Specialties

As a Behavioral Therapist/Basic Psychologist I treat the following mild and moderately severe

mental complaints and problems in primary care.

For more specialized and long-term care, I will refer you to a BIG-registered colleague.

- Learning and behavioral problems in children and young people

- Health education

- Psycho-education

- Parenting problems

- Relationship problems

- Social media addiction

- (Exam) fear of failure

- Lack of self-esteem

- Aggression regulation

- Burn-out

- Relaxation en Mindfulness

I work with Brief Psychological Interventions. This is a professional, structured therapeutic approach, which limits the number of sessions (and therefore the cost). I incorporate elements of Positive Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Solution-Focused Therapy.

I don't use tests as a "diagnosis," but I do use questionnaires to identify your symptoms and identify areas where you can utilize your strengths. This will help us find the starting points to develop a treatment plan together.

Therapies

some examples

Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and ACT

Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Also called fourth-generation CBT (Bannink & Geschwind). Treatment is less about the symptoms than about how you cope with them. It's important to understand what's going well. Because goals are primarily formulated, this therapy is highly future-oriented.

Research shows that this is now the most promising therapy.

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) focuses on the consequences of feelings and thoughts we hold on to, or that constantly influence us. ACT doesn't focus so much on what people are thinking and on changing or avoiding it, but on learning to cope with those feelings and thoughts by creating more distance from them. "Shit happens."

Or as I like to say: "Face it or fuck it." Either address the things you can change, or give them a place in your life.

Coaching

Coaching is intended to help you develop yourself, for example during outplacement or 'simply' because you want to get more out of yourself.

Coaching is also usually used in a burnout trajectory.

There are usually 4 phases:

- What is the problem, what are you experiencing?

- You will receive reflection from your coach.

- You draw up an action plan.

- You put your plans into practice and receive feedback from your coach.

Burn-out

Burnout (literally: burned out) seems to be here to stay: according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 1.3 million people suffered from work-related stress or burnout in 2021!

Especially during the Covid pandemic, all perspective seemed lost. We work (too) hard, relax (too) little, and are expected to perform increasingly more without experiencing any appreciation. Low self-esteem is the result. Many pupils and students experience this as well.

Your perception of reality may be distorted. You feel emotionally unstable, which can manifest as sadness, irritability, or even aggression. You feel tired and stressed at the same time. You become forgetful and make mistakes.

Burnout can also be seen as a cry for help from your body: you have to change your lifestyle!

ACT and mindfulness can help you regain your strength.

See also my 'Burnout website': www.BurnoutHelpMe.nl

Mindfulness

Mindfulness: you can use it as a goal to connect with yourself. No more unrest in your mind: Mind@Ease!

Mindfulness is also used as a tool in the treatment of stress, burnout, depression.

You learn not to judge (usually negative) past experiences as fixed facts. By learning to focus on the "here and now," you can distance yourself from these feelings.

This allows you to use your energy more positively.