Jiri

Psychologist

I started my practice for everybody feeling trapped in certain paterns you fall into, or negative feelings that keep popping up. Maybe there are unpleasant experiences that are still bothering you, or you don't feel satisfied with certain parts of your life.

Everybody develops mechanisms to cope with stress, mechanisms that are activated during hard moments. Sometimes those mechanisms help you cope, other times they don't anymore or even make you feel worse. As a psychologist, I am fascinated by the story of one's life and the way it influences someone's perspective on the world.

In a first appointment I'll try to understand the things that are bothering you and to get to know you as a person; what is important to you, what makes you feel motivated? It matters to me that you feel comfortable and heard. Subsequently we will make a plan how to continue and which goals we'll be working on. We'll get started using IFS, EMDR and CBT but also body focussing techniques. This way you won't only understand the things disturbing you, but feel it as well, and changes will get anchored more thoroughly.

After graduating as a psychologist from the University of Groningen in 2005, I lived in Central America for a couple of years. From 2008 on I worked in youth and mental health care. Because of an experience of loss, I temporarily left the mental health sector. However, this experience made me grow both as a human being ánd as a therapist. This can be the gain of going through a difficult period, it can help you discover new perspectives. Precisely that's why I started working as a psychologist again.
I hope to welcome you in my practice, so we can get started!

If you want to know more or make an appointment, feel free to contact me.