Our Expertise
Stress
Stress is a set of physiological reactions that prepares the body for action in response to a physical and/or emotional challenge.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, nervousness, worry, concern about what is about to happen or may happen. It is a natural reaction, an alarm system that is activated when we perceive a danger or threat.
Depression
Depression is a prevalent illness worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that it affects more than 300 million people.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions. In obsessions the person experiences recurring and persistent mental unwanted thoughts, impulses or images that are considered as intrusive and inappropriate, causing a lot of discomfort or stress so it is about ignoring them or making them disappear.
Phobias
Specific phobias are common anxiety disorders where the person who suffers from it avoids specific situations and objects that cause fear and anxiety, or they endure them with great anguish, recognizing that their anxiety is excessive and that they have a problem.
Eating Disorders and Obesity
We provide psychiatric advice and support for the most common eating disorders and obesity.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
There are different levels depending on the help they need. We have to specify if there is also an intellectual deficit or speech damage.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing or seeing a traumatic event that may have endangered their life or that of another person. Sometimes the event is not necessarily dangerous, but the person experiences it as such.
Elsa González Lueje
General Health Psychologist
NIP-nummer: 233030 (Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen)
My name is Elsa. I am Spanish and was born in the Canary Islands. I studied psychology because I like to understand the behaviours and emotions of people and help them to be happy.
I currently live in Amsterdam and have also lived in England, Morocco and several cities in Spain. So, I have a deep understanding, from personal experience, of what it is like to be an expat.
I have specialized in disorders that I considered that it was needed to have a deeper training. Also in some methods and therapies that I saw that could help the work, with the people I attend, be more efficient.
ANA MORENO RUIZ
General Health Psychologist
I am Ana, I was born and live today in Madrid. My working life began in the Human Resources Department of a large multinational, living the process of how a large foreign company buys the two largest groups in the sector in Spain. This was a great event in the national business world, moving from working with traditional methods to modern and innovative management in a short space of time.
I have experience in private and public clinical practice (General Hospital of Villalba, Jiménez Díaz Foundation) attending to oncology groups, eating disorders, obesity and pre and post-bariatric surgery, panic and agoraphobia, cardiology (post-heart attack) and individually attending to the referrals of the Health Centers. Psychology nourishes me at all levels, it is a path of constant self-discovery, training and putting myself at the service of others from a neuroscientific perspective.
Our Team
Kim Vassallo
Life Coach & Counsellor
I have worked as an Assistant Psychologist with young people and their families in various mental health settings, including the NHS and Social Care (UK), and have supported them with a range of issues, such as ASD, ADHD, Anxiety, Low Mood and Eating Disorders.
Rafaela Zorzanelli
Clinical Psychologist
I am a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. I am living in the Netherlands since 2018, where I came to spend one year as a visiting researcher at Utrecht University.
Adriana Aguado Ruíz
Clinical Psychologist
I completed my Degree in Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and have expanded my training through the deepening in Mindfulness-based therapy (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) and Yoga of Sleep at the Nirakara Institute, and in Mindfulness and Self-Compassion at the Mindful Edu Institute at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Marisol Alvarez Canadas
Clinical Psychologist
My name is Marisol Alvarez, I was born and raised in Madrid, where I currently reside. I am a graduate in Psychology, specializing in Clinical Psychology, from the Complutense University of Madrid, where I studied the Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology.
Mildred Rodrigues
Counselling Psychologist
I am Mildred Rodrigues, a Counselling Psychologist, with more than 8 years of experience working widely with children, young adults, and families in various clinics, private and Non Profit Organizations in India.
Devi Retnowati Anggraeni
Industrial and Organisational Psychologist
My name Devi Retnowati Anggraeni I came from Jakarta, Indonesia and now I’m living in the Netherlands. My Bachelor Degree in Psychology was obtained from Maranatha Christian University in Indonesia. I obtained my Master Degree (BSc) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Atma Jaya Catholic University Indonesia.
To strengthen my competencies. I took courses on handwriting analysis (graphology) and behaviour analysis to further enrich my knowledge in psychology.
Techniques and Therapy
WE PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Online
Psychotherapy and coaching remotely by videoconferencing in real-time through our specialized virtual platform, allowing you to choose more suitable schedules from anywhere in the world. We adapt to this digital age, preserving confidentiality through an encryption system and guaranteeing the same quality of service as in face-to-face therapy.
