About me

I work with anxiety, frustration, fear of failure, depression, low energy, addiction, motivational problems, inter-personal problems and all manner of stress related issues that affect individuals and teams. I am particularly drawn to working with adolescents but I work with people of all ages and backgrounds.
Compassion, resonance and curiosity are key to how I work together with clients. People describe me as “down to earth”.

I have been trained in various forms of Systems-Oriented Therapy and Coaching, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Group Dynamics, Youth Coaching, Rocks & Water Resilience Training, and I have ongoing supervision in Systems-Centered® Therapy.

I am also a professional musician and producer. The issues of authority and connection that naturally get stirred up in relationships, families, work groups and teams get activated in collaborative and creative partnerships as well. My first-hand experience and understanding of this in music continues to be invaluable resource for my work in therapy and coaching.

I am an Australian citizen (1961), resident of the Netherlands since 1992.

 

Testimonials

“Dan always meets me with an open heart and immediately creates a safe, comfortable atmosphere where I can completely be myself” (Margreet 22)

 “Dan is a great listener and his analyses are spot on. I learned to put my thoughts into another perspective. He really helped me understand myself better” (Pieter 18)

“Dan helped me to formulate clearer goals. I also learnt to reflect more on myself and ask myself why I have certain thoughts” (Lisa 17)

“Without an agenda and with 100% trust in Dan’s expertise I am able to look deeply inside myself for vulnerable signals that usually get snowed under by the noise of everyday life” (Stefan 33)

“Dan mirrors and gives my words back to me in a way that makes sense of my insights and they feel like little gifts I can apply to my daily life” (Gijs 47)

“Dan has many qualities, but what for me always stands out is his ability to perfectly sense into something important and make a useful translation of it at exactly the right moment. He is never confrontational and always naturally respectful, yet manages to keep precisely naming things that matter” (Niek 52)