The initial session is exploratory in nature and offered free of charge with the purpose of getting to know each other. In the session, I ask questions about your personal details, reason(s) for seeking support, important life events and your goals for the work ahead. Such initial goals can change as we go along and often do. You will have opportunity to ask questions in return, to learn about the work I do  and the approach I use.

Research consistently shows that the relationship is of vital importance for the success  of your work. I therefore provide time for these initial exchanges before we mutually assess whether chemistry between us is a good match or if you would be better working with someone else. Sometimes a decision becomes clear during the conversation, or we take time reflect and speak afterwards.      

You do not need to prepare for the first session – nor to know exactly what you want to talk about. In each session, including the first, we will talk about what is most important to you on the day and as it evolves in our conversation. 

Regardless of who you are, your reason for seeking support and the challenges you face, I aim at receiving you with an open attitude in a warm environment . Through our work I will assist and encourage you to explore and share your experiences. I will at times interrupt, suggest small experiments,  and ask how what you are talking about is experienced in your body. All with the intention of bringing your awareness into the present and notice something you might not be aware, in the sense of ‘try it out and see what happens’.

Whilst gestalt work is always in the present, your experiences today may have origins in past experiences and relationship. If so, we bring in and explore those, their impact on your life here and now. Building awareness – that now is a different time with different choices than those you had back there and then – and options for you to make new choices for what you want, and don’t want.

There are no topics that we cannot speak about – I am bound by professional confidentiality rules – and we work at what in gestalt is called your ‘growing edge’, supported challenges in a setting of safety and trust.  

A difficult question to answer. There is no predefined or prescribed time frame. Gestalt work is likened to a personal journey, with a range of factors reflecting the individual’s situation and goals. Every session is different and we review outcomes together, to identify progress and continuing or new challenges. Leaving room for open dialogue and frequent reflection to promote a positive and productive work relationship.

Still wanting little more firm indications, here are some very broad generic suggestions – and again, ‘it depends’. 

• In acute crisis, a weekly session may be a good idea to help you stabilise
• Some clients come every other week and a little later in the process every third or four weeks
• Some keep coming with longer intervals, lasting from months to years, when the initial work is done – to revisit and ‘top-up’ on earlier challenges or start work on new ones. 
• Each piece of work can last from a single session to a longer lasting course.        

Again, there is no set standard. It depends on you, what you feel is needed, the frequency and speed at which you wish to work  work, and of course on the financial investment you are able to make. I may make recommendations and discuss with you your wishes and options, including a sliding price scale.

No, not as a standard. We work with experiments within sessions, not training exercises. The focus of experiments is how you are in contact with others, the environment or yourself; and how you adjust your contact without being aware. 

I may suggest and you are welcome to request supporting practices – for example journaling, meditation and readings – and they are always offered as inspiration with no obligations to pursue of complete. 

I recommend putting aside a little time for yourself and for reflections, rather than rushing straight back to work and daily activities. Thereby giving space for processing and integrating your work in the session.

Bring a notepad or a journal and write down thoughts and insights you want to remember and continue to work on in a future session. Topics that you wish to explore deeper or something that arose in the relationship between you and me, and in group sessions with others.

Bring refreshments and take a stroll in Store Dyrehave at the doorstep of the consultation in Hammersholt – for a moment of peace and quiet before you return to the buzzling rest of your day.