Authorised psychologist based in Copenhagen – Isabella Pedersen
I am a member of the Danish Psychological Association (Dansk Psykolog Forening) and am trained in both cognitive therapy and ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy). I also have training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocession), couples therapy and body and Gestalt therapy. I’m also a trained hypnotherapist from PSKH (Psykologfagligt Selskab for Klinisk Hypnose).
I have been a psychologist in private practice since 2003, with my own clinic in Aarhus until 2012. Since autumn 2011, I have been practising in Copenhagen, where I opened my clinic at Nørregade 41, 1165 Copenhagen K.
Are you looking for psychological help in Copenhagen?
Everyone can face difficult times or experiences for a variety of reasons. These periods can often feel overwhelming, making daily life challenging. In such cases, seeking support from a psychologist can be incredibly helpful. In my practice as a psychologist, I use scientifically validated methods to support your growth and transformation. Together, we will uncover new resources and strategies, empowering you to approach life with a fresh perspective. I also carry out continuous quality assessment of my work through self-therapy, supervision and further training.
I provide the following types of therapy:
•Psychotherapy.
Stress, Anxiety, Depression, grief, loss, crisis, self-esteem, self-confidence, couples therapy, self-development and conversations about existential issues
– Psychological counselling.
Crisis counselling for divorce and relationships
• Supervision.
Professional development for healthcare professionals and psychologists
• Coaching.
Career counselling and outplacement
– Teaching of meditation.
Introduction to different forms of meditation, Mindfulness and MSC Mindful Self-Compassion
I work mainly with young people and adults, as well as couples and groups. I also give lectures, workshops and courses on topics such as stress management and mindfulness.
Collaboration partner
If you have a health insurance through your workplace or have obtained a health insurance through your private insurance, and if it’s possible for you to choose your own psychologist you will most likely be able to receive support from me. This means that you can use your health insurance if it is provided by: Skandia, Lifeline and Mølholm A/S, Tryg alarm via SOS, IHI, Top Danmark, Codan and Alm. Brand, etc. Please note! You have to pay for the consultation yourself.
In addition, it is also possible for members and employees of Dansk Sygepleje Råd (Danish Nursing Council) and Journalistforbundet (Danish Union of Journalists) to receive psychological help through short coaching programmes. It is also possible to receive psychological help if you work for the Danish state, are employed by a municipal company, institution, etc. or have been granted help via Soldater Legatet.
I am a member of the following associations and societies:
– Dansk Psykolog Forening
– Dansk Krise- og Katastrofepsykologisk Selskab
– ESTSS – The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
– Dansk Psykoterapeutisk Selskab for Psykoterapi
– Dansk Psykologisk Selskab for Kropsrelateret Psykoterapi
– Dansk Sundhedspsykologisk Selskab
– Dansk Psykologfagligt Selskab for hypnoterapi
– Selskabet for Adfærds- og Kognitiv terapi, also known as SAKT
– ACBS Contextual science
– EMDR Danmark
– Psykologer i Danmark
If you’re interested or have any questions, please call me on (+45) 26 175 164 or write to me at: info@psykolog-isabella.dk
OVERVIEW OF COURSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES:
| 2024: | 1-day course in Trauma, Illness & Healing in Toxic Culture Through Kreds Copenhagen with Physician Gabor Maté | |
| 2019: | 2-day MSC Mindful Self-Compassion Teachers Inquiry through MSC-Danmark. With MSC-certified teacher/trainer Christine Brähler. | |
| 2018: | 5-day MSC Mindful Self-Compassion Silent Retreat through MSC-Denmark. With MSC-certified educator/trainer Vanessa Hope and Ali Lambie from The Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion. | |
| 2018: | Supervision training. Theory and methodology of the supervision process: Developing the supervisor role. With psychologist, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy, Grethe Bruun. | |
| 2018: | Certificate of Training in MSC. Mindful Self-Compassion Trained Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion. Trained to teach MSC. Certified by Steven D. Hickman, Psy. D. CMSC Director of Professional Training. | |
