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Individual therapy
and coaching

Are you considering starting individual counseling?

Here you will find information about my way of working

so you can assess whether my way of working suits you.

These topics are my main focus now

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you explore how your past experiences are still co-determining the “now,” and provides tools to cope differently with the difficult thoughts and emotions that show up along the way.

You learn to respond with more resilience and choice when things are difficult, such as with stress and anxiety.

Assertiveness training
& consent training

Do I dare allowing what I want and do I know how to ask for it? Are my no's clear to others? And can I accept their no's? How do I set my boundaries, how do I deal with rejection?

Assertiveness and consent bring you more than safety and your own space: it makes all your relationships more authentic.

Relationship skills

Strengthen your relationship skills and try out extra tools to be more connected with those you love.

Dealing with conflict and with intense emotions. Handle jealousy. Using difficult conversations to get closer together. Or playful ways to nurture your relationship.

This is open for all forms of love.

Ethical non-monogamy

Loving multiple people requires good relationship skills, as well as an honest look at your own patterns: how are my attachments set up, how do I react when insecure, can I be assertive but also supportive when things are difficult?

With additional resources, build the types of relationships that suit you in a way that is caring for yourself and those around you.

Guidance in my way of working

Therapeutic frameworks that infuenced my way of working the most:

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and Relational Frame Theory: combine the benefits of client-centered therapy and third-generation behavioral therapy. Practical tools and addressing old patterns.
Positive Psychology: encourage personal growth and happiness through pleasurable emotions and experiences.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy & Compassion Focused Therapy: another way to relate to your pain, full heads and struggling with yourself.
Addiction treatment, motivational interviewing and non-violent communication: I worked for years with people struggling with addictions (from tobacco to more) and its consequences.
Process-Based Behaviour Therapy: the form of therapy I am currently immersing myself in through a year-long training through Dr. Yvonne Barnes-Holmes and Dr. Ciara McEnteggart.

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Practical

Cost:

85 euros per hour,
135 euros for an hour and a half (for a couples session).

Mutualities pay 10 or 20 euros back per session.

Location: online

Available time slots:

Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

If interested, please feel free to email psy. Hilde.christiaens@gmail.com to get acquainted.

A. G, uit Leuven

"Hilde introduceerde me in een nieuwe wereld van zelfexploratie die perfect aanvullend was aan mijn lopende therapie.
Ze heeft de zeldzame gave om je uit te dagen om dieper te gaan kijken, terwijl ze een warme, open en veilige connectie aangaat.
Ze nodigt je uit om nieuwsgierig te blijven en heeft een fijne manier om je te steunen en ruimte voor je te maken. Ik blijf geïnspireerd leren van haar, en ik ben dankbaar dat we elkaars pad kruisten."

Individual therapy and coaching