About me

I’m originally from the Netherlands and have lived in various international communities around Europe and the United States. In 2015 I began working in palliative and hospice care in Amsterdam. The work often oscillated between meeting practical, everyday needs, and finding a place for existential questions. 

I transitioned into counseling and psychotherapy in 2018 while living and studying in Edinburgh, Scotland. I initially trained in both person-centered and psychodynamic approaches and worked in various counseling organizations as well as in private practice. I became particularly specialized in working with depression, manic depression, trauma in connection to abusive relationships, as well as intimacy issues.

After obtaining my doctorate in 2023, I continued to engage with research and post-graduate counseling courses in Scotland before moving to Seattle, Washington, in 2024. I delve ever deeper into the fascinating world of the unconscious through writing and reading groups in Washington State.