Online Individual Therapy in Oslo.

The work

The work I do is relational and pattern-focused. I don't run through intake checklists or assign exercises between sessions. I pay attention to what happens in the room: what you're saying, what you're not saying, the moments when something shifts or goes flat or speeds up. That's the material we work with.

Most people arrive already knowing the story of their situation. They've told it to themselves a hundred times and always land in the same place. What's missing is a different angle, someone watching in real time who can name what's invisible from inside it. That's what I offer. Not interpretation from a distance, but attention in the room, offered as it happens.

I work with individuals and couples. Individual work is usually about finding the pattern underneath the presenting problem, the thing that keeps recurring in different forms across different circumstances. Couples work is about finding what the argument is really about, which is rarely what it appears to be about. Both come down to the same thing: seeing what you haven't been able to see, and from there, actually being able to do something different.

English here is fine; the closedness is the problem

Norwegians speak excellent English, so language is not the barrier. The barriers are social and seasonal. Norwegian public mental-health care has its waits, and private English-language depth work is a small pool, but the real difficulty most internationals describe is breaking into a reserved, settled society where social circles formed long ago and the dark half of the year drags on mood and motivation.

Working with me is private and online, in your first language, with no Norwegian record and no wait.

What Oslo brings to therapy

Oslo runs on energy wealth, the oil and gas industry and the sovereign-wealth machine behind it, plus maritime, tech, and the institutions, and it draws international professionals into one of the most expensive and reserved capitals in Europe. The recurring presentation is familiar: the foreigner who did everything right and still has no close local friends after a few years, because Norwegian friendship is slow to form and slower to open. Add the Janteloven instinct not to stand out, the long dark winters and their pull on mood, and the cost-of-everything that quietly isolates, and you get well-paid, capable people who are lonely in a way the salary does not touch.

The arrangement

I am a US-trained psychodynamic therapist working online and privately: no Norwegian license, no public-system involvement, no diagnosis on any record. You pay directly, in any currency. Oslo evenings pair with my US mornings. When what you need is prescribing, assessment, or covered care, the Norwegian system handles that, and I will say so directly.

Questions people ask from Oslo

What people bring to online therapy

The people I work with in English come for a wide range of reasons: anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, anger management, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, loneliness, self-esteem issues, procrastination, sleep problems, attachment patterns, self-sabotage, perfectionism, identity questions, and existential concerns. Online counseling makes this work possible from wherever you are, whether you need an English-speaking therapist, a virtual counselor, or simply someone who can work in your language at a depth that matters.

How it works

Sessions are online via secure video call. I work with individuals and couples (60 minutes). Before your first session, we have a free 15-minute call to see if this feels like the right fit for you.