Seminars for Healthcare Professionals

TREATMENT OF OBESITY

- professional, evidence-based and holistic approach

You are invited to the education of the HOLBAEK-model, developed by Associate Professor, Head Consultant, PhD Jens-Christian Holm known as Dr Holm, for the treatment of children, adolescents and adults with obesity. Learn how to make height / weight measurements in a proper and safe environment as well as how to talk to people with overweight with a proper, neutral and professional approach.

Seminar 1: Introduction seminar. Definition and prevalence of obesity, disease spectrum, weight regulation, obesity related complications and the HOLBAEK-model. The seminar equips the participants to start treatment for obesity.

Seminar 2: Follow-up seminar where the follow-up treatment is reviewed, including expectations for treatment development, body composition, adjustment of treatment, relapse, drop-out, ethics, normalization, endings and the direct and indirect effects of treatment.

Seminar 3: In depth immersion integration seminar. Nuanced understandings, real empathy. Flow and rhythm of communication. Authenticity. Self-identification. Challenges and perceptions. Resistance. Authority. The difficult-to-treat patient. Suffering. Perspective. The paradigm shift.

Seminar for the HOLBAEK-model's pedagogy and communication: Live consultations, video examples, pattern recognition, transcending one's own subjectivity, the star model. Interaction between theory and practice. The seminar is for participants who have completed seminar 1-3

Seminar structure

The seminars are structured so that after seminar 1 you can start applying the HOLBAEK-method with the adjacent materials. While developing your own experience, there will be opportunity to participate in the follow-up seminar, Seminar 2, which deals with expectations and adjustment of the treatment, according to challenges, body composition, normalization and end of treatment including dealing with dropouts.

All seminars are held and lead by Associate Professor, Head Consultant, PhD Jens-Christian Holm and co-workers, who have great experience in developing clinics in Denmark and abroad.

Seminar 3 is a contemplation (in depth) seminar that focuses on the paradigm shift that the HOLBAEK-model represents and which entails a sophisticated understanding of communication, flow, and rhythm. The HOLBAEK-model conveys the implementation of direct and indirect effects through a number of strategies, which strive to offer the best possible treatment. The seminar for the HOLBAEK-model's pedagogy and communication is a practically oriented seminar with a focus on pedagogy and verbal and nonverbal communication, where pattern-recognizing are central key elements in the consultation.

Planned seminars

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Program for Seminar 1

Program for Seminar 2

Program for Seminar 3

Program for Seminar for the HOLBAEK-model's pedagogy and communication

All seminars are 2-day seminars with accommodation available, which provides a broad insight into the understanding of the situation of children, adolescents and adults with obesity, including the basis for an effective treatment approach. The HOLBAEK-model counter several of the most common pedagogical approaches that is commonly expressed in methods like "Small Steps", "You Decide" or treatment models based on motivation. The HOLBAEK-model has shown excellent results, both in terms of obesity management and maintenance, but also reducing the degree of obesity-related complications.

The seminars serve both as a starting seminar for health care professionals who have not previously treated patients with obesity but are also relevant to optimize and update the methods of treatment in those already experienced in treating patients with obesity.

The HOLBAEK-model is a complex communicative and pedagogical caring intervention that integrates a Hippocratic oath-based responsibility for a highly complex disease and its complications.

The HOLBAEK-model is timely care that focuses on the best for the patient based on the patient's disease presentation and individual challenges, and contributes directly to reducing guilt, shame and self-blame and indirectly reduces stigma and discrimination.

It is our years of experience that thorough education over time is necessary in order to achieve the results that our evidence base shows and the built-in pedagogical benefits, which provide a better understanding for both patient and healthcare professionals and thus make treatment easier.

Quotes from seminar participants

"Very exciting seminar. Good with discussion - room for questions. Good with repetitions. Best when there is room for cases - scenarios/examples. The seminars have changed my view of the Holbaek-model. Should apply to all children and young people in distress!"

Seminar 2, October 2022

"Jens-Christian is committed and passionate about his cause The Best for the Child".

Seminar 2, October 2022

"New knowledge that obesity is a disease that must be treated. Very good seminar, which can be recommended to other health nurses. Very concrete tool for treating overweight ".

Seminar 1, September 2022

"Jens-Christian has been very good at following the participants' questions, wonders and doubts. There was room for repetition. I would recommend a video from a municipal health nurse who carries out a consultation, so that it becomes visually clear how the questionnaire is reviewed with the parents and the child".

Lotte Finseth, Head health nurse, Herlev Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2022

"Concrete, pedagogical and nutritional well-founded method! All you can eat and intuitive eating are positive ".

