About me
Welcome to my website. I hope you'll find the information you're looking for here to deepen your connection with yourself, optimize your health, or process those experiences you haven't gotten to yet.
As a Psychologist, TRE® provider, Orthomolecular Advisor and yoga and yoga nidra teacher I have a passion for bringing together different healing modalities. Combined, these form a therapy that goes beyond cognitive understanding and allows to embody insights and actually convert them into a change in behavior and experience.
My own life has presented me with challenges from an early age. The modified behavior I developed in response was helpful at the time, but often got in the way later on. It took me out of connection with myself and the world around me. It also had an effect on my health, leading to years of vague symptoms and eventually a diagnosis of Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism. An autoimmune disease that damages the thyroid gland.
My interest in psychology and personal development initially arose from my need to better understand myself and others. This has been my interest from an early age. After obtaining my Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology, I continued to delve into the working of the psyche, as well as the connection with the body and the role the body plays in expressing, but also healing, from trauma.
The different methodologies that I have learned, my experiences in my practice, but especially my personal experiences, have convinced us that both the body and the psyche must be addressed in an effective process. Whether the request for help is mainly physical, such as in the case of a chronic illness, or mainly psychological, such as in depression, both should be viewed and treated in relation to each other. It is the intersection where body and mind meet, where the opening for effective therapy and healing is located.
I hope to welcome you for a session or a trajectory! Feel free to schedule a free call appointment without obligation to discuss the possibilities.
Training & Qualifications
Tilburg University
Ortho Health Foundation
The Atma Institute
Total Health Foundation
Ortho Health Foundation
Ortho Health Foundation
Ortho Health Foundation
Functional Anatomy Seminars
Yoga Lab
Yoga Nidra Network
Living Wisdom Ayurveda
Hylke Bonnema
samudra
AALOO
Tree of Yoga
Yoga Moves
Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology - 2006
Orthomolecular & Epigenetic Therapist | 2022
Body-Oriented Trauma Therapist | 2022
Medical Foundation Training | 2021
Orthomolecular Specialist - Immune System | 2021
Orthomolecular Advisor Advanced | 2021
Orthomolecular Advisor Basic | 2021
Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms) | 2019
TRE® (Trauma Release Exercises) Provider - 2018
Total Yoga Nidra Teacher & Facilitator - 2017
Reiki Level 1 - 2016
Family & Organization Constellations - 2015
Prana Flow Yoga Teacher Training - 150 hrs - 2009/2010
AALO Allround Fitness Teacher - 2008
Yoga Teacher Training - 200 hrs - 2007
Power Vinyasa Teacher Training - 200 hrs - 2006