How do I work?

Primarily I work according to a (modern) psychoanalytic/psychodynamic frame.

I am a fluent Dutch, English and Italian speaker.

How does it work?

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy involves a process of exploration undertaken by the therapist and patient together in order to gain an understanding of what is brought to therapy consciously as well as the unconscious processes, which take place in our minds and get expressed in all our relationships. Our early experiences are important in shaping the way our minds work and a large part of our mind operates outside of our conscious awareness. In psychotherapy sessions, the patient is encouraged to reflect on whatever is uppermost in his/her mind during regular 50- minute sessions. Feelings, thoughts, wishes, fears, memories and dreams can be explored within the relationship between the therapist and patient. The patient is helped to understand the unconscious processes that affect their conscious thinking and behaviour. In this way, psychotherapy can gradually bring about a degree of self-understanding, and an increased awareness of how past experiences can affect current behaviour. This enables the patient to find more appropriate ways of being, and of coping with difficulties. It is often very difficult, without specialist help, to know much about our unconscious minds.