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My journey

When I was 12, my father was diagnosed with a terminal illness. A heart transplant when I was 14 gave him another ten years, but sadly, those years were marked by gradual decline. My mother’s world revolved around her job, caring for him, and keeping the household running. There was little space left for me.

In order not to be an extra burden, I learned to help, support, and silence my own needs and emotions. I became the one who held it all together, while slowly losing touch with myself.

It’s been a long and meaningful journey to reconnect with who I am—learning to feel and respect my boundaries, letting go of the belief that my worth depends on being needed by others, and embracing a new sense of self where I come first. From mere survival to truly living and enjoying life.
I’ve now been married for more than 20 years, and together with my husband, we’ve had the joy of raising two beautiful indigo souls into young adulthood.

My mission is to encourage you to put yourself first—to listen to your own needs and dare to act on them. To support others not from a place of depletion or neediness (like seeking validation or a sense of worth), but from your own inner strength.

We’re living in a time where the old ways of dealing with pain—pushing it away or putting on a brave face—no longer serve us. We need to face our wounds, give them space, and allow them to be transformed. That’s how we grow and learn from our inner struggles. That’s how our vulnerability becomes our strength.

Are you ready to face your challenges, learn your lessons, and make room for your light?

Education and experience

 In 1999, I completed my Master’s degree in Psychology in Ghent, Belgium, specializing in psychoanalysis. During those years, I was introduced to the core concepts that still shape my work today—transference, projection, repetition, systems thinking—and the essential therapeutic attitude: listening without judgment, not jumping to conclusions, staying present. 

After my studies, I spent six months in Honduras in Central America doing volunteer work with children battling cancer. When I returned, I worked for four years supporting parents of children with behavioral challenges. Later, I spent seven years teaching group dynamics at Artevelde College in Ghent (University of Applied Sciences), where I taught future creative therapists.  

What I felt was missing in my academic training, however, was the connection to the body. I didn’t want to just understand the theory—I wanted to feel it. To experience it. That shift came when I encountered family constellations for the first time at the age of 26. It was a revelation. Suddenly, Freud’s abstract ideas became real, tangible, and alive.

Two years later, I began training and by the time I was 30, I was leading monthly family constellation sessions. Since then, I’ve continued to deepen my practice through further training in trauma healing, grief processing, coaching, guided visualisation, hypnosis, intuitive perception, and sound healing.

About family constellations

The founder of family constellations is Bert Hellinger. His work is rooted in systemic thinking, particularly in the contextual family therapy of Ivan Nagy (pronounced “noche”). While Nagy primarily applied his ideas through conversations and exercises at home, Hellinger introduced a new technique: the use of representatives. He encountered this method during his time as a missionary in South Africa.

Representatives are people from a 'live' group (such as a workshop or therapy setting) who are chosen to represent individuals from the client’s life. The client selects and places these representatives in the space. The positioning alone can already reveal certain dynamics—like whether a couple is facing each other or turning away. The facilitator then asks the representatives how they feel and what their attitude is toward one another.

This technique allows us to explore unconscious patterns and motivations—ones that are often difficult to access through conversation alone. By setting up a family system, invisible tensions between family members can become visible, showing how they might be influencing the client. The therapist’s role is to restore balance and harmony within the system, and sometimes offer the client a new perspective or possible stance.

Any topic can be explored through constellations. When the theme is family-related, we speak of family constellations. When it’s work-related, we call them organizational constellations. Even medical issues (for example, unexplained physical symptoms) or material questions (like the sale of a house) can be explored this way. Within the systemic framework, it’s believed that we are deeply shaped by the context we come from.

Even though we aren’t constantly aware of our ancestors, they do influence us. During pregnancy and birth, we receive a “package” from our lineage—filled with both inherited strengths and unresolved trauma. Every family system has recurring themes, passed down through generations, often in a slightly softened form. If your ancestors struggled with bankruptcy, suicide, depression, sexuality... there’s a chance these topics will also present challenges in your life. But positive traits can be passed down as well: pride, intuition for business, sensitivity, family values, humor... Constellations can bring these hidden dynamics to the surface.

Sometimes we carry our parents' burdens without even knowing it. As children, we instinctively take on emotional weight that is too much for our parents to handle. Out of love and survival instinct, we try—often unconsciously—to make life more bearable for them. As adults, these survival strategies may no longer serve us, and may even hold us back. Becoming aware of these patterns is the first step toward healing.

Family constellations can be done both in group and individual sessions. The advantage of a group is the strength and holding power of the collective. Even if your personal constellation isn’t explored in that moment, watching others can offer powerful insights and mirror your own experience. In individual sessions, we often use objects—like figurines or cushions—instead of live representatives to symbolize the different elements. We can also make contact with the different representatives through meditation and visualisation.