Johanne Schwensen
Clinical Psychologist
I've found that narrative strategies and ACT tools tailored to your specific needs, works best in helping you build a more compassionate relationship with difficult experiences, so you can do what matters.
I specialise in:
About me
I completed my education as a psychologist at the University of Copenhagen in 2013, with a master's degree and experience within the fields of narrative therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
On a more personal note, for most part of my life I have been an expat myself, living for many years in Riyadh and Buenos Aires and then Berlin. I therefore have an intimate understanding of the difficulties that can arise when having to integrate into a new society.
After seven years in Berlin, establishing the community practice Mittelweg 50 and the platform It's Complicated with my friend and colleague, Jakob Lusensky, I decided to move closer to my family. That's why I am now (only) practicing online therapy from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fun facts that might feel relevant to you include that I'm the mother of two kids from 2016 and 2019, that I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD, and that I'm passionate about friendship and wrote my thesis about the therapeutic potential of friendship.
When I don't do therapy sessions, I coordinate the It's Complicated community (https://community.complicated.life), host the Therapy Talk podcast, and hang out with family and friends.
I speak:
Location:
Media Gallery
Approach
People are the experts in their own lives. This is why supporting the individual in being their own therapist is the primary purpose of my work as a Danish- and English-speaking clinical psychologist working solely online. In order to enable you to cope with current difficulties, together we’ll explore the past and present narratives of your life and help to thicken those which reveal ability, values and helpful attributes.
Experience
2019-today Co-founder, It's Complicated
2017-2021 Counsellor, Mittelweg 50
2014-2016 Counsellor, Stillpoint Spaces, Berlin
2013-2015 Counsellor, CBT, Berlin
2012-2013 Narrative Counsellor. Narrative Perspektiver
2012-2013 Couples Counsellor, DISPUK, Copenhagen
2011-2013, Crisis Consultant, FALCK, Copenhagen
2011-2012, Intern and Coordinator, DISPUK, Copenhagen
Education
2024 - ACT for Perfectionism and People Pleasing
2022 - ACT as a Brief Intervention
2018 - Brief Therapy Conference, San Francisco
2018 - Heilpraktikerin für Psychotherapie, Berlin
2007-2013 MSc Clinical Psychology, University of Copenhagen
Services
Individual Session
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