Body-Oriented Psychotherapy

Do you long for less stress and more ease in your life?
Would you like greater clarity about the challenges you are facing?
Do you wish to break recurring patterns, heal old wounds, and feel more present, alive, and fulfilled?

You are very welcome for body-oriented psychotherapy in Mijdrecht, conveniently located near Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Therapy can help you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, release what no longer serves you, and create more freedom, vitality, and fulfillment in your life.

Feeling safe and having a genuine connection with your therapist are essential. That is why I warmly invite you to first explore whether working together feels right for you before making any commitment.

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Possible reasons to start therapy

People come to therapy for many different reasons. For example:

• High sensitivity or feeling easily overwhelmed

• Stress, anxiety, or recurring negative thoughts

• Low self-confidence or difficulty trusting yourself

• Physical complaints related to stress or emotional tension

• Repeating painful relationship patterns

• Feeling disconnected from your body, feelings, or inner compass

• Difficulty setting boundaries

• Healing old wounds related to loss, lack of safety, or unmet emotional needs

• A longing for more authenticity, vitality, and self-connection

 

My approach: Core Energetics

I am trained in Core Energetics, a body-oriented psychotherapeutic approach based on the understanding that body, emotions, mind, and energy are deeply interconnected.

Our bodies often tell the truth before our minds do. Stress, tension, numbness, contraction, exhaustion, or restlessness all carry important information.

In therapy, the body becomes an entrance into deeper awareness. We begin with what is present in the here and now:

How do you feel in this moment?
What do you notice in your body?
Where is there tension, openness, contraction, or energy?

Simply becoming aware of what is happening in the present moment can already bring clarity and relief.

When appropriate, we may also work with movement, breath, grounding, emotional expression, or body awareness to help release tension, restore vitality, and move through emotional blockages.

The aim is not simply symptom relief, but deeper transformation: reconnecting with your life energy, your authenticity, and your essential self.

 

What does a session look like?

Each session begins with a check-in.

We explore what is alive in you in that moment—emotionally, mentally, and physically. From there, the session unfolds organically based on what needs attention.

Depending on what serves the process, we may work through:

• conversation and reflection

• body awareness

• grounding exercises

• movement

• emotional expression

• nervous system regulation

• exploring patterns, beliefs, and relational dynamics

Safety is always central.

If you do not feel safe—whether in life, in your body, or in the therapeutic process—creating safety and stability becomes our first focus.

Therapy is not about pushing. It is about creating enough safety for real experience, insight, and change to emerge.

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Possible outcomes

Therapy can support you in:

• feeling more connected to yourself

• understanding your emotions more clearly

• developing greater self-trust

• increasing self-worth and confidence

• setting healthier boundaries

• releasing stress and chronic tension

• healing old emotional wounds

• developing more compassion for yourself

• feeling more alive and energized

• creating healthier relationships

• opening new possibilities in your life

 

Intake session

In an intake session, we get to know each other.

I will ask about what brings you here, what you long for, and what you hope for in therapy. You will also have space to sense whether you feel comfortable, safe, and at ease with me.

The purpose is to discover whether there is enough trust and resonance to begin working together.

 

Way of working

If you decide to continue after the intake, I usually recommend beginning with five sessions.

This gives us enough time to establish trust, begin meaningful work, and get a clearer sense of what supports you best.

At the fifth session, we evaluate together:

• What has shifted?

• What have you discovered?

• How do you experience the process?

• What would be supportive going forward?

From there, we decide together on the next step.

Some people come for short-term support around a specific issue. Others choose a longer therapeutic process with weekly or biweekly sessions.

I have accompanied both shorter trajectories and deep, long-term transformational processes, and have seen how profoundly this work can support change.

 

About Core Energetics

Core Energetics is a body-oriented psychotherapeutic approach developed by psychiatrist John Pierrakos, building on insights from Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Wilhelm Reich.

It combines psychological insight, emotional work, body awareness, energetic understanding, and personal transformation.

Core Energetics is increasingly recognised internationally as a powerful form of body psychotherapy.

If you would like to know more, please visit:
https://coreenergetics.nl/en/core-energetics/

 

Fees

A 60-minute session costs €110.

Depending on your health insurance policy, partial reimbursement may be available through complementary healthcare coverage.

I can also refer you to carefully selected colleagues in training who work under my supervision at the same location and offer sessions at a lower fee. I only refer to professionals in whom I have full trust.

 

Practical information

I offer sessions:

• on most weekdays

• on Saturdays

• online when appropriate

Practice location: Mijdrecht

 

My background

My professional background includes:

• Co-director of the Netherlands Institute of Core Energetics (NICE), where I also work as a trainer and supervisor

• Professional training in Core Energetics

• Training in energy work and family constellations

• A background in Mathematics and Creative Therapy

• More than 15 years of experience in private practice

• Experience working in educational settings and teacher development

• Ongoing work at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

I am also the proud mother of two children.

 

Special areas of experience

- Sensitivity and being overly attuned to others

Some people are highly attuned to their surroundings and to the emotions of others, while finding it harder to stay connected to themselves.

This can lead to overwhelm, confusion, exhaustion, and difficulty knowing what you truly feel or need.

This is a theme I know well, both professionally and personally, and one I frequently support clients with: helping people feel safer in themselves, more grounded, and more present in their own experience.

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Vanishing Twin Syndrome / Alone Born Twin

I also have specialised experience in working with people affected by Vanishing Twin Syndrome (Alone Born Twin). If this resonates with your story, you are welcome to reach out.
More info: My thesis on Vanishing Twin Syndrome

 

Supervision

I am a supervisor within the professional training of the Netherlands Institute of Core Energetics (NICE).

Please feel free to contact me if you are looking for supervision.

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