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A blog about therapy and our complicated lives
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Holding space in a vulnerable world
Holding space in a vulnerable world
One of the words we often come across during these Corona times is vulnerability. Corona is most dangerous to those who are vulnerable, it…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Apr 16, 2020
A letter to the new mother
A letter to the new mother
I’m a psychologist and I’m a mother. This combination means that many people assume that I have a superior psychological approach to…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Apr 3, 2020
A therapist’s eyes on the Coronavirus
A therapist’s eyes on the Coronavirus
I wanted to write an informative text about the psychological effects of Covid-19, but I’m too paralysed by the constant influx of new…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Apr 3, 2020
How does online therapy work?
How does online therapy work?
Online therapy, sometimes also referred to as distance therapy or tele therapy, might become the new normal in these times of corona…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Mar 26, 2020
A therapist’s essential guide to online counselling
A therapist’s essential guide to online counselling
Even if you’ve never considered doing online counselling, your perspective might currently be shifting. With these Corona-plagued times…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Mar 26, 2020
Therapists and self-care
Therapists and self-care
The vast majority of all clinicians see it as their professional responsibility to empower their clients to take care of themselves…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
May 28, 2019
Boundaries, inside and outside the therapy room
Boundaries, inside and outside the therapy room
Do you greet your clients with a casual wave and “hey” or a firm handshake, or do they sometimes get a hug? Do you tell them what to be…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
May 2, 2019
You’re such a fake!
You’re such a fake!
There are psychological concepts that become so in vogue that they embed themselves permanently in our language and culture. One such…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Apr 2, 2019
Language and therapy
Language and therapy
Living in Berlin does not equate to living your life in German. Most people moving to Berlin never become fluent in German. In my case as…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Mar 20, 2019
A practitioner’s guide to understanding what psychotherapy and counselling means to your work in…
A practitioner’s guide to understanding what psychotherapy and counselling means to your work in…
When I moved to Berlin in 2013, I had just graduated from the University of Copenhagen and received a diploma stating that I could call…
Johanne Konnerup Schwensen
Mar 5, 2019
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