I had weekly appointments with Jens-Emil from the beginning of September 2025 until the end of May 2026. While I went in to see him for employment-related anxiety and depression, we spent a lot of time discussing experiences in my childhood and adolescence related to (at that time, ongoing) medical trauma and a challenging home life.
He was a kind, attentive listener from my first appointment. It took a very short time for me to become genuinely spontaneous with him and to explore my emotions in a wide-ranging way. One of his best qualities is that he is extremely open to his patients' suggestions for the content and form of their appointments: He let me bring in art and artifacts related to my childhood medical trauma, which would anchor that day's conversation; explored a technique that he had come up with based on what I had shared with him about the very visual way in which think; and never shied away from my questions regarding his impressions of what I had shared or about his training and experience. I began my appointments with him during a moment in my life when I felt that I had very little autonomy and self-confidence, and it was instances such as these that made the biggest difference to building them back up.
After I had finished my appointments with him, I felt that I had come to understand myself in a more generous, holistic way, and had long ceased to have the types of problems with my work that had prompted me to begin seeing him. I cannot recommend Jens-Emil enough, particularly to patients who express themselves more easily in English than in Norwegian.
Jeg er svært fornøyd. Han var flink til å lytte og villig til å møte meg som pasient på mine premisser og fanget opp hva jeg hadde behov for. Humor er viktig for meg, og det var godt å få bruke galgenhumor innimellom.
Hadde 10 timer med ham. Utrolig dyktig og bra mann. Lytter og kommer med løsninger, ikke bare snakke om hva som er vondt. Anbefales.
