Rita Ratsepp graduated from the Conservatory’s Drama Department as an actress and has been working in that profession since 1984.
She began her psychology studies in 2001 at the Private School of Professional Psychology, graduating in 2008. She also completed a master’s programme in counselling psychology at Audentes University. In 2008, a Master of Social Sciences degree in Psychology was awarded by Akadeemia Nord.
She has practised at Tallinn Children’s Hospital, Kesklinn Children’s Polyclinic and the North Estonia Regional Hospital Psychiatric Clinic’s children’s ward, and worked as a school psychologist at Rocca al Mare School from 2007 to 2016.
Continuing education (selection)
2004 Estonian Association of School Psychologists — Self-analysis through fairy tales
2005 Estonian Psychiatric Association — Autism
2006 NGO Child and Youth Crisis Programme — Self-help strategies in crisis and trauma
2007 Estonian C. G. Jung Analytical Psychology Society — Archetypes, symbols and symbol formation; Sandplay training programme 1 and 2
2009 Moscow Institute of Positive Technology and Consulting — Play therapy techniques in the work of a psychologist and teacher
2010 Family Constellations Course; IMMA Meta-Medicine Modules A and B; Overweight and Metabolic Syndrome Seminar; School activities in an emergency
2011 Tron Enger — EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques Level 1
2012 Estonian Clinical Psychologists’ Association — Asperger’s syndrome: what changes and what remains
2013 Creative methods in counselling children and young people; Autism and ADHD — overview, key characteristics
2014 Teamwork at school for students with special educational needs
2015 Composing and supervising research work; The internet and children
