multimodal) and Inner-Parts Work
2023-2025
(BA) Aalto University – Research in intersection of art, psychology and design. Thesis: Applying Intuition in Co-creating Groups ; Minor in Depth-Psychology and Art.
2021-2025
Independent Artist
latest solo exhibition: ‘Tender Madness’ Dec. 2024
Pre-school and Kindergarden teacher with Keravan Saksalainen Päiväkoti Oy – 2021
Moved from Germany to Finland in 2019
In my past, I owned and led a construction and architecture firm specializing in alternative sustainable housing solutions and services. I consulted municipalities, organizations and individuals.
2015
Professional Memberships
Mieli Helsingin mielenterveys ry
Suomen trauma- ja dissosiaatioyhdistys (Disso ry)
ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science)
I continuously advance my training, and expand my knowledge also into cognitive-behavioral science and the body. My aim is to acquire and upkeep well rounded knowledge and experience of myself and of new developments concerning human wellbeing.
To avoid biases as best as possible, and to provide good care, I continue to receive regular supervision in which confidentiality remains intact.
It is important to me to maintain a high level of professional ethical competence. This includes that I may refer clients that do not experience adequate progress with me to other professionals.
Like flowers that bloom in unexpected places, every story unfolds with beauty and resilience, revealing hidden wonders.