| 2017: | 2-day MSC Mindful Self-Compassion workshop “Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy” with Christopher Germer and Christine Brähler. Organised by ACT Denmark and the ACT Clinic | |
| 2017: | 3-day workshop ACT for depression and anxiety disorders. By Dr Russ Harris, MBBS, MAC Psych Med. Organised by ACT Denmark and the ACT Clinic | |
| 2017: | Approved as a Specialist in Adult Psychotherapy and entitled to use the following title: Specialist in Clinical Psychology. Authorisation requires an MSc in Psychology and continuing education of at least 2 years’ duration corresponding to the requirements of the Psychology Act. Furthermore, it requires you to have completed at least 3 years of specialist training in psychotherapy, totalling 1,200 hours including practical case work, supervision, self-therapy and theory. | |
| 2017: | 3-day course in Examination Methodology. The aim is to provide a qualified level of knowledge of clinical psychology examinations, including diagnostic and differential diagnostic clarifications and assessment of suitability for therapy. With psychologist, specialist and supervisor in neuropsychology Louise Brückner Wiwe and lead psychologist and specialist psychologist in psychiatry Christian Møller Petersen. | |
| 2016: | 7-day MSC TT Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training with Christine Brähler, PhD. Clinical psychologist & supervisor, Munich, Germany. Steven Hickman Psy. D. Associate clinical professor at Departments of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine and executive director at the Center for Mindfulness, San Diego, USA. Organised by Camilla Sköld, PhD. RPT. executive director, Center for Mindfulness Sweden and course coordinator for mindfulness-based approaches at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| 2016: | 1-day Compassion Summit – Approaches to compassion in theory and practice. The latest research in Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Compassion Focused therapy (CFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Christine Brähler PhD, clinical psychologist and Certified MSC Teacher Trainer. Christine Schlander MSc Psych. specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy and external lecturer at Aarhus University. Ole Taggaard Nielsen, MSc. Psychologist, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy. Clarissa Corneliussen MSc.Psych., occupational psychologist and Helle Laursen MA, MSC-Certified teacher. | |
| 2016: | 5-day MSC Mindful Self-Compassion Silent Retreat with MSC instructor Judith Soulsby and Vanessa Hope from the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Wales. | |
| 2015: | Research assignment, Mindful Self-Compassion – a 4-week effect study prepared as part of the specialist authorisation in psychotherapy. A task that fulfils the requirements set out in the Danish Psychological Association’s description of the research and dissemination module regarding approval of specialists and supervisors. Supervision and approval by MSc Psych., specialist and supervisor in clinical psychotherapy Dr Poul Nissen. | |
| 2015: | 3-day course in “Personality Theory & Personality Disorders”. The course focused mainly on the psychological aspects and treatment approaches related to personality disorders, as well as the descriptive content of psychiatric classifications. With psychologist Sebastian Simonsen, PhD, Kraka Bjørnholm, specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and Sebastian Swane, specialist in psychiatry. | |
| 2015: | 8-week intensive course in “MSC – Mindful Self-Compassion”. Developed by Christopher Germer, PhD and Kristine Neff, PhD to cultivate and practise skills related to self-compassion. Arranged by psychologist Christine Brähler and coach Helle Laursen in Malaga. | |
| 2015: | Workshop in “Self-Compassion and Emotional Resilience” by psychologist Kristine Neff, PhD. Organised by ACT Klinikken 6 ACT, Denmark. | |
| 2015: | 4-day course in Assessment testing and treatment planning. Review of different tests for assessing depression, stress, OCD, etc. Run by psychologists and specialists Louise Meldgaard Bruun, Per Bjerregaard Knudsen and Svend Aage Rasmussen. | |
