A Complicated Story
Welcome to eavesdrop on a complicated story!
Every week, Johanne Schwensen, clinical psychologist and co-founder of It’s Complicated, sits down for a conversation with her co-founder and friend, Jungian analyst Jakob Lusensky.
Together, we share insights from our journey of building It’s Complicated, running our private practices, and navigating the real-time growth of the platform and therapist community.
Join us in creating the world’s most international and diverse therapist community by signing up here: https://www.complicated.life/for-therapists
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Staying Human: Touring and the Future of Therapy
In this episode, Jakob and Johanne reflect on the It’s Complicated tour and share what they've learned—about the joys of slow, community-rooted growth, the rise of AI in therapy, and why staying huma…
A Manifesto in the Making?
In this episode of A Complicated Story, Jakob and Johanne reconnect after navigating the challenge of living in different countries with mismatched school holidays. They catch up on recent endeavours…
Throwing Stones and Completing a Community Fundraise
In this episode of A Complicated Story, Jakob and Johanne reflect on building It’s Complicated with a community-focused approach, an ethos that hit an all-time high with the recent completion of thei…
Turning the Page: 2024’s Wrap-Up & 2025’s Unwrapped
In our final catch-up of the year, we do both some wrapping up and some unwrapping; reflecting on the highlights of 2024 and looking ahead to what’s in store for It’s Complicated in 2025. If you enjo…
The Therapist Persona & AI intimacy
In this episode we discuss procrastination, our therapist persona's and AI intimacy.
Help us build the world's most international and diverse therapist community by signing up here: https://www.compli…
Bookshelves, platonic crushes & clickbait
In this episode we discuss books role in the therapy room and the new bookshelf feature on the It's Complicated platform. Check out Johanne & Jakob's bookshelves by scrolling to the explore section o…
What's a therapist community? (Barcelona edition)
In this episode we grapple with three different questions. What's a therapist community? How does It's Complicated help practitioners to find not only their patients but also their peers? How will AI…
Gettin' leads
In this episode we discuss the essential question of how to grow a private practice and getting leads. Is an entrepreneurial spirit necessary? How does one individuate professionally and find one's u…
In the flesh
Eavesdrop on the serendipitous journey of two therapists, Johanne Schwensen and Jakob Lusensky, as they grow the therapist community It's Complicated alongside their private practices.
In this first …