I live in the Dutch countryside with my partner, two children, three cats, a varying flock of chickens, many fruit trees, shrubs and wild roaming local fauna. I hold my practice in Vorden and Zutphen, and also offer my work online. I author articles that connect story, science and spirituality.

Jungian analyst | Sandplay therapist | author | co-founder BlackSalt

Education

BSc Behavioural Neuroscience at Sussex University (UK), MA Media at Sydney University (AU), Jungian psychoanalysis at Jung Academy Amsterdam, Jungian Training at NAAP (IAAP), Sandplay (NVPA/ISST).

Personal Background

Since my youth I have been interested in how things are related, and what story is being told. I made my own studies by observing the natural world, reading and following a gut instinct. That instinct first told me the world is alive and connected in a way I could feel, but not yet explain. I followed a deep passion for the Earth and studied Behavioural Neuroscience with a focus on ethology. I pursued an MA in communications to nurture my love for writing and spent a few miserable years in corporate life. In my late twenties, a depression returned me back to my roots. I reconnected to my passion for the Earth and poured both studies into wildlife documentary filmmaking with the intention to connect people into appreciation for and awe of the beauty of Earth.

Psyche and Soma

Pregnancy and motherhood opened me up into unknown spaces, both light and dark. While searching for a reflection to explain and contain my experiences, I found Jungian psychology and met my Sufi teacher in the same month. Aided by bodywork, this period reinvigorated my passion for the unknown, and the mystical took root in my daily life. It rekindled my connection with the world of story that had seeded itself in childhood. I immersed into the feminine psyche, learned the oral art of storytelling and began an interdisciplinary research into the relational aspect of psyche and completed my Jungian studies.