Benedikte Brantsaeter
Conference Topic
Resilience and Performance in High-Stakes Situations: The Power of Mental Training and Hypnosis
In this talk, I will demonstrate how mental training and hypnosis can strengthen performance, emotional regulation and resilience in high-stakes situations - especially when individuals are faced with manipulative personalities, legal conflicts, or ongoing psychological stress. Drawing from real-life cases and professional experience, I'l share insights into how clients can stay grounded, focused, and self-assured when confronting difficult individuals - including those with narcissistic or antisocial traits - during important meetings, mediation, custody battles, or court proceedings.
This session explores how to equip clients (and therapists themselves) with tools to handle psychological pressure, distorted narratives, and attempts at emotional destabilization - all while maintaining clarity, agency and inner strength.
Attendees will gain practical methods to help clients navigate "impossible" people and power struggles, using mental techniques that support both short-term survival and long-term integrity.
Bio
Benedikte Brantsæter is educated in law with a specialization in conflict resolution and negotiation law, where she also mediates in conflicts. In addition to her education in social anthropology, mental training, and hypnosis, she is a certified yoga, breathwork and meditation teacher, as well as a grief therapist specializing in complicated grief.
With an interdisciplinary approach, Benedikte helps clients rebuild their identity after being exposed to narcissistic relationships, as well as process complex traumas and losses. She also offers mental training tools and hypnosis techniques for individuals facing legal challenges or stressful life situations.
Benedikte is an experienced international speaker and conducts courses and workshops on grief, personal growth, and resilience in the face of adversity. Her mission is to inspire people to find their inner strength and achieve lasting, positive changes in their lives.