Working method

Registration

I try to make a first appointment with you within one or two weeks. If I’m full, I’m always more than willing to think about possibilities for another therapist.

Intake

In the first couple of sessions I try to take care of you. You can tell your story and settle down. If needed, you can also get an appointment with a psychiatrist, in which a possible need for medication will be assessed. If medication is needed, usually a supportive medical treatment can be started immediately.

Indication setting

After completion of the intake, it will be discussed with you whether treatment is indicated. With an indication for psychotherapy, you will be presented with an individual treatment plan. If you agree with the treatment plan, your treatment will start.

If there is no indication for psychotherapy and/or no agreement is reached over the treatment plan, I will refer you back to your general practitioner. If requested, I can also give you recommendations for a further referral.

Treatment

For your treatment, I use Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. In this form of therapy, you will be helped to learn to discover, recognise and understand your unresolved and unconscious feelings. These feelings are often the underlying cause for your complaints and problems. If you’ll be able to understand and handle these feelings, they will hinder you much less in your daily life and relationships. And as a result of this, your complaints and problems will decrease.

At the same time you’ll get to know yourself and your experiences much better and you will then be much better able to consciously give a positive direction to your life. You will be able to handle yourself and others in much more constructive ways, so that you will begin to function much better in your daily life and relationships.

Medication
I work together with a psychiatrist. If needed, I can refer you for a treatment with psychotropic medication.