PERINATAL PSYCHOLOGY
[Amsterdam]
I’m a psychologist with 18 years of experience in perinatal mental health. I work with parents during pregnancy, after birth and in the early years of a child’s life, in English and Spanish.
My work focuses on infant-parent mental health, trauma-informed care and birth processing. Some people come because a birth didn’t feel the way they hoped, or because it left something behind that they can’t quite shake. Others come because the first months with a baby are harder than they expected, or because a relationship is changing under the strain.
HOW I WORK
I work from a systemic approach, which means I look at you in the context of your whole life: your body, your baby, your partner, your family and your history. I’m interested in how all of these affect one another.
I also believe we each carry different parts of ourselves. One part might feel anxious, another might be tired or angry, and another might be trying hard to cope. None of these parts is a problem. Each is trying to protect you in the way it knows how. In our sessions, we get to know them with curiosity and kindness, and we make room for the calmer, steadier part of you that’s already there. From that place, you can decide what you need.
I draw on my background in clinical psychology, CBT, and Infant-Parent Mental Health, alongside my years of experience as a birth doula. This means I understand not just the emotional landscape, but the physical reality of labour and birth, the Dutch healthcare system, and what it means to go through this far from home and family.
WHERE TO FIND ME
My practice is on an easy-to-reach corner in central Amsterdam, close to public transport. Keizersgracht. 467. Sessions are also available online.