Counselling
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Our pain or confusion can sometimes feel even more unbearable when we feel we are not understood by others or when we feel that we bother them too much with our stuff. Being seen and heard however is an important part of healing as it validates us as being a person in our own right, unique and precious.
I aspire to create a genuine relationship with you where you feel safe, understood and accepted. I will listen and accompany you every step of the way where talking about difficult issues and painful feelings might bring you. My main care is your well-being, making sure that the process of looking into your feelings, desires and emotions and possibly exploring certain aspects of yourself that you might need to face and come to terms with, will only bring you benefit.
It is important for you to know that you are in charge of this process of finding clarity, understanding or peace of mind, and that you are free to do this in your own way and at your own pace.
I regard, besides your potential, your qualities and your ability for growth, your inner life as a valuable resource in the therapeutic work of finding balance and harmony. In this sense I keep an open mind for personal beliefs that we all deep down might have or openly practice.
Counselling +plus
A special word to people diagnosed, treated for, and living with cancer. Counselling clients suffering from this means that I will meet you also as cancer survivor (since 2011). Since then my life has been turned upside down every time the cancer came back or didn't stop growing. In those years I've been on death's door more than once. Facing existential fears, undergoing multiple chemotherapies and other treatments, dealing with side effects and uncertainties have, if anything, taught me much about body and mind, and how to find balance. Living with cancer has also shown me a generous and loving side of life that I never would have met in such abundance otherwise.
How it works
We will be working together for either a short-term fixed period (8-12 sessions) or longer term (indefinite), during which we will regularly review your counselling process.
Short-term counselling is usually more goal-oriented and focused on a current problem that you would like to find some resolution for or have a better understanding of in order to deal with it. This can be a work-related problem, relationship issues or dealing with change.
Long-term counselling is appropriate when there is a clear wish for gaining an understanding of yourself and your circumstances that will help you move forward and heal from certain conditions or inhibitions. This is about giving yourself the space and time to reflect more deeply on yourself and your life and, through genuine introspection, to engage with the process of change itself.
Additional counselling tool
In addition to listening and hearing what you are saying and through dialogue working together, I can introduce the use of visual language. As these times are very image orientated I believe there is benefit in introducing a visual language in the therapy room as a tool and a means to relate to and communicate with others. Images can convey and capture meaning in specific ways. In practice it means that, with your permission and over time, I will visualise, draw or map (aspects of) what you tell me. This material can help clarify and provide valuable insight in certain processes, patterns or conditions of your experiences.
This tool is optional. Details can be discussed between us any time.
Our pain or confusion can sometimes feel even more unbearable when we feel we are not understood by others or when we feel that we bother them too much with our stuff. Being seen and heard however is an important part of healing as it validates us as being a person in our own right, unique and precious.
I aspire to create a genuine relationship with you where you feel safe, understood and accepted. I will listen and accompany you every step of the way where talking about difficult issues and painful feelings might bring you. My main care is your well-being, making sure that the process of looking into your feelings, desires and emotions and possibly exploring certain aspects of yourself that you might need to face and come to terms with, will only bring you benefit.
It is important for you to know that you are in charge of this process of finding clarity, understanding or peace of mind, and that you are free to do this in your own way and at your own pace.
I regard, besides your potential, your qualities and your ability for growth, your inner life as a valuable resource in the therapeutic work of finding balance and harmony. In this sense I keep an open mind for personal beliefs that we all deep down might have or openly practice.
Counselling +plus
A special word to people diagnosed, treated for, and living with cancer. Counselling clients suffering from this means that I will meet you also as cancer survivor (since 2011). Since then my life has been turned upside down every time the cancer came back or didn't stop growing. In those years I've been on death's door more than once. Facing existential fears, undergoing multiple chemotherapies and other treatments, dealing with side effects and uncertainties have, if anything, taught me much about body and mind, and how to find balance. Living with cancer has also shown me a generous and loving side of life that I never would have met in such abundance otherwise.
How it works
We will be working together for either a short-term fixed period (8-12 sessions) or longer term (indefinite), during which we will regularly review your counselling process.
Short-term counselling is usually more goal-oriented and focused on a current problem that you would like to find some resolution for or have a better understanding of in order to deal with it. This can be a work-related problem, relationship issues or dealing with change.
Long-term counselling is appropriate when there is a clear wish for gaining an understanding of yourself and your circumstances that will help you move forward and heal from certain conditions or inhibitions. This is about giving yourself the space and time to reflect more deeply on yourself and your life and, through genuine introspection, to engage with the process of change itself.
Additional counselling tool
In addition to listening and hearing what you are saying and through dialogue working together, I can introduce the use of visual language. As these times are very image orientated I believe there is benefit in introducing a visual language in the therapy room as a tool and a means to relate to and communicate with others. Images can convey and capture meaning in specific ways. In practice it means that, with your permission and over time, I will visualise, draw or map (aspects of) what you tell me. This material can help clarify and provide valuable insight in certain processes, patterns or conditions of your experiences.
This tool is optional. Details can be discussed between us any time.