Tailoring therapy to You
It can be hard to resolve emotional difficulties on your own. Whatever you’re dealing with, it is not unusual to feel stuck and to fear burdening those around you if you talked to them. As a counsellor and psychotherapist with 30 years of therapeutic experience, I work with you collaboratively to support your journey through life. At the core of this collaboration is the strong working relationship which I aim to form with you. Together we get to the root of what’s troubling you, helping you to understand the way you perceive yourself and your wider world and how this influences your interactions. Then we use different tools, which can help you shift from patterns that have long felt stuck. Much progress can be made if you are truly committed to working on yourself and take an active role in your process. The work we do together involves talking of course, but also different tools, and suggestions for you to take into your daily life.
I am based in the Hague and work with clients in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and across the Netherlands and Europe. Sessions can be in English or in French.
My approach
I am trained in Integrative psychotherapy, which means I bring together different approaches to therapy. I put the therapeutic relationship at the centre of our work together, and tailor my interventions to suit your specific needs, whatever they may be. For insomnia, I use CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioural therapy for insomnia). For other issues, I use talking therapy and EMDR as my main tools, along with other neuroscience, mindfulness and somatic-inspired approaches.
If you have any questions you’d like to ask, please feel free to get in touch.
Some Areas I Help With
- Insomnia
- Stress
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationships
- Life transitions (moving countries, menopause, etc.)
- Trauma and PTSD
- Developing Self-acceptance and Self-compassion
- Loss and bereavement
- Identity issues
- Feelings of isolation
- Personal development
- Finding meaning and direction in life
Session Information
Before our first session together, I offer a free, informal 20-minute chat to give you a chance to get a sense of who I am before deciding to go ahead with me. Sessions last 50 minutes. Should we decide that EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is the best way forward for you, sessions may take longer by agreement.
Please note that my practice is not covered by Dutch insurance but is covered by international insurance.
Location
I am based in the Hague and work with clients in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and across the Netherlands and Europe. Sessions are held online via Zoom.
If you would like to explore having counselling or psychotherapy with me, please feel free to email me.
You will find psychotherapy with me helpful if:
- You suffer from chronic insomnia
- You have long-standing emotional difficulties, such as anxiety or depression
- You are curious about doing inner work, which can be challenging at times
- You are interested in exploring childhood experiences that often but not always are at the root of your difficulties
- You would like to take an active role, usually on a weekly basis, in working towards a place of greater peace and understanding of yourself
You Can Expect
- To be supported in deciding what's right for you
- To see more clearly what your needs are and how to get them met in your everyday life
- To feel heard and understood, which will help you work through whatever life issue you are bringing
- Clarity and understanding around the reasons you think/feel/behave the way you do, and help in fundamentally changing destructive patterns that you might have found yourself overwhelmed by