About Karen
Master Hypnotherapist
Master NLP Practitioner
About me
Like many of us, I have taken several detours to get to where I am today. I’ve been unable to say No. I’ve been someone who didn’t think she could. Until I encountered hypnotherapy and found my voice and my strength. They were there all along, I just couldn’t find them.
I became so enthusiastic that I decided to study and become certified as a hypnotherapist. It gives me great fulfilment to be able to give that which helped me so much, to others. I would to help you too, to discover, or re-discover your strength and your voice – and everything you are and can do.
My philosophy
You have within yourself, the ability to create the change you desire in your life. I have great respect for your subconscious mind and hypnosis, and I believe that it is a key to change.
My basic premise is that each of us has, within us, the abilities and resources we need to make the changes we desire, but that access to those is clouded over by unhelpful, accumulated experiences and beliefs and convictions we have gathered through our lives.
In hypnotherapy we can work with these experiences and convictions, uncover strengths and abilities, and thus create the change that you wish for.
My approach
I meet you where you are at
… with respect for all that you are and the reality that you bring with you. With a firm belief that you already have what you need, we only have to discover and rehabilitate it.
My task
… is to create an environment where you feel safe enough to reflect on your experiences and feelings and dare to challenge your thinking, with self love and acceptance.
Your task
… is to be motivated to change and to engage and participate actively. It is not a passive process. This is how we can best find the way to new solutions.
Qualifications
Certified Master Hypnotherapist and Master NLP practitioner from Hypnoseskolen in Århus/Copenhagen, a leading hypnotherapy school in Denmark.
Certified Neurographica (a form of drawing therapy) Specialist/Coach from the Neurographic Academy i Seattle, USA.
Sexual Freedom Hypnosis practitioner, trained by Kaz Riley, UK.
Registered nurse (general, midwifery, psychiatry) from NMMU University in South Africa.
Previous experience
Registered Nurse in psychiatry in South Africa.
Clinical research co-ordinator for a pharmaceutics institute.
Manager of a protective workshop for physically and mentally disabled members.
IT teacher and programmer.
School of Life
I am a mom of 2 adult children.
I have lived in South Africa for 43 years. In 2015, I decided to sell everything there and move home to Denmark. I needed to reinvent myself. It’s wonderful to be home.
I make art in my spare time.