Marianne Bentzen
I offer meditation and advanced professional trainings across Scandinavia and Europe. Over the years, I have taught in eighteeen countries, spoken at more than forty international and national conferences, and co-authored numerous books, chapters, and articles—many together with my close colleague, psychologist Susan Hart.
I am a member of both the European Association for Body Psychotherapy and the Danish Psychotherapist Association.
I offer
- Meditation trainings
- Thematic workshops in psychotherapy education
- 2–8 day advanced trainings
- Ongoing professional supervision and development groups
- Consultation and team trainings for organizations
- 13-day training programs in Neuroaffective Developmental Psychology and Assessment
The neuroaffective perspective
My work is rooted in neuroaffective developmental psychology—a research-based framework that follows human development from birth to old age. My approach integrates psychomotor development, evolutionary psychology, trauma theory, body-based mentalization process and group systems theory. I have practiced and taught each of these fields for at least 30 years.
Alongside this foundation, I draw on more than three decades of spiritual practice, including meditation and empathic mindfulness, which also shape my teaching and clinical work.>
Areas of expertise
- Applying neuroaffective development in psychotherapy, personal growth, and clinical settings
- Using the neuroaffective systems perspective in group and team development
- Guiding and deepening meditation practice
- Teaching empathic meditative presence as a clinical and pedagogical tool
