Henry Strick van Linschoten

I consider myself a "broad-band" psychotherapist. I use relational, psychoanalytic, humanistic-existential, behavioural, contextual, ACT, body-therapy, and attachment-theory-based approaches in my work. In training and experience, I am very familiar with relationship issues, gender, sexuality, sexual behaviour and expression; anything to do with anxiety and fear; neurodiversity; backgrounds of trauma and abuse; dissociation (including PTSD, complex PTSD and dissociative disorders); somatic symptoms or issues (e.g. bodymind; "unclear" illnesses on the psychological side); cultural issues; identity issues. Black Lives Matter; and I am limited by my white privilege. I have considerable forensic experience and am deeply non-judgemental about “criminal” records, “offences” and accusations. I consider that sex work is work. Sex workers are most welcome. "Offenders" and "criminals", too. I emphasise flexibility in favour of what works well for clients. I work in English, Dutch and German. I don't work with people below 16 years of age, and not usually below 21. We are all human first, and I am open to working with anyone. Having said that, I am positive and knowledgeable about much of the diversity in LGBTQIA++, GSRD (Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversities), neurodiversity, kink/BDSM, non-monogamy and polyamory, and am experienced in working with people for whom some of these categories are meaningful or part of their identity. There are other things in life than psychotherapy that are of vital importance: people, relationships, working, creating, living, spirituality, politics, ecology, the planet, nature, non-human animals, love and sex, the groundedness of all and everyone in body, matter, time, history and evolution. Despite the potential of psychotherapy to be a significant force for good to help or support many people, psychotherapy isn't everything. I consider psychotherapy as one option, and not as a panacea for every person and every problem.