| 2013–2015: | ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a 2-year training programme: 102 hours of theory in research methods run by psychologists Ole Taggaard and Rikke Kjelgaard, Kelly Wilson, Robyn Walser, Niklas Törneke, Kirk Strosahl, Patricia Robinson, Thomas Gustavsson and Benjamin Schoendorff, including 60 supervision hours and the following topics: “ACT: from bottom up”, “The compassionate and Vital Life: Using ACT for Change”, “ACT Skill Building and Case Conceptualization”, “Focused ACT”, “ACT Recap and Method Training”, “ACT intervention enhanced by principles from Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)”, ACT Training: Experiential exercises in ACT” | |
| 2015: | 3-day course in “Differential Diagnosis” The ICD-10 diagnostic system and Axis II and Axis I in DSM-4, personality structure versus symptom level. Main areas: Stress and trauma. Anxiety and Compulsion. Dementia. Affective disorders: depression, bipolar disorders, mania, etc. Personality disorders, etc. With psychologists and specialists Nicole Rosenberg, Christina M. Pedersen, Ellen Stenderup and Heine L. Pedersen. | |
| 2014: | 2-day course in “Legislation and Ethics” by Jytte Gansløse, authorised psychologist, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy. | |
| 2014: | 1-day course in “TFT Thought Field Therapy”, effective against anxiety, trauma and other disorders, and when combined with other psychological methods offers fast results, with psychologist Charlotte Skeel. | |
| 2014: | 3-day “basic course in EMDR” part 2 by Lene Jacobsen, European EMDR accredited & facilitator, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy and traumatology | |
| 2013: | Crisis reactions in children and adults from a neurobiological perspective By Ulla Rung Weeke, MSc Psych., crisis and body therapist and specialist in psychotraumatology | |
| 2013: | 1-day course in “Statement Formulation-Mediation” with Louise Svendsen MSc Psych. Specialising in trauma/crisis psychology and clinical psychology for adults and children. | |
| 2013: | 3-day “basic course in EMDR” part 1 with Lene Jacobsen, European EMDR accredited & facilitator, specialist and supervisor in psychotherapy and traumatology | |
| 2013: | 2-day “Stress and stress management” course with Bobby Zachariae, MSc Psych. dr. med. and professor at Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University Organiser: Danish Psychological Association (DSS). | |
| 2013: | 2-day course in “Mind and Body” with psychologist and specialist Lennart Holm | |
| 2013: | 2-day course in “Anxiety and Depression” with psychologist and specialist Christian Møller Pedersen | |
| 2012: | 2-day course in “Clinical Sexology” with psychologist and psychotherapy specialist Lennart Holm | |
| 2012: | 2-day course in Supervision of other professionals with psychologist and specialist in psychotherapy Jytte Gandløse | |
| 2012: | 5-day residential course: Centre for Relationship Focused Therapy Continuing Education in Relationship Focused Therapy – Developing Mentalisation in Couples and Families with psychologist and specialist Kirsten Seidenfaden and paediatrician Piet Draiby | |
| 2012: | 2-day course in “Choosing intervention modes for adults” with psychologist and specialist Michael Kaster | |
| 2011: | 2-day course in “Fast, simple and effective hypnotherapy” with doctor and hypnotherapist Jens-Jørgen Graversen | |
| 2011: | 2-day course in “Healing the inner children” with Dr Eligio Stephen Gallergos, psychologist | |
| 2010: | 2-day course in “The Personal Totem Pole” with Dr Eligio Stephen Gallergos, psychologist | |
| 2010: | 2-day basic course in “Clinical Hypnosis”, part 2 with psychologist and specialist Inge Guldal. | |
| 2010: | 2-day basic course in “Clinical Hypnosis”, part 1 with psychologist and specialist Inge Guldal. | |
| 2009: | 3-day course in “Love, Compassion and Mindfulness” with Dalai Lama and Lakha Lama | |
| 2008: | 8-week course in “Mindfulness” with teacher Jakob Piet Jakobsen, MSc Psych. and PhD lecturer in MBSR | |
| 2007: | 3-week course in meditation practice – Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana in Malaga Kama Guen with Lama 17 Karmapa. | |
| 2006: | Tibetan Buddhist meditations at various centres at home and abroad. Courses run by various guest lecturers. | |
| 2005–2006: | 1-year training programme in “Cognitive Therapy – Adults”, with psychologists Merete M. Mørch, Bodil Vind, Tine Falk and Per Nielsen and psychiatrists Ea Bøhm Jepsen and Aksel Bertelsen. | |
| 1989: | 2 seasons of yoga (1989–1990) with a focus on Yoga Nidra meditation at Yogaskolen in Vestergade Aarhus. Followed by yoga at various centres across the country. This life-giving practice has continued to this day. | |
| LANGUAGES: | Native language: Danish. I can speak and write English to a professional standard. |
