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Carsten Ostergaard Pedersen

Danish born Carsten Ostergaard Pedersen spent extensive periods in London and the Middle East before finally settling in his now home, Australia.

Boasting a lifelong interest in consciousness, behaviour and how we experience life led him to work with people suffering various difficulties in life, helping them to turn things around and create a positive and enjoyable experience for the individual. As part of his volunteer work, he’s helped a range of people from asylum seekers and refugees, to prison inmates.

Through the exploration of philosophy, life concepts and therapies, his studies have included works from a number of thought leaders, philosophers, and motivators including Lao Tzu, Deepak Chopra, Echart Tolle, Dr. Wayne Dwyer, and Tony Robins, just to name a few. In addition, he has attended numerous workshops and seminars in areas including trauma, depression, CBT, EFT, goal setting and hypnosis.

Below is a list of his clinical formal training.

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From his expansive research, Carsten has written and/or facilitated workshops across a number of cultural, religious and general population groups. His workshops cover complex and often sensitive issues such as dealing with trauma, cultural assimilation, stress management, human rights, discrimination and positive ageing.

Through his workshops, Carsten has been able to help a variety of people overcome issues such as depression, addiction, trauma and anxiety, or guide people through relationships, business developments, life goals and conflict resolution.

Formal Education

Adult Psychopathology (UWA),

 

 Developmental Psychology (UWA),

 
Mind and Brain (UWA),

 

 Behaviour in Context (UWA),

 
“Suicide Prevention Education Program” by Professor N. Procter & Dr. M. Ferguson (University of SA)

 

 Psychological Research Methods (UWA)
Certificate in Mindfulness (Monash University) Diploma in Positive Neuro Plasticity (Dr. Ric Hanson USA),

 
ASIST suicide prevention training Certificate in Strategic Intervention (Tony Robins & Chloe Madanes)
Master in Humanistic Neuro Linguistic Psychology (Life Design International – Dallas Texas), Aboriginal Culture and History (UWA),

 
Certificate in Telephone Counselling (QLife),

 

 Merkonom in Accountancy (Tietgen Skolen DK),
Business School (Tietgenskolen, DK)

 

 

 Australian Hypnosis Certification – Hypnotherapist – Australian Success Academy.
Social Psychology (UWA) Treating Trauma – Master Series (National Institute of Clinical Behavioural Therapy – USA)
Seminar in – Mindfulness and Anxiety (National Institute of Clinical Behavioural Therapy – USA) Seminar in – How to Activate the Brain’s Natural Antidepressants – (Elisha Goldstein, PhD)
Industrial and Organisational Psychology

(UWA)

 

 Indigenous Knowledge – Body, Mind and Spirit

(UWA) – In progress

 
Culture and Mental Illness Master-Class “Religion and spirituality – A Friend or Foe?” – Department of Health WA. Courageous Conversations & Courageous Racial Equity Leadership UWA – Glen Singleton
Certificate in SPIN Selling – Customer Centric Consulting – Huthwaite.

Ideology

Through both the exploration, and understanding of consciousness and reality creation, it is our aim to assist individuals in transforming their unwanted experiences into desired constructive, productive and enjoyable ones. We aim at being at the forefront when it comes to supplying therapies, seminars and books in relation to these. Alternatively, we can assist people in doing so themselves.

We commit to continuously do research in the areas of psychology, philosophy, life concepts and anything that influences how we both experience, and live our lives. Our first priority will be to supply a quality service in the way of effective assistance, and this will take precedence over the commercial side of the business.

Any dealings with an individual will always be done in a manner that is 100% transparent, and on the basis of ‘working with’ rather than ‘working on’ a person. This will, of course, be 100% confidential at all time.

We also commit to the Danish influenced model of communication style that speaks with authenticity, directness and clarity, rather than what one may describe as ‘appropriateness’ in a standard normative British communication style.