A conversation with a psychologist should help
The starting point of a conversation with me is that it contributes something, that it helps and that it works. That you look back in a few weeks or months and think: Yes, I really got something out of that. That you feel stronger, that you have grown, and can face your future with a clear vision.
"The best way to predict your future is by creating it."
Healthcare Services
Burnout & Stress
In my practice, I deal daily with clients who come to me due to Burnout or stress/over-fatigue complaints. It's incredibly upsetting and sad when your symptoms cause you to lose yourself. Fortunately, something can be done about it.
Anxiety & Insecurity
Anxiety and Insecurity are feelings that are often experienced as very overwhelming. Although they often occur together and are related, they are still different. Insecurity can be seen as an (indirect) expression of fear. For example, the fear of being rejected, being embarrassed, or failing. In some situations, this can lead to insecurity. Historically, fear was actually meant to protect us from danger, but in our current living climate, it has mainly found its home in less life-threatening situations. Regularly feeling fear or insecurity can limit your life and take away your sense of freedom.
Melancholy & Depression
Most people experience melancholy from time to time. Whether or not this is directly linked to an event. However, when this melancholy persists for a longer period, is not clearly explainable, and seems to return continuously, it can turn into depression. People who keep a lot to themselves (being introverted), have difficulty expressing feelings and emotions (bottling up), and analyze, think, and/or worry a lot, have a greater chance of experiencing melancholic feelings. Melancholy can sometimes cause you to (unconsciously) shut down, allowing little to no information to really penetrate, and you are primarily battling with yourself and your own negative thoughts. This can end in a vicious cycle that is difficult to get out of on your own.
Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
All people differ from each other to a greater or lesser extent. Whether it's about muscle strength, intelligence, height, or sensitivity. If you experience that you are very sensitive to stimuli, events, feelings, and emotions, then you may be highly sensitive. These emotions and stimuli can come from both yourself and your environment and sometimes even be triggered by fictional characters in books or movies. We call this high sensitivity HSP. Probably about 20% of the population is highly sensitive, men as much as women. People who are highly sensitive can sometimes experience it as a burden and often feel misunderstood on top of that. What many people with HSP do not know is that there is enormous strength hidden in this sensitivity when you know how to use it. Taking good care of yourself is essential in this. I can help you find that strength and help you embrace your sensitivity.
Identity & Life Questions
It is quite possible that you come to me with a more or less clear quest for your identity, 'big' life questions, or finding meaning in general. Conversations about this topic are often deep and intense, as they try to find something that is difficult to define in a rational way. Because people are partly illogical, sensitive, and elusive beings, we can be looking for something that goes beyond the everyday. Something that, although difficult to substantiate and explain, takes place on another level. This may sound vague and floaty, but it is anything but. In the answer to deeper questions, there is often a lot of essential information hidden. This information can then be used when you need to make a decision, set a goal, or seek confidence in your own abilities. Ultimately an enrichment of your life.
My approach
Creating an Overview
First, we will create an overview. We put everything you want to discuss on the table, without any judgment or expectation. This gives us a clear picture of what is going on and what has happened, in which situation you find yourself and how you are as a person.
Setting Goals
Once everything is clear enough, we will set goals together. These goals help to determine direction. A good question to ask yourself is: if I were to meet myself in x months, what would I want to have achieved? What has changed compared to now?
Get to Work!
Next, we look together at the best tactic for your request for help and goals. My experience and available resources will ensure that I can support you well and that we can start working together at the pace you desire.
Review and Evaluate
After a number of conversations, there is a good chance that things have changed. Perhaps you look at things differently, your behavior has changed, and things no longer feel the same. There's a good chance that your environment has also noticed this, and you receive different reactions than you are used to, and interactions proceed in a different way. To properly monitor your process, we will periodically look back to determine where you stand and what might still be needed to achieve your goal.