Tine Bjerre, Dietician, Herlev Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2022

"Preferably focus on the practical as well, so that you are prepared to handle the conversation, weigh, measure, etc. Even without the digital solution :-) Very good with examples from everyday life ".

Maria Louise Slettemose, Health nurse, Fredericia Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2022

"Roughly speaking, the seminar goes against everything I am trained and educated in, in the meeting with the patient - in a good way! It set many thoughts and reflections in motion, and I am looking forward to start working with the Holbaek-model".

Chanell Monrad, Health nurse, Stevns Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2022

" Exciting and very new knowledge. If you can accept the premise, it is certainly developing. Excited to see the development in my own clinic."

Seminar 1, September 2022

" Fantastically exciting knowledge and learning ".

Bettina Sirvent-Graakjær, Prof. bachelor’s in nutrition and health.

Seminar 1, September 2022

" Jens-Christian has, in a fantastically passionate way, conveyed high professionalism in relation to understanding obesity as a disease that deserves the same approach, respect and treatment as other diseases, e.g asthma. When you understand that being overweight is a disease, you understand the Holbaek-method :-)"

Betinna Pedersen, Health nurse, Jammerbugt Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2022

"Super exciting seminar days with a focus on the best interests of the child. Really good with the opportunity for discussions, cases, relevant in relation to our work as health nurses. Wish we had become part of the Dr Holm/Holbaek-method / possibility of Obesity Management Tool Pro in the municipality".

Seminar 1, September 2022

"It makes so much sense, suddenly everything about overweight is much clearer. Finally, a method that is understandable and that is clear and distinct and will therefore be much easier to use compared to previous methods. A thank you from here".

Sanne Rosing, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 2, August 2022

"After these 2 days I am very ready and very eager to get started. It's going to be good, and I'm looking forward to this ".

Pernille H. Jensen, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 2, August 2022

"Good to go to the Obesity Treatment Tool Pro yourself and follow along from there ".

Maria Bjørking, Head health nurse, Gladsaxe Municipality

Seminar 2, August 2022

"Very useful with repetition of knowledge and further reflection on how I can think/react in meetings with children and families. Good with seminars where there are few participants so that all questions are answered ".

Kristian Heflo, Physiotherapist, Alna district, Oslo

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, June 2022

"Got a refresher/better understanding of fat mass regulation. Nice with patient case. Useful tips for the consultations - i.a. to just answer what they ask ".

Elisabeth, Health nurse, Alna district, Oslo

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, June 2022

"Incredibly exciting session in terms of pedagogy. Very instructive to see Jens-Christian having a live session with a patient ".

Faiza Siddiqui, Health guide, Alna district, Oslo

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, June 2022

"Very nice case, nice to discuss afterwards ".

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, June 2022

"Good academic benefit in learning how to use the Holbaek-model in a better way".

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, June 2022

"Exciting, well-documented presentation, very relevant and practical, good and relevant issues. You can feel Jens-Christian's huge commitment to supporting children and families in a healthy life / reducing/treating obesity. New view of obesity as a disease - elaborate treatment plan".

Inger Bünger, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 1, May 2022

"On the 2nd day of the seminar, I was very ready and had a great desire to start working/facilitating the Holbaek-model. I felt very well prepared to start working with families where there is a child/children with overweight ".

Pernille Jensen, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 1, May 2022

"Interesting in relation to how the municipalities focus on i.e. "The motivational conversation" and the Holbæk model. It needs to be cleaned up ".

Maria Bjørking, Head health nurse, Gladsaxe Municipality

Seminar 1, Maj 2022

"Really useful! Finally, an evidence-based model that we health nurses can use in our work with children and young people with overweight".

Sanne L. Rosing, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 1, May 2022

"Very instructive. Have learned more about the mechanisms of obesity. Have gained a method for working with overweight children/families. Have become less "anxious" in relation to having to talk to families about obesity, for example in relation to eating disorders etc.”.

Sarah Mazur, Health nurse, Ballerup Municipality

Seminar 1, May 2022

" Important to refresh the method! Nice with live families!".

Helle Bovbjerg, Health nurse, Glostrup Municipality

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, May 2022

"Good with real families. Clarity about method, execution of this, because there is a lot that IS difficult when you are in a clinic (complexity)".

Lotte Sponholtz, Health nurse, Brøndby Municipality

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, May 2022

"Great to be a small group of seminar participants, dialogue, discussions have been enormously fruitful and present on this seminar. High professional level, great with "live" families. Gets better every time, but especially with this seminar. Space for new thinking and good questions”.

