For adults
Psychoeducation — understand your condition, strengthen your everyday life
Have you been given a diagnosis, or do you have a particular vulnerability? Psychoeducation gives you a clear understanding of what is happening inside you — and practical tools to manage it. Not therapy, but targeted learning about your specific condition.
Typically 1–6 sessions · Standard session rate · Relatives can be involved
What is psychoeducation?
Learning — not therapy
If you have been assessed and given a diagnosis, or you have a particular vulnerability, psychoeducation is an effective tool for greater self-understanding: you learn how your psychological condition affects the way you experience and react — and gain practical, constructive tools for navigating the challenges.
Psychoeducation differs from therapy in that we do not need to go into the specific, difficult situations. The focus is on learning about the psychological principles behind them — the aim is to inform, to build better coping strategies and to increase quality of life.
Family and relatives can be involved: they gain an understanding that enables them to support you better — and insight into the limitations of being a relative.
Benefits
What you gain from a programme
Greater understanding
Getting to know your condition — its symptoms, mechanisms and impact on everyday life — for both you and your family.
Stronger self-worth
Many people with psychological difficulties feel that they are somehow wrong. Insight into the mechanisms shows the opposite: you are not wrong — what matters is how the mechanisms are handled.
Coping strategies
You practise concrete strategies for managing your particular psychological vulnerabilities.
Better communication
You learn to put into words and explain how the mechanisms affect you — to family, friends and your workplace.
Greater quality of life
Greater control over your life through a changed way of handling the psychological mechanisms.
Topics
Psychoeducation targeted at your condition
ADHD and ADD
Understanding attention difficulties and hyperactivity. Strategies for focus, organisation, impulsivity and emotional regulation. Read about ADHD and ADD (in Danish) →
Anxiety and OCD
Recognising triggers and symptoms, relaxation and mindfulness techniques, and cognitive strategies for unwanted thoughts. Read about anxiety (in Danish) →
Autism (ASD)
Insight into how thoughts and emotional processes work differently — managing your resources, mentalisation and, where relevant, working life. Read about autism (in Danish) →
Self-worth
What self-worth is — and how you strengthen it without having to be "strong". Read about self-worth →
Depression
The function of depression, how the brain experiences the world during an episode — and techniques for loosening the grip of the depressive experience. Also for relatives. Read about depression (in Danish) →
Personality disorders
Understanding the disordered experience of the world around you — and practical tools to compensate and take part in social settings. Read more →
Chronic pain and medical conditions
Managing the emotional consequences of, for example, cancer or chronic pain — the uncertainty, and preventing stress reactions. Read more (in Danish) →
Other conditions: We also offer psychoeducation for other psychological conditions — contact us if you have a specific need. For children and adolescents we offer a specially adapted programme.
How it works
Tailored — at the standard session rate
Psychoeducation is a collaborative process that promotes understanding, resilience and hope. The sessions are tailored to your needs, and you take home a clear, written description and explanation.
Sessions last 60 minutes, and most people have the information they need after 1–6 sessions.
What does it cost?
You pay only the standard session rate — the total price depends on the number of sessions. See the current prices (in Danish).
Contact
Book psychoeducation
Write to us here — tell us briefly which condition you would like psychoeducation about, and we will match you with the right professional. You will receive a reply within 24 hours. You are also welcome to call +45 4245-4600.