Narrative Therapy
In this therapy, we use language as a way to build our reality, with therapeutic goals. We seek a respectful, non-blame approach, assuming that the problem is a separate entity from the person and that the person possesses skills, competencies, convictions, values, commitments and abilities that will help him in reducing the negative influence of the problem on his life
Motivational Interviewing
If you need a change, which can be start therapy, we need to know in which step are you, are you ready to start your change? Do you think you will be ready, but not yet? Do you want to change? Do you need to change?
Group Therapy
It can really help to talk to people that have more or less the same problems or situations as you have. You won’t feel “strange”, you’ll get to understand that you are not the only one in that circumstance, and you can share and feel understood, what you do, how your feel, how you are coping with everything, and how you are getting over the problem that is worrying you.
Family Systemic Therapy
One of the biggest influence in our life is the family, and the way the relationships in the family are. We work from a systemic perspective, because any change in the family, will cause a change in the whole family system, direct or indirectly.
Face to Face
We can have face to face sessions in Madrid, Amsterdam and Utrecht. We don’t have a fixed practice, this allows us to be more flexible with our locations, and you can find the closest one to where you live or work, among our rented spaces.
Emergency and Crisis
We use techniques to make you control the situation you are handling. It is not therapy, it is just to make you be able to control your emotions, grounding, and be able to make decisions and carry on during the emergency. But if once the emergency has finished, you continue with symptoms we recommend you going to therapy.
EMDR
Depression is currently fourth among the top 10 causes of the global burden.
Contemplative Techniques and Mindfulness
Training empathy, altruism, resilience and compassion from a neuroscientific perspective based on brain neuroplasticity, with the aim of training the calm mind to produce well-being in any type of situation.en.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: It is the therapy with the most evidence-based recognition. There is a link between what we think, how we feel and how we act. So if we change the first point, our cognition, we can feel better and act in a better or healthier way.
Coaching
We use coaching sessions to make you move forward, once your emotions are balanced, or/and we have worked on them. We will work with you in your goal, and how to achieve it, and see what is happening with the barriers.
Positive Psychology
From this new approach, we develop coping skills from the knowledge and training of our internal strengths, promoting factors that facilitate full life, such as well-being, resilience, optimism, humour, creativity, among others, taking into account the negative but without becoming our main focus.
Who We Help
The People We Support
Adults
Adults take counsel for both traditional clinical pictures and other types of difficulties. Adulthood is accompanied by increased responsibilities, conflicts and intense experiences. Adults are also responsible for other people (sick or elderly parents, children), live more bereavements (death, breakups, job loss…), deal with a chronic illness, have less time for themselves, overflow and sometimes are unable to find a way out. After several unresolved attempts at self-management is when the adult asks the professional for help.
Teenagers
Between the ages of 14 and 18 young people deal with a particularly difficult period, there is a certain detachment towards parents, more approach to their peers and the values passed on from family and school are questioned, looking for other options and seeking their own identity. Very rapid biological changes occur, as well as psychological and social changes causing the so-called “emotional storms”.
Family
The family is one of the systems that have more influence on our development as a person. We find it very important, in some cases, to work with the family, when there is a relational problem or there are certain aspects that are not working well.
With minors, we always work with the family, because some times if we change things in the family, the problem that the minor has, can be solved more easily.
Couples
Couples go through different phases, and each change can become a small or big crisis: Moving together, getting married, having children, and then teenagers, when their own parents become elderly people and start having health problems and different needs… There are also other personal factors that can affect the couple, like job situation, a change in one’s own needs, or values or interests. We all develop ourselves along with our lives and sometimes a couple needs to adapt to each other, more than once in their life.
Children
We address the emotional, behavioural, cognitive, affective and social problems of minors, understanding the evolutionary period in which they are located and how their family, educational and social environment is developing. Early care is the most effective way to prevent emotional disorders in adulthood. We also intervene with parents, teachers and other adults who influence the child's behaviour.
How We Work
Workshops
Brain – Gut Axis
BRAIN - GUT AXIS The impact of the gut microbiota on our physical and mental health MICROBIOTA AND MICROBIOMA The microbiota is the set of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, archaea, viruses, and parasites) present in the mucous membranes, respiratory tract, digestive...
HR For Non-HR
Goal: Learn and create HR practical frameworks Who is this for? Approximately 12 Line managers, Leaders of department Why this workshop? In order to develop a strong, collaborative relationship with your Human Resources (HR) team, having a right understanding...
Aligning people with the company strategy
Goal: Match people’s natural strengths to the job that fits them best Who is this for? Any employee Why this workshop? Continuous development of employees builds on strengths, builds new skills, and manages deficiencies Duration: 1 day (7 hours) ...