Maria Sinding, Health nurse, Brøndby Municipality

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, May 2022

"Really good to focus on the Star model: helpful to have it in the back of your mind. Really good to focus on Resistance: As a therapist, I can be affected by it, which is why we had some important conversations in relation to where resistance to varying degrees are "projections" that lead back to the family".

Vibeke Petersen, Health nurse, Brøndby Municipality

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, May 2022

"Great openness for all questions and reflections from the participants ".

Gun Andersen, Health nurse, Brøndby Municipality

Seminar for the Holbaek-model’s pedagogy and communication, May 2022

"The seminar/Jens-Christian has surprised me positively. I got a lot out of Seminar 1 - and will definitely go to my manager and talk to join Seminar 2 and 3. I'm looking forward to getting "home" in the municipality and to use my new knowledge”.

Seminar 1, April 2022

"In particular, the perception of obesity as a disease was very much a different approach - and helped shift my approach to these children and their treatment. Looking forward to testing the model, I see elements that can be used in other of my tasks".

Seminar 1, April 2022

"Good seminar that puts everything into perspective "

Ulla Lyskjær, Health nurse, Sønderborg Municipality

Seminar 1, April 2022

"Very inspiring teaching with good distribution of presentations and discussion. Suitable provocation which leads to good reflections."

Health nurse, Lolland Municipality

Seminar 2, March 2022

"It was a more in-depth lesson today than in Seminar 1. Good for refreshing points."

Health nurse, Lolland Municipality

Seminar 2, March 2022

"Some exciting days where boundaries have been moved both professionally and in relation to self-perception. Well-developed electronic/web-based material."

Health nurse, Lolland Municipality

Seminar 1, February 2022

"I was high after the 1st day of the seminar when I drove home. I think it was because the teaching provoked me in a good way, to look at families in a completely new way - it shook my own communicative methods - Cool! I'm really looking forward to getting started :-) Thank you."

Tina Christensen, Health nurse, Lolland Municipality

Seminar 1, February 2022

"Now I'm dressed even better. THANKS. Too much blood on the tooth(s) to continue in our growth clinic. Better to face resistance and thus the big challenges that children and families are/have."

Vibeke S. Vollerup, Health nurse, Svendborg Municipality

Seminar 3, December 2021

"It has, again, been a very educational course. Concepts that are important for understanding obesity were collected and repeated. I have been very satisfied. There have been many good discussions. The "exam questions" were a little anxiety-provoking - but made good sense. And there was much that I had understood. Thanks for now."

Susanne Mikkelsen, Health nurse, Halsnæs Municipality

Seminar 3, December 2021

"A fine mix of all the complex aspects in the treatment and understanding of obesity. Good professional discussions from practice. Relevant for practice in healthcare and the Weight Unit in Rødovre."

Eva Nielsen, Health nurse, Rødovre Municipality

Seminar 3, December 2021

"Very meaningful seminar. Imagine that opposition can become a friend :-) Nice dialogue. Good respectful communication. Experience of trust and security. Good interaction between theory and practical theory."

Dorte Røgild, Health nurse, Svendborg Municipality

Seminar 3, December 2021

"The Brush-Up seminar is really important in order to maintain the authenticity of the treatment and the quality."

Line Egebjærg, Health nurse, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Brush-Up, November 2021

"Good opportunity to ask questions and get in-depth answers. Very inspiring. Important with the latest professional knowledge."

Lone Wind, Health nurse, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Brush-Up, November 2021

"I have been greatly inspired in my practice both as a therapist in the Holbaek-model, as a health nurse and personally. There has been an inspiring and respectful environment in the seminar. Jens-Christian is analytically sharp in relation to our cases - very inspiring."

Lill Cederstrøm, Health nurse, Ikast-Brande Municipality

Seminar 2, October 2021

"Really good seminar I have got a handle on more practical things and have become more comfortable using the Holbæk method."

Line Hansen, Health nurse, Guldborgsund Municipality

Seminar 2, October 2021

"Reflection in relation to own practice has been very good. "Learn" to say things straight. Trust yourself. Set boundaries. Good eye opener about power struggle! It has been very nice to have the fat mass regulation repeated."

Karen Duus, Health nurse, Guldborgsund Municipality

Seminar 2, October 2021

"Nice to learn something new. Get a dimension of how we should be as therapists with the communicative and educational side. Talk about cases."

Seminar 2, October 2021

"Also got gold nuggets for my own personal development."

Seminar 2, October 2021

"I have gained a lot from this seminar in terms of communication and being neutral in my approach. A lot of focus on well-being and not just obesity."

