Katrin
Training background
🎓 Katrin holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from KU Leuven, one of Belgium’s leading universities, with a specialisation in psychoanalysis and sexology. This academic foundation gives her deep insight into human behaviour and relationships.
🌱 In addition, she completed training in existential counselling and coaching at KU Leuven, as well as a four-year professional training in body-oriented psychotherapy at the Newman Academy in the Netherlands — at the time a leading institution for body-oriented therapy.
💡 Advanced training and supervision: Katrin’s qualifications are further strengthened by advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), widely recognised as the gold standard in relationship therapy. Her expertise is grounded in attachment science and evidence-based outcomes.
🧩 She has also completed levels 1 and 2 of Individual EFT (EFIT), as well as extensive training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other trauma-oriented approaches — most recently the training to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
🔬 Commitment to ongoing development: Katrin keeps up with the latest psychotherapeutic methods through continuous training. This guarantees her clients receive the most up-to-date and effective guidance.
🌍 Professional experience: with more than 20 years of experience in therapy, including over ten as a relationship therapist, Katrin has developed an in-depth, holistic approach. She works mainly with expats who travel to L’Assaladou for intensive relationship therapy, often supplemented with online support.
🛤️ Katrin’s blend of academic depth and advanced practice-oriented training ensures that her therapeutic approach is both broad and thorough.
- Master of Philosophy, KU Leuven — specialisation in psychoanalysis, 2002
- Counsellor in body-centred psychotherapy (in line with the 4-year therapy training at Bodymind)
- Existential counsellor and coach, KU Leuven, 2012
- EFT Couples Therapist (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, founded by Sue Johnson)
- Externship at TRIEFT, Alliant University, CA
- EFT Couples Therapist Core Skills Training
- Supervision with Debi Scimeca-Diaz
- AIRM training: Attachment Injury Repair Model
Kim
Training background
🎓 Kim is a certified counsellor in body-centred psychotherapy from the Newman Academy in the Netherlands. This grounding in body-oriented work gives a strong experiential foundation to his therapeutic approach.
📚 He has also obtained additional certifications at University Colleges Leuven-Limburg in contextual work, client-centred work, systemic work, developmental psychology, psychopathology and psychoanalysis. His background in systemic and context-oriented work also covers working with families and counselling around parenting issues.
💡 Kim’s expertise has been further deepened by in-depth training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and EFIT, the more recent individual application of EFT.
🧩 He has also recently completed advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) for trauma. He is trained as a coach in family and organisational constellations and is experienced in outdoor therapy, also known as Walk & Talk Therapy.
🔬 Commitment to ongoing development: Kim continues to develop in the latest psychotherapeutic methods. His training includes LGBTQ+-informed therapy, polyvagal-informed therapy and the latest applications of IFS. Through this continuous training, he offers clients up-to-date, effective guidance.
🌍 Professional experience: Kim brings together his expertise in bodywork, EFT relationship therapy, IFS and outdoor coaching & counselling into an in-depth, versatile approach. His experience in both individual therapy and group processes makes his guidance well-rounded and well-founded.
🛤️ His broad experience helps clients not only grow emotionally and relationally, but also experience deeper connection with themselves and with their environment.
- Certified counsellor in body-centred psychotherapy at the Newman Academy in the Netherlands (in line with the 4-year therapy training at Bodymind NL)
- 4-month IFS (Internal Family Systems) training with Dr. Frank Anderson
- EFIT Level 1 with Dr. Sue Johnson and Dr. Leanne Campbell
- Coach in family and organisational constellations — Systo
- MBCT for healthcare professionals — Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with David Dewulf
- Coach in experiential shamanism (BSVs)
- Trainer in group processes and experiential learning (process-oriented work, Kolb, Outward Bound)
- Certified continuing-education courses at University Colleges Leuven-Limburg in contextual work, client-centred work, systemic work, developmental psychology and psychopathology; systemic family work (Jo Voets — Contextual); behaviour-oriented counselling for parenting problems
- Accompanying children / agogic skills — VDAB
- “From Co-Dependency to Mutual Interdependency” — Mutual over-dependence in relationships (v. Hanckock)
- Conflict Management with J.P. Hoogma — “Conflicts and Difficult Conversations, a Cognitive-Behavioural Approach”
- Emotional bodywork — evening sessions and training weekends; ‘Men’s Work’ weekend workshops (bodywork)
- Co-counselling — handling emotions through mutual sessions
- Outfort — Outdoor Training Coach Route Trajectory, Prof. Dr. Johan Hovelynck (KU Leuven)
- Non-violent communication (US) — identifying feelings and needs as a basis for making requests (Marshall Rosenberg)