About Us
About us
Tellus is the Latin name for the earth and represents that we are a global company in all its aspects. It symbolizes unity, integrity, wholeness and balance. We are here to help – Anyone, anywhere and with all that you need. No mission is too big or too small for us.
We understand that each person is a unique being with their own story and with individual characteristics and conditions. But we also know that we as humans have more in common than what separates us.
Ricky Carlson
Head Counselor
Growing up I always felt different and rootless, like I didn’t belong anywhere.
So when I had my first drink at the age of 12, I felt like I had found home, I had found the solution to the void I carried inside me and I felt whole.
My drinking and using escalated quickly, and I entered rehab when I was 19 years old with the help of my family. But I was young and wasn’t ready to give up my lifestyle and friends at that point, so I went back to the old lifestyle as soon as I left rehab.
2 years later I was arrested, and informed it was likely I would be sentenced to prison but instead, the court sentenced me to 12 months of drug rehabilitation. With this, my recovery journey really started and I have been clean and sober ever since.
Returning to school, I studied for 5,5 years and became a Social Worker. With these studies, I had found a purpose and I wanted to help others find a life free from addiction.
During my career I have worked in all forms of institutions and in almost every position, from locked institutions, to detox and outpatient programs, a treatment assistant to managing several rehabs in Sweden. Also working with children, teenagers and adults, ranging from the rough suburbs of Stockholm to Private Clinics and Rehabs in both Stockholm and Marbella.
Continually educating myself to become better at understanding and helping every individuals I meet along the way.
The same ambition and determination which motivated me in the beginning of my journey, along with my gratitude for getting a chance to a new life and the desire to help others find the same, still drives me today.
My recovery journey has been one of gratitude and hope, but it has also been a life on life’s own terms. I have experienced loss and grief, struggle and pain, just like everyone else, but I have learned to deal with it without the use of alcohol and drugs.
No longer do I feel different and rootless, hopeless or like I don’t belong.
Today I have hope and a feeling of purpose.
I just didn’t know that the home I was looking for was inside myself all along.
Education
- BA Social Work, Stockholm University
- Discovery, counselling and treatment of gambling addiction, Center for Psychiatric Research Stockholm
- Supervisor training “Program for Grief Recovery”, Institute for Grief Recovery Stockholm
- Coaching leadership training
- ASI-Addiction Severity Index
- MAPS- Monitoring Area and Phase System
- MI-Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychiatric disorders
- Introductory training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Schema Therapy, Institute of Cognitive Psychotherapy Stockholm
- Connect – attachment-based treatment method
Our Philosophy
Addiction is a biopsychosocial disorder affecting the individual physically, psychologically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Tellus Recovery works with leading experts in all areas such as doctors, psychiatrists, addiction counselors, family- and couples counselors, health and nutrition specialists and spiritual guides.
To better understand and help each client we always make an individual evaluation with the help of our great team. The information collected allows us to make a unique treatment plan for every individual –