Anna K. K. Jørgensen, Teacher, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 3, September 2021

"There has been an opportunity to discuss, and Jens-Christian is good at grabbing the ball and including it in his presentation. It was good to give examples."

Fatma Kayhan, Teacher, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 3, September 2021

"I think I got a lot in my backpack."

Bente Hansen, Nutrition assistant, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 3, September 2021

"I still have high expectations and so far, they have been fully met."

Knud E. Schack Korsbjerg, School principal, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 3, September 2021

"Super interesting. Another approach that provides a tool for a problem "treatment of obesity", where we have not previously had anything that worked."

Seminar 1, September 2021

"Good opportunity to ask wondering questions. JC makes a good point of departure from our questions and the teaching becomes dynamic. The seminar provides food for thought in relation to several of the functional areas of health care."

Karina P. Nielsen, Frederikssund Municipality

Seminar 1, September 2021

"Really good course. Exciting teaching. The only thing is that when a blackboard is used, it must be written clearly."

Seminar 1, September 2021

"Engaged, but also room for responsiveness. Very knowledgeable and inspiring. Got very concrete, useful tools, solid background knowledge."

Seminar 1, September 2021

"Nice to have concrete, useful tools for working with overweight. Incredibly important and ground-breaking knowledge about obesity as a disease and the approach to families and children with obesity. I look forward to getting started".

Maja, Health nurse, Fredensborg Municipality

Seminar 1, August 2021

"Hugely relevant and useful in school health work. The educational approach to families with special needs is also relevant to reflect on for other groups".

Stine Nymand, Health nurse, Guldborgsund Municipality

Seminar 1, August 2021

"I feel I have been given good tools to help the families with very simple methods/solutions to "manage" overweight. Good understanding of the physical cause of obesity".

Karen, Health nurse, Guldborgsund Municipality

Seminar 1, August 2021

"Good alternation between professional presentations and patient cases. In principle, a clear, simple program for the citizen/patient, which, however, is based on thorough scientific work and evidence. Lovely with a humane, caring and empathetic view of people".

Karoline, Doctor, Holbæk Hospital

Seminar 1, August 2021

"Academic benefit becomes "satisfactory" when/if the opportunity to get Seminar 2 and 3. Seminar 1 extremely instructive, especially knowledge about fat mass regulation, obesity as a disease, the best for the child and planning perspective. Fat mass regulation is an eye-opener in relation to the degree of severity, why obesity is so difficult to treat".

Maria Bjerre, Health nurse, Fredensborg Municipality

Seminar 1, August 2021

"Thanks for a good seminar I look forward to getting started. I could have spent some time where I had the opportunity to practice using the questionnaire and the treatment plan and the approach to the Holbaek-method".

Line Hansen, Health nurse, Guldborgsund Municipality

Seminar 1, August 2021

"I have benefited greatly from this seminar. Both theoretical and practical. Good follow-up on Seminar 1".

Anette Voss, Consultant Cand. San., Nyborg Municipality

Seminar 2, June 2021

"Great to have a summary from Seminar 1. As mentioned for Jens-Christian, he has really stimulated and changed my conceptions/ideas with his sometimes provocative (positively speaking) way of being and teaching. He manages to keep me trapped and not lose me on the way. I feel better equipped to help my patients and also in my safety in the method/model".

Christina Lorenzen, Independent therapist, and instructor

Seminar 2, June 2021

"A good summary and reflection on the seminar/Holbaek-model".

Maria, Cand. scient. clinical nutrition, Dietician, Høje Taastrup Municipality

Seminar 2, June 2021

"Again, I think the seminar has been really, really good" In the last evaluation, I mentioned that I think it could be great with even more examples from the health nurses' everyday life, and there has been a lot of that on this course. SUPER AWESOME! And this time there has been a really good opportunity to have a say. Very good with all drawings/models/figures”.

Signe, Research year medidal student, Holbæk Hospital

Seminar 2, June 2021

"Very professionally relevant. Huge change in the understanding of obesity and treatment based on research. Super cool for practice ".

Eva L. Nielsen, Health nurse, Rødovre Municipality

Seminar 2, June 2021

"Has acquired tools for use in communication which are useful/applicable with a view to developing the undersigned's professionalism. Good tips for strengthening practice ".

Susanne, Health nurse, Holstebro Municipality

Seminar 4, May 2021

"Super good seminar It was very illustrative with case combined with "Generation XL". I have gained a great deal and feel that I have come a step deeper. Hope I can attend Seminar 4 regularly".

