I provide orientation trainings for ‘parents to be’ and freshly new parents about how to optimize (brain) development for their newborns and how to be a guide in their children’s development of independence throughout the first 3 years of life, which are the most important. Special interest goes to the adolescent, the so-called ‘social newborn’, who needs emotional space and freedom and the possibility to disconnect from the role in the family to be able to become himself. I organize parenting counseling and orientation trainings individually and in groups, including accessible get-togethers.

To prevent psychological and stress-related disturbance and disorders in adolescents (12-18 years) and young adults (18-23), I train parents to become more aware of their needs and how to adapt their environment accordingly. By allowing adolescents more freedom in a specific context, they can develop independence and moral self-direction and work towards emotional stability through self-respect and psychological resilience. Give your adolescent the possibility to thrive! Contact me for more info!

The ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ project is a psycho-educational program for 12-15 year olds and a startup for our international adolescent ‘Centre for Study and Work’. The project emphasizes the importance of emotional space for the adolescent and an environment (home, school) that takes into account their characteristics and developmental needs. The still developing brain and the resulting sub-optimal cognitive skills, together with the drastic physical transformation due to hormonal changes and the corresponding mental impact need to be fully taken into account and respected. A properly adapted environment (‘Centre for Work and Study’) thus creates social, confident, autonomous, independent adults with a passion for contributing to society.

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