My Practice
I am a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, and I have been practicing for 25 years.
I studied psychology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, then trained in psychotherapy in Geneva. Fascinated by the psychology of relationships and transgenerational dynamics, I trained in family and couples therapy: what repeats itself within us also repeats itself in our relationships. I then moved abroad and practiced internationally, working with people whose histories spanned multiple countries and generations.
These years have taught me something I wouldn’t have understood otherwise: trauma doesn’t dissolve through understanding. You can know your story, analyze it in detail, and still keep reliving it.
I took a course with Gabor Maté, whose work-along with that of Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine-gave a name to what I had been observing: it is not the event itself that causes trauma, but what the body retains from it.
My practice is decidedly contemporary. It keeps pace with the latest research and moves between the unconscious and the conscious, between the psychological and the somatic. It is interactive and engaged-I respond, I challenge, and I support.
The body bears the marks of our past suffering: there are things we remember, and there are things it has retained despite ourselves.
Words guide; the body transcends.
That is why I trained in Connected Conscious Breathing, which opens the door to altered states of consciousness and allows for true letting go.
It was through practicing this that I discovered work with the inner parts-those parts that formed at different ages, each with its own story. That’s what led me to IFS, or Internal Family Systems.
Psychotherapy sheds light on one’s history, breathing liberates the unconscious, and working with the inner parts gives meaning.
Training
- Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology - ULB, Brussels, Belgium
- Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology - ULB, Brussels, Belgium
- DES (Diploma in Specialized Studies) in Clinical Psychotherapy - ULB, Brussels, Belgium
- Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - OMP, Geneva, Switzerland
- Training in Family and Couples Therapy - Geneva and Paris
- Training at the Institute for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Subjectivity-New York, United States
- Training in Mindful, Connected Breathing - Alchemy of Breath
- Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies - Trauma Research Foundation
- Training in Biodynamic Breathing and Trauma Release - BBTRS
- Compassion Inquiry - Gabor Maté
- Internal Family Systems - IFS Institute
Practical Information
Consultations by appointment only.
1093 Chaussée de Waterloo, 1180 Uccle (Brussels).
- Company Number: 1000.096.526
- Registration with the Belgian Commission of Psychologists: 742239163
- Visa Number: 406057