Education
I see education as an important cornerstone in being able to work professionally with others. For me, the basis of good counseling or therapy lies in being fully human and being enriched by life’s challenges and encounters. Furthermore, I nourish myself with extra training that can deepen my work as a psychotherapist, and also in continuous inter- and supervision with other care workers I try to give shape to my therapeutic practice in a solid way.
From the interaction with my environment, in the relationship with my tutors, patients, friends, colleagues, and other travel companions, I feel I am continuously evolving as a human being, as a healer, and becoming richer in experiences. Giving opportunities to others, to children and young people, and supporting them in their search and struggles through life, I feel a very profound drive and inspiration in working from my own human-being.
- Bachelor of Science in Mental Health Care Nursing (Karel de Grote University College – Antwerp)
– Thesis: “I’m cool” – The (perceived) effects of Cannabis use on the quality of life of adolescents. - Postgraduate Gestaltpsychotherapy (IVC – Vives University College)
– Thesis: How can I (not) be myself?! – Shame as a field phenomenon in the process of the Self in LGBTQ+ youngsters. - specialization child- and youth psychiatry (VSVG)
- supervision training (Artevelde University College)
- training in solution-focused therapy (Interactie-Academie Antwerp)
- beads of life: working with the narrative of life in psychotherapy (Interactie-Academie Antwerp)
- inspirational coaching (Artevelde University College)
- motivational interviewing (University of Gent)
- reiki healing (Anam Cara)
Professional Associations
NVAGT: Nederlands Vlaamse Associatie voor Gestalttherapie en Gestalttheorie [Dutch Flemish Association for Gestalt Therapy]
EAGT: The European Association for Gestalt Therapy
IAAGT: International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy
VKJP: Vereniging voor kinder- en jeugdpsychotherapie [Association for child and youth psychiatry]
LICENCE: endorsed and registered by the Medical Commission of Belgium, license number: 33375
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