After years of working as a trainer, supervisor and teacher in the healthcare sector and education, I have had my own practice as a psychosocial therapist for more than thirty years, first in Groningen and since 2013 in Amsterdam. I am also a trainer and coach at the Del Ferro Institute in Amsterdam. Since 1985 I guide zen meditation and mindfulness groups.  

I have studied theology, philosophy and psychology, am an NLP Master and have followed many trainings and courses, including in Nonviolent Communication, Focusing and Mourning and Dying Counseling. In 2009 I was certified by Byron Katie as a facilitator in The Work. I am also familiar with Human Dynamics and Voice Dialogue. I have practiced in various meditation traditions such as Zen, Vipassana and Tibetan Buddhism and I have been trained in Mindfulness.

I live by myself in Amsterdam, have three children, and am the enthusiastic grandmother of six grandchildren.