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Whatever the reason may be, reaching out for psychological support can feel scary and difficult. Recognising that you could benefit from speaking with a psychologist is already an important step towards improving your mental health and overall well-being. Therefore, I am glad that you have taken the courageous step to seek support!
Seeking help from a psychologist is:
A step towards growth
Why?
Seeking help from psychologist is:
A strength
Why?
Not something to be ashamed of
Why?
Meaningful change takes time, openness, and willingness to explore what may be keeping you stuck. You don't have to do this alone. In therapy, we can work together to understand your patterns, develop new ways of responding, and take practical steps towards the changes you want to make.
You don't need to arrive with the right words, a clear explanation, or a plan for therapy. We can simply start where you are. You don't have to perform, impress, or have the answers. We can slow things down, make sense of what is happening, and look together at patterns that may have been difficult to see on your own.
As an expat psychologist in Veldhoven, I work with adults from different backgrounds who are navigating personal, emotional, and relationship difficulties. My aim is to provide a supportive space where you can understand yourself more deeply, work through difficult patterns, and develop practical ways to create meaningful change.
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Expat-insider mental healthcare
Understanding the challenges of building a life in a new country.
Personalised approach
Therapy adapted to your needs, personality, and goals.
Evidence based interventions
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Using psychological approaches supported by research, while adapting them to you as an individual.
No waiting list
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Start therapy without a long wait, when you feel ready to take that first step.
Why choose Authentic Therapy?
You don't have to know exactly what is wrong to seek therapy. Sometimes you simply know that something isn't working, that you keep repeating the same patterns, or that you don't feel like yourself.
Here are some of the difficulties I can help you explore:
SELF DEVELOPMENT & SELF-ESTEEM
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✓ Being hard on yourself or never feeling “good enough”
✓ Low self-esteem or body image issues
✓ Struggling to trust yourself or feel confident in your decisions
✓ Shame & guilt
✓ Worrying about how others see you or fearing rejection
✓ Resilience & self-compassion
✓ Developing coping skills
✓ Understanding patterns in thoughts and behavior
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
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You may find yourself repeating the same relationship patterns, struggling to express what you need, or giving more to others than you have left for yourself.
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✓ Conflicts
✓ Communication problems
✓ Social skills training
✓ Finding a partner
✓ Dealing with break-up
✓ Choosing the "wrong person"
✓ People-pleasing and difficulty saying no
✓ Assertiveness & boundary-setting
✓ Social Anxiety
DIFFICULT EMOTIONS & EMOTIONAL OVERWHELM
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Sometimes emotions feel too intense. At other times, it may feel difficult to know what you are feeling at all. You may find yourself holding things in, overthinking, shutting down, or trying to stay in control.
✓ Anxiety (phobias, health anxiety, panic attacks) & Stress
✓ Intense or hard-to-manage emotions
✓ Anger management
✓ Intense feelings of insecurity, abandonment, loneliness, unmet needs
✓ Feeling vulnerable to danger or illness
✓ Emotional regulation & overwhelm
✓ Difficulty facing uncertainty or discomfort
✓ Excessive responsibility or guilt​
✓ Difficulty identifying or expressing emotions
✓ Difficulty relaxing or letting go of control
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DIFFICULT THOUGHTS
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Sometimes your mind simply won't switch off. You may replay conversations, imagine what could go wrong, criticise yourself, or get caught in thoughts you can't seem to let go of.
✓ Excessive or constant worry/Anxiety driven thoughts
✓ Catastrophic thinking, rumination
✓ Self-critical & perfectionistic thinking
✓ Thoughts of worthlessness or inadequacy
✓ Pessimistic thinking or expecting negative outcomes
✓ Intrusive thoughts (including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD)
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DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
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You may feel tired, disconnected, unmotivated, or as though everyday things have become harder than they used to be. Sometimes you may not even know why you feel this way.
✓ Loneliness, depression, and low mood
✓ Feeling tired, drained, or low energy
✓ Changes in appetite, sleep, or concentration
✓ Feelings of failure, guilt, worthlessness shame, irritability or a negative self-image
✓ Lost interest in daily activities, lost motivation, & isolation,
✓ Slowed down or feeling physically heavy
✓ Hopelessness about the future
✓ Grief and loss
HABITS & BEHAVIOR CHANGE
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✓ Life changes, motivation & habit building (including mild addictions)
✓ Sleep problems (insomnia) (CBT-i)​
✓ Compulsive behaviors
✓ Self-sabotaging habits
✓ Reducing anxiety-driven avoidance​
✓ Increasing motivation
✓ Disordered eating patterns​
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WORK RELATED PROBLEMS
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You may be successful on the outside while feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or constantly worried that you aren't doing enough.
✓ Stress, and burnout
✓ Time management, work & life balance
✓ Procrastination
✓ Performance anxiety
✓ Perfectionism​
✓ Fear of failure & judgment
✓ Difficulty handling feedback or criticism
✓ Imposter syndrome at work
✓ Difficulty setting boundaries at work
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COMPLEX RELATIONAL TRAUMA
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Sometimes the effects of difficult relationships or childhood experiences continue long after the original situation has ended. You may notice them in the way you relate to yourself, trust others, handle closeness, or respond when you feel rejected.
✓ Not feeling understood, or cared for
✓ Fear of abandonment or rejection
✓ Mistrust or expectation of being hurt or let down
✓ People-pleasing or fawning responses
✓ Emotional dysregulation in relationships
✓ Feeling like you don’t belong
✓ Expecting rejection or criticism in relationships
✓ Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe with closeness
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP (for adults)
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​Being an adult doesn't necessarily make difficult family relationships easier. You may still feel responsible for your parents' emotions, struggle to set boundaries, or find yourself falling back into old roles when you are around family.
✓ Difficult or conflicted relationship with parents
✓ Emotionally unavailable or distant parents
✓ Controlling, overprotective, or intrusive parents
✓ Enmeshment (over-involvement with family / difficulty separating identity)
✓ High-conflict family environment
✓ Dependence on others for reassurance or decision-making
✓ Separation-related emotional impact
TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (for adults)
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​✓ Emotional neglect (absent parents) ​
✓ Physical or emotional abuse* ​
✓ Growing up in an invalidating or unsafe environment ​
✓ Parentification (having to act like the caregiver) ​
✓ Unstable or unpredictable parents
✓ Family violence or chronic household stress*
*I can’t provide help if there is an immediate safety-threatening crisis