In English · founders, CEOs and sales leaders · Triangle Region
When the company grows faster than its leader
The curve points up, the calendar is full and the investors are looking at next quarter. But who is looking at how you are doing? This page is for founders and executives around Kolding who would rather talk in English with an authorised psychologist who has been CEO of a venture-funded company.
This site presents online sessions with the psychologist Frank for leaders in the Triangle Region. The sessions are offered by djursland-psykologen.dk, which is behind the site.
Where growth tends to cost
What founders and executives bring
The role changes before you chose it
You used to be in everything. Now you lead the people who do it, and let go of what you were best at.
Time zones eat the rhythm
Good deals often come with late calls and short nights. Rest is the first thing to be cut.
Expectations you agreed to yourself
The plan was made when it looked realistic. Now it is your responsibility, also when reality moves.
Everything is fast, including you
When the whole company runs flat out, there is no natural place to say that you have run dry.
The set-up
Online, a fixed evening, the same psychologist
Sessions can be held in English, online from the office, from home or wherever you can speak undisturbed, and in person in Mørke on Djursland. For people in Kolding, online is the natural route. Sessions are individual, at a fixed weekly time in the evening, and covered by professional confidentiality.
Capacity is limited and there is typically a waiting list, so no start date can be promised. Signing up is non-binding and is done on the main site, which is in Danish.
The psychologist
He has carried scaling responsibility himself
Frank is an authorised psychologist (autoriseret psykolog), authorisation ID 0H2Y3 in the official register. He graduated from Aarhus University in 2005 and was authorised in 2011. He has worked as a crisis psychologist and a professional lead, and has been CEO of a high-tech, venture-funded startup, with international sales, scaling, budgets and responsibility to investors. He has held budget and staff responsibility in both the public and the private sector.
His approach is integrative and humanistic, with relational, narrative and existential perspectives and elements of cognitive behavioural therapy.
Questions and answers
Quick answers
Why a psychologist rather than my board or a founder network?
A board and a network are about the direction of the company and about shared experience. A psychologist offers a confidential space about you as a person, where professional confidentiality lets you say what you otherwise keep to yourself. They are different kinds of conversation and can sit side by side.
Will my GP be told?
No. Neither your GP, the municipality, your partner nor your workplace is informed. The sessions are private, no referral is needed, and they are covered by professional confidentiality under the Danish Psychologists Act.
Can my company pay?
Yes. Many clients have the invoice paid by their company or employer, and you are free to pay yourself. For the price, see practical information and price on the main site, which is in Danish.
Do I need a specific problem before I sign up?
No. You do not need a prepared explanation or an agenda. You say a little about yourself, so it can be assessed whether the offer fits, and you work out together what is worth looking at.
Urgent need? There is a waiting list, so this is not an emergency service. If you need help now, contact your GP, the out-of-hours medical service (lægevagten) or call 112.