About Us
At CEKTOS we specialise in metacognitive therapy to treat mental disorders in children, adolescents and adults.
We research treatment methods, publish books, educate professionals and treat a wide range of clients using metacognitive therapy.
Are you a professional?
CEKTOS provide education and training courses, educating you to the highest level on par with some of the world’s leading experts in metacognitive therapy.
Are you a client?
Feel better – faster
Metacognitive Therapy is a new way of treating psychological problems. The therapy is a short-term treatment focussing on minimizing certain mental strategies which backfire resulting in symptoms such as anxiety , OCD, PTSD
A Metacognitive Treatment Programme will normally last between 5-8 sessions. During these individual sessions, you will regain thought control. Disorders such as stress, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression are all fuelled by particular styles of thinking. You will learn to relate to your thoughts in a different way, which will allow you to spend less time ruminating and worrying. Most people experience that this change improves their overall quality of life by enhancing the ability to focus on meaningful life experiences rather than on symptoms and negative thoughts.
Metacognitive Therapy is recommended, amongst others by the British national health service (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE) as the most effective treatment for generalised anxiety disorder and PTSD. Extensive research supports the recommendation by the British health service.
If you have any questions, please feel free to write to our Secretary tina.steenberg@cektos.dk or call us on 2785 1692.
Since Metacognitive Therapy is becoming more and more prevalent, there are, unfortunately, several psychologists who provide the method without being adequately trained, supervised or certified.
Make sure that your metacognitive psychologist has graduated the 2-year masterclass from the MCT-Institute.
You can check the list of certified psychologists on the website of the MCT Institute Danish Branch.
All of the physchologists working at CEKTOS are either certified MCT-psychologists or in the process of qualifying as such.
You can check out the list of certified metacognitive psychologists in Denmark here!
Clinic Director Dr. Pia Callesen
Dr. Pia Callesen is one of Denmarks most educated metacognitive psychologists. She has more than 15 years experience in classic cognitive behavioral therapy and is a specialist in this method. She has also completed the official 2-year metacognitive certification training in Manchester at the MCT-Institute and the subsequent 1-year advanced level masterclass in Oxford by Professor Adrian Wells. At the end of 2016, she completed her PhD at Manchester University. The PhD contains a large randomised controlled trial with research into the effects of metacognitive therapy treatment for depression.
She has over the years received regular individual supervision and coaching from Professor Adrian Wells, the originator of MCT.
Pia Callesen offers individual metacognitive therapy sessions in Copenhagen and Næstved.
Email: Pia.Callesen@cektos.dk