About Me
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with a doctorate from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. I have worked with adults across a wide range of backgrounds and concerns, and I bring both depth of training and a warm, direct presence to my work.
My core interest is in what is actually driving the difficulty a person is experiencing. Symptoms like anxiety or low mood are often real and pressing, but they tend to have roots that are worth understanding. I work to get to those roots, not just to manage what is visible on the surface.
Sessions are available in person in Copenhagen and online, and available in English, French, and Danish.
What Adults Come to Work On
- Anxiety and persistent worry
- Depression and low mood
- Life transitions: job changes, loss, children leaving home, relocation
- Relationship patterns that keep repeating
- Unresolved trauma or difficult past experiences
- Eating disorder concerns
- Low self-esteem or a sense of being stuck
- A general feeling that something needs to change, even when it is hard to name
People rarely arrive with just one thing. What someone presents with at the start is usually the entry point, and there is often more underneath. My training is well suited to working with that complexity.
Most often it turns out there is a lot of other stuff going on. Maybe unresolved trauma, or things from the past that keep popping up. I try really hard to get to that, because that is often what gets in the way.
How I Work
A psychoanalytic foundation
I trained as a specialist in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and this shapes how I think about people and their difficulties. I pay attention to patterns, defenses, and the less conscious material that influences how someone relates to themselves and others.
The reasoning behind this is practical, not theoretical. Lasting change tends to require understanding why you developed certain ways of coping in the first place. Many of those patterns formed early in life and made sense at the time. Therapy helps make them visible so they can actually shift.
Drawing on other methods when they fit
My conceptual framework is psychoanalytic, but I draw on other approaches depending on what a person needs:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Examining unhelpful thinking patterns
- Practical tools for anxiety and low mood
- Useful where structured, concrete work is called for
Family Systems Therapy
- Understanding behavior within relational systems
- Useful in couples and family work
- Seeing yourself as part of a larger emotional unit
The approach adapts to the person and the issue, not the other way around.
Although my thinking and conceptualization is psychoanalytic, I can still draw on techniques from other modalities when I think that would be in the client's best interest.
From insight to change
Understanding why you do something is a first step, but it is not the whole job. I work actively to help clients move from insight into different behavior, different ways of relating, and different choices in their day-to-day lives. That translation is where the real work happens.
What to Expect
Early sessions are focused on getting to know you: what has brought you in, how you have tried to manage it so far, and what you want to work towards. I place a lot of weight on the relationship between therapist and client. I find that nothing much happens until a person genuinely feels understood and safe enough to be honest.
Progress tends to show up in how people describe handling situations they previously found difficult, how their self-understanding shifts, and how the conversation in sessions changes over time. I also pay attention to the quality of the therapeutic relationship itself as a signal of how things are going.
Working Across Cultures
I have lived and worked in multiple countries and have extensive experience with clients from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. How people understand psychological difficulty, whether they feel they need help, and how they talk about it varies considerably depending on where they grew up and what context they come from.
For expats and internationally mobile clients, that kind of cultural literacy in a therapist is not a small thing. I bring it from my own experience, not just training.
Qualifications
Education and Training
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Specialisation: psychoanalytic psychotherapy
- Certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (internship and postdoc)
- Trained throughout by practicing psychoanalysts
Clinical Background
- OCD-specialized CBT, treatment center in Los Angeles
- Private practice work with adults, couples, and families
- Psychology Group DK, Copenhagen
- International and expat populations across multiple countries
Common Questions
Is therapy just about going over your childhood?
Not for its own sake, no. My approach involves looking at the past when it helps explain something about the present. The question I am interested in is not what happened to you, but how what happened has shaped the way you think, relate, and cope today, and whether those patterns are still serving you. That is different from rehearsing old grievances.
Do I really need therapy, or am I just going through something difficult?
Not every hard period calls for professional support, and I would be the first to say so. Therapy tends to be most useful when something is not resolving on its own, when the same patterns keep recurring, or when the difficulty is significant enough that it is getting in the way of how you want to live. An initial consultation is a reasonable way to find out whether it makes sense.
Getting Started
I offer an initial consultation where you can talk through what has brought you in and get a sense of whether working together is the right fit. There is no obligation beyond that first conversation.