Betina Kærager, Health nurse, Gladsaxe Municipality

Seminar 4, May 2021

"I would encourage "Seminar 4" to be given a different name and be held for course participants approx. once every year or every other year. I think it was a bit too much to get homework for the next day of the seminar, but relevant to encourage to watch "Generation XL” episode 1 and read about the Star Model before we arrived at the course".

Maj-Britt Bockelund, Health nurse, Gladsaxe Municipality

Seminar 4, May 2021

"Nice that it has been practice oriented. Exercises we did ourselves - good that Jens-Christian was "behind" as support. Could be nice to go through our own "preliminary consultations", which we have filmed from home ".

Seminar 4, May 2021

"I have been on the seminar for two days without losing focus at any point. I can't remember the last time that happened! I am very happy and satisfied. Very interesting content and really good presentation. Really exciting to hear healthcare nurses' cases, it would be great to have even more time for that".

Seminar 1, April 2021

"It works every time you replace overweight with another chronic disease in your thinking, then you have no doubts ".

Maria Fraulund, Doctor, Holbæk Hospital.

Seminar 1, April 2021

"Nice to be challenged on "ingrained and old ways of thinking and patterns. Good overview with perspectives and examples you can relate to ".

Amanda Nielsen, Medical student., Holbæk Hospital

Seminar 1, April 2021

"Nice link between theory and practice. Good presentation of theoretically difficult material in relation to lipid with visual drawings, etc."

Seminar 1, April 2021

"It has been educational and interesting. I look forward to the next seminar".

Seminar 1, April 2021

"A good summary. As my colleague says, now we need to work on it ourselves and flesh it out ".

Seminar 2, April 2021, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

"It has been an eye-opener that motivation is not a useful way to go if you want to treat children/young people with overweight. Motivation points to the patient instead of pointing to the therapist, as the primary person responsible. Seeing obesity as a chronic disease that requires comprehensive and lifelong treatment and action also changed my own perceptions."

Christian Holst, Teacher, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"Super educational. Is so very positive the 2 days."

Bente Hansen, Nutritional assistance, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"The seminar has been intense, educational, and exciting. At times at a high pace, but with room for wonder, questions and comments - which helped to maintain a high level and interest throughout the 2 days."

Anne K. Jørgensen, Teacher, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"It has been enormously intense and very educational, exciting, and motivating ".

Jeannette H. Arildsen, Kitchen manager, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"Very intensive. No possibility to "zap out" = positive. Very thoughtful. Safe to be with colleagues. A number of slides that here on the 1st seminar contribute to confusion, frustration, but are nevertheless important in the big picture".

Lisbeth Nøhr, Dietary inspector, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"It has been very intense and informative, but also very hard/difficult to follow - especially around the biological ".

Fatma Kayhan, Teacher, Stenhus Kostskole Holbæk

Seminar 1, December 2020

"Good with an update/summary. Jens-Christian is super motivating and passionate about working with overweight. It is important to understand resistance in order to keep fighting for the best for the child and to understand one's treatment responsibility."

Anne Mette Brahtz, Health nurse, Glostrup Municipality

Brush Up, December 2020

"Nice to have a good opportunity for sparring on concrete cases and difficult patients."

Kirstine Gade, Health consultant, Struer Municipality

Brush Up, December 2020

"The HOLBAEK-METHOD IS "THE BEST FOR THE CHILD". A paradigm shift in relation to understanding obesity! Obesity is to be understood as a chronic disease".

Helle Bovbjerg, Nurse, Glostrup Municipality

Seminar 3, November, 2020

"Hoping for a live patient case, which has been very fruitful on seminars. Good with repetition and deepening of the method. Support for severe patients".

Pernille L. Bregnhøj, Dietician, Silkeborg Municipality

Seminar 3, November 2020

"Very responsive and thorough from the teacher. There is a lot of repetition, which I can see makes sense in the framework of understanding! But a little too many this time and too many side stories in my opinion. Overall, however, I am also excited and inspired this time”.

Maj-Britt Wrønding, Health nurse, Glostrup Municipality

Seminar 3, November 2020

"It has been two very instructive seminar days. It is very effective that most of the model's theories are repeated in different contexts. Repetition can do anything! Several practices cases. It's a bit sad that there aren't more course days because I've gained something every time”.

Betina Kærager, Health nurse, Gladsaxe Municipality

Seminar 3, November 2020

"Live teaching. Very practical. The best thing is to get rid of your own fixed patterns and refresh Jens-Christian's words/"approach"/phrases ".

Lotte, Health nurse

Seminar 3, November 2020

"Nicely refreshing and finally a course with a good professional level. Good way to tell and communicate. Refreshing ".