John Samuelsen

A shadow-work coach and trauma practitioner with more than a decade of experience, John Antony Samuelsen brings a grounded, compassionate approach to helping individuals understand the unconscious patterns that shape their lives. His work began with his own search for clarity through a transformative Shadow Process workshop led by Debbie Ford, later leading to his training as a breakthrough shadow coach at the Ford Institute and to assisting more than 15 workshops in the United States and Denmark. Influenced by teachers such as Gabor Maté, Peter Levine, Bessel van der Kolk, and Mark Wolynn, John integrates shadow-work with early and generational trauma exploration, supporting clients in identifying what is truly theirs and what has been inherited. Drawing from his multicultural upbringing in Tanzania, Denmark, and Sweden, he brings a sensitive, attuned perspective to the complexities of personal and ancestral healing. John emphasises safety, self-awareness, and the courage required to meet both light and darkness within. Guided by Jung’s insight that “one does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious,” his work helps individuals reconnect fragmented parts of themselves and move toward psychological integration, authenticity, and a more cohesive inner life.