I have been practicing Focusing and working as a psychologist and experiential psychotherapist since 1990. I studied Focusing mainly with Mia Leijssen and Ann Weiser Cornell. I became a Focusing Trainer and Focusing-Oriented Therapist in Chicago in 1995 and a Certifying Coordinator in 2012. I’m Chair of Focusing Flanders, a group of people who want to bring Focusing to the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. I have two daughters.

My motto is making connections. This is what I love about Focusing: Being connected with my inner world and from there helping people to find that inner connection with themselves, and making connections between Focusing and different fields, and connecting people with each other.

Being connected to my inner world: Inner Relationship Focusing gave me the sometimes challenging gift of developing and being Self-in-Presence for whatever there is in me.

In my work as a psychotherapist and as Certifying Coordinator I try to pass this gift on and I help people to integrate Focusing in their work and lives.

I’m very interested in making connections between Focusing and different fields. The areas that interest me the most are: therapy, writing, creativity, pain, cancer, children and also Thinking At the Edge and the Process Model.

What I really like is helping to bring Focusing into the world, and to build connections between people, so people can feel connected and at home in our Flemish, European and international Focusing family.