Ariel Andersen, Founder
I was born in Eugene, OR, in the US and spent my childhood, youth, and young adulthood all over the Pacific Northwest part of the I-5 corridor. I graduated from Portland State University with a degree in Sociology and French, and shortly after met and married my Danish spouse. In 2018, I decided to get my Master's degree in Couples and Family Therapy and graduated in 2021. After 10 years in the states, we decided to raise a family in Denmark, where we've been since 2022.
When I'm not doing therapy or spending time with my family, you can find me doing some type of "indoorsy" activity. I love movies, television, books, and gaming.
Village Therapy was founded in 2025 for the international community of Denmark to access a wide spectrum of psychotherapy services.
I founded Village Therapy with the explicit goal in mind to create a group practice, even though in the beginning, it was just me. I am passionate about mental health, the international experience, and creating community. After putting myself out there and not finding what I was looking for, I decided to create that community myself, and that's how Village Therapy was born.
As the founder and owner of our clinic, I build and maintain our physical space, and our online presence to make our clinic as warm and welcoming as possible for our clients. I also prioritise seeing clients and maintain a full caseload.
Although I own the brand, rent the physical office, and do the marketing for our clinic, I do not employ the other clinicians at Village. Each therapist is an independent contractor with Village and is responsible for their clients. I provide the umbrella of admin, marketing, and community.
All therapists at Village are members of either the Dansk Psykoterapeut Forening (Danish Psychotherapist Association, or the Dansk Psykolog Forening (Danish Psychologist Association).
