Stress Treatment in Copenhagen & Online

When you’re dealing with stress, it can feel overwhelming and isolating. But you’re not alone. Stress is a common reaction to prolonged strain and is often caused by pushing ourselves too hard in an effort to live up to our own expectations and those of others.

Do you also take responsibility for everyone else—and forget about yourself?

As an organizational psychologist, I often see the same pattern: an interplay between organizational shortcomings and an individual’s tendency to take on too much responsibility. When the external framework fails—with unclear roles, unstructured processes, or a lack of prioritization—it particularly affects the conscientious employee. This leads to a tendency to overcompensate by solving problems for the group at the expense of one’s own boundaries.

If you take on too much responsibility for those around you and ignore your body’s warning signs, eventually your system will shut down. What we call burnout is often the body’s necessary emergency brake.

My Approach to Treatment: Out of Stress—Back to Yourself

My professional expertise combines clinical stress treatment with a deep understanding of organizational psychology. I have helped many professionals through one-on-one sessions and have extensive experience advising managers and HR consultants on how to create healthy work environments that support both well-being and work efficiency.

Many people believe that the price of a stress-free life is having to become indifferent to your surroundings or put your ambitions on hold. That is not the case. Stress management is about getting out of that state of physical stress and returning to that place within yourself where your choices are based on your own values and goals—rather than on what those around you dictate.

The focus is on helping you remain a responsible and proactive person—without it coming at the expense of your well-being and energy.

Your stress may feel psychological, but it needs to be treated physiologically

Many people believe that stress management is about learning to say no, setting boundaries, or remembering to take deep breaths during a busy day.

What these "solutions" have in common is the idea that you need to get better at something. That you need to change your behavior so that you aren't so affected by outside pressure and expectations.

The problem is simply that this way of thinking often makes the stress worse.

Stress is, first and foremost, a physiological phenomenon. You’ve overexerted yourself, and your energy reserves are critically low. Any new strategy or action that requires extra effort will only drain your energy further.

It’s like finding an app that can extend your phone’s battery life, and then trying to download it when you only have 4% battery left. Your phone will probably shut down before the download is finished—and if not, it will shut down as soon as you start using the app.

Just like with a cell phone, you should start with one thing: Plug it in and charge the battery. Only then does it make sense to look into “optimizations.”

The Two Crucial Phases of a Successful Stress Treatment Program

Phase 1: Calm and Physiological Stabilization
Here, we focus exclusively on alleviating the physical symptoms of stress. We need to help your nervous system calm down so that you can regain your basic energy and the ability to think clearly. Just like with a cell phone, you have to plug it in first—we can’t solve the underlying problems until your battery is recharged.

Phase 2: Insight and Existential Homecoming
Once your energy has returned, we’ll examine how your greatest strengths—such as your sense of responsibility and drive—have, paradoxically, ended up holding you back.

Stress is often the result of having lived for too long according to other people’s logic and expectations. That’s why this phase is about finding your way back to that place within yourself where your choices are based on your own values—rather than what those around you dictate. We’ll work on strategies for how you can use your resources going forward without overusing them, so there’s room for both your professional ambitions and your personal well-being.

The goal of stress treatment is not only to give you more energy in your daily life—but also to help you feel a greater sense of freedom to act.

The goal isn’t just to regain your sense of balance, but to give you a new foundation. You’ll learn to move from instinctive reactions to external pressures to making conscious choices based on who you are and what you actually have at your disposal. Ready to regain your sense of balance?

You can book a session below, or if you’d like to read more about my professional approach and methods, please continue reading.