Lakshmih Moon Karlsen
I am a trauma-informed therapist working with grief, relational trauma, and the deeper emotional patterns shaped by early life experiences.
"Pain can shape a life deeply. So can healing."
A little about who I am
I’m Lakshmih, and I offer a grounded, compassionate space for people who are longing to meet themselves more honestly — especially the parts that have had to hide, protect, perform, or survive.
I am of Indian descent, born and raised in the UK, and I have lived in Denmark since 1996. Having lived between cultures, I understand something of the tenderness, complexity, and quiet loneliness that can come with questions of belonging. This also informs the way I hold space — with respect for the many visible and invisible worlds a person may carry.
This is part of why I do this work.
Not because I have everything figured out, but because I know how much tenderness is needed when we begin to turn towards ourselves.
Why I work the way I do
Many of us learned very early to disconnect from our needs, our bodies, our anger, our softness, or our truth. We may have become capable, kind, responsible, successful — while carrying a quiet ache inside.
In my work, I am interested in what lives beneath the surface.
Not just the story of what happened, but how it shaped your nervous system, your relationships, your sense of self, and the way you meet life today.
I do not see you as a problem to be fixed. I see you as a human being whose patterns once made sense. Together, we create enough safety and compassion for those patterns to be understood, softened, and slowly transformed.
What you can expect with me
My way of working is gentle, honest, intuitive, and body-aware.
I bring warmth, steadiness, curiosity, and a deep respect for your pace. We do not have to force anything open. We work gently, at the pace your system can hold.
I may invite you to notice what is happening in your body, your emotions, your thoughts, and your relationships — not to analyse you from a distance, but to help you come closer to yourself.
I work especially with people who are navigating childhood trauma, relational wounds, cultural complexity, nervous system overwhelm, shame, self-abandonment, and the longing to feel more whole.
Healing is not always smooth. Sometimes it asks a lot of us. But I have seen again and again how much becomes possible when pain is met with compassion rather than judgement.
My background and training
My work is supported by many years of training and experience in therapeutic, somatic, coaching, and learning spaces.
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Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, trained by Gabor Maté
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Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
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Certified Professional Coach
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Advanced training in healing and somatic practices
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Former Learning & Development Consultant
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Experience supporting people across different cultural, neurodivergent, and professional backgrounds
Alongside my therapeutic work, I also teach and facilitate workshops on compassion, cultural awareness, trauma-informed practice, and how we stay present with ourselves and others when difficult emotions arise.
A personal note
My own healing journey has taught me that healing is not about becoming someone else. It is about slowly returning to ourselves.
I know what it is to carry old grief in the body — and to slowly become kinder to myself. To feel more alive. To soften without disappearing. To become more honest, more open, and more able to meet life from the inside.
This is the spirit I bring into my work.
There is no shame in being human.
And you do not have to do this alone.