“Conflicts are an invitation to get creative and find better solutions. To create positive change requires that we make an effort to express our own needs and make an effort to listen to others.”
I teach and coach groups and individuals in finding their inner resources and unleashing their potential. I am a trained family therapist, and specialize in family relationships and personal development.
I work devotedly towards a culture of peace in schools and offer teaching materials, films, courses and guidance to teachers on how to deal with conflicts in the classroom and how NVC can transform bullying into peaceful coexistence. I have worked with anti-bullying in schools and have in collaboration with Filmkompagniet made a film series that is targeted at schools: Behind every action lies a need. The films have been translated into English, German and Dutch, among others.
In 1998, I met Marshall B. Rosenberg, the author of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). I noticed how NVC added a deeper dimension to my work as a therapist, especially in the way NVC contributes to the development of our relational competencies. Since then, as the only one in Denmark, I have spent more than 100 days with Marshall B. Rosenberg.
I am co-founder of the Association Life Enriching Communication (LIVKOM). An association that supports nonviolent conflict engagement and peaceful coexistence in everyday life. The association works with individuals – from self-empathy to anti bullying in schools, and internationally with Peace Engineering and reconciliation after war. We work with public and privately funded projects that are widely adopted and applied in the Nordic countries among others.
I am a family therapist from the Kempler Institute and Seminar leader from Familylab International and have undertaken professional development courses in psychology. Read CV
I work with family counseling, therapy and coaching as well as conflict mediation and supervision in businesses. I offer courses, lectures and 1-year CNVC-certified training courses with a focus on personal development and communication. I specialize in topics such as healing, inner child work, guilt and shame, conflict resolution, body wisdom, anger transformation, grieving in life-enriching ways, inner dialogue, culture of peace, empathy and communication in general.
I offer courses and coaching both in Denmark, abroad and online. See courses here
I work as an NVC coach in Denmark, internationally and online and hold courses in the USA, Brazil, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Holland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Germany, UK, Ukraine, Hungary and Austria.
Among other things, I have worked in Nepal with healing and reconciliation after the civil war.
“Kirsten is insanely competent. She is a skilled and caring course leader, exemplary in the way she lives NVC. Her communication is permeated by her long-term experience with NVC. She is able to improvise with what comes from the course participants and it is safe and inspiring. We come with our bumbling attempts, and Kirsten steps in and SHOWS how it can be. Kirsten does not turn NVC off during the lunch break; It is clear that NVC is not just a technique to be mastered, but something that comes from the heart and it can be felt. I think she is a really skilled leader and coach.”
Milena Høgsberg, exhibition inspector
Participant at NVC foundation course, May 2018