The essence of trauma is feeling alone and unheard.
— Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma can leave us feeling trapped in old patterns of fear, anxiety, or shutdown.
But you don’t have to stay stuck. Together, we can help your mind and body find safety, connection, and freedom again.
There’s really no “one size fits all” in therapy. What helps one person might work for someone else.
For people practical, step-by-step tools work best. While others find more healing in creative, body-based, or deeper subconscious work.
Sometimes it’s a mix of approaches that makes the biggest difference. The key is finding what feels right for you and being open to trying different tools until you discover what supports your growth best.
Every journey is unique – so are the tools that help along the way.
My Therapy Toolbox
After studying medical biology and psychology at the University of Groningen, I never stopped learning.
I specialized and got certified in the therapy techniques below.
🌌 Trauma-Informed & Integrative Modalities
- TIST (Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment): helps individuals with complex trauma heal by integrating principles from IFS, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Mindfulness, and other approaches.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): Bilateral stimulation to process traumatic memories.
- IFS (Internal Family Systems): Working with “parts” of self and core Self-leadership.
- Polyvagal-Informed Therapy: Understanding and regulating nervous system states.
🌀 Transformational & Trance-Based Modalities
- Hypnotherapy: Guided trance states used to access subconscious beliefs, reduce anxiety, break habits, and support healing.
- Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT): Integrative approach combining hypnotherapy, CBT, NLP, and psychotherapy to uncover root beliefs, reframe them, and install empowering new patterns quickly.
🪶 Somatic & Body-Oriented Approaches
- Somatic Experiencing: Tracking body sensations to process trauma.
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Integrating somatic awareness with cognitive/emotional processing.
- Breathwork & Grounding: Using body-based practices to regulate the nervous system.
🌱 Humanistic & Experiential Approaches
- Person-Centered Therapy: Emphasis on empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence.
- Existential Therapy: Exploring meaning, freedom, responsibility, and authenticity.
🧠 Cognitive & Behavioral Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts, reframing beliefs, practicing behavioral experiments.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Skills for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT): Clarifying values, practicing acceptance, defusion from unhelpful thoughts, committed action.
✨ Quick Tools & Exercises
- Grounding techniques: 5-4-3-2-1 sensory scan, feet on floor, naming surroundings.
- Mindfulness practices: Breath awareness, body scan, nonjudgmental observation.
- Journaling prompts: Thought logs, gratitude lists, “letter to self.”
- Behavioral activation: Scheduling meaningful activities to boost mood.
- Values clarification: Identify what matters most and align choices with values.