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Niki | Psycho-therapist/ Counselor/ Life coach
Therapist Amsterdam
My name is Niki, a dedicated and warm-hearted Psychosocial Therapist with over 17 years of experience guiding individuals through emotional challenges and life transitions.
I work with people who feel stuck — often as a result of a painful childhood, complex parent relationships, toxic partnerships, or emotional neglect. My approach is concrete, compassionate, and focused on recovery and empowerment.
Together, we explore your needs, boundaries, and emotional patterns so that you can create real, lasting change. I help you gain insight and provide practical tools to deal with feelings of abandonment, rejection, fear, and emotional pain.
My areas of expertise include:
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Co-dependency & relationship addiction
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Narcissistic abuse & emotional manipulation
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Domestic violence & high-conflict divorce
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Infidelity, heartbreak & attachment issues
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Inner child wounds & trauma from childhood
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Low self-esteem, boundary issues, emotional overwhelm
I use a trauma-informed and integrative method combining:
EMDR, inner child work, rescripting & imagination-based therapy, schema therapy, mindfulness, EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), and psychoeducation.
Short-term, powerful trajectories available:
I also offer 5 session intensive packages with specific assignments and goals. These can help you quickly gain insight and improve emotional regulation, self-awareness, and resilience.
Inclusive and culturally sensitive care
I have extensive experience working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds Mediterranean and Arab culture, including LGBTQ+ individuals and youth who face exclusion, family estrangement, or identity struggles.
Background
Alongside my private practice, I’ve offered support to survivors of domestic violence in the public health sector in the Amsterdam region. I am trained to support people dealing with the emotional aftermath of relational and family trauma.
Languages:
Therapy available in English, Dutch, and Italian.
Sessions:
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Online therapy available (safe, flexible, accessible)
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Free 15-minute intake
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Reimbursement possible via Dutch supplementary insurance (check with your provider)
Let’s talk
If you’re ready to start your healing journey or have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Warmly,
Niki
Online therapy
In 5 sessions of 50 or 75 minutes, we work together with targeted assignments towards long-term improvement and healing from emotional wounds resulting from a difficult childhood, poor parent relationships, relationship issues, a painful breakup, divorce, exclusion, or abandonment issues.
I offer my online services via Google Meet.
My Therapy is also available in Dutch and Italian language.
- Consult your insurer for further information on reimbursements through supplementary insurance.
Qualifications and registrations
Degree, Trainings and Registrations:
- Bachelors degree in Psychosocial Therapy, Counselor, Coach/Psychodidact - multiple times Trainer of the Year.
- Personality disorders such as Narcissism, Borderline, and Autism
- Anxiety & OCD disorders
- Family dynamics and relationships
- Implementing behavioral changes
- Attachment and Relationships
- Working with self-compassion
- Basic Medical Knowledge
Further Education:
- EFT Foundation, ICEEFT
- Basic EMDR
- Family coaching and family constellations
- Recovery-oriented work, RINO Group
- Support and understanding of Addiction - Jellinek
Internship Period: Online Counselor, 113 Online, Amsterdam Suicide Prevention
Registrations: VBAG - RBCZ - Register of Complementary Healthcare Professionals
I offer therapy in
Specialisations
- 1. Relations
- 2. Breakup/divorce
- 3. (Narcissitic) abuse
- 4. Codependency
- 5. Relation/Love addiction
- 6. Attachment style issues
Specialisations and Expertises
My name is Niki, a dedicated Psychosocial Therapist with over 18 years of experience guiding individuals through emotional pain, identity struggles, and life challenges.
I work with people who feel stuck or wounded — often due to childhood trauma, toxic relationships, or overwhelming emotional patterns.
My approach is warm, concrete and solution-focused. You are met with compassion and patience, because that’s what you need when you are hurting. We work together to help you heal, reclaim yourself, and move forward with clarity and strength.
My Unique Approach
I use an integrative, trauma-informed approach that combines:
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Inner child work & rescripting
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Imaginative techniques
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EMDR
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Schema therapy
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EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
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Mindfulness & psychoeducation
Treatment is structured through a clear program with therapeutic exercises designed to address core issues such as:
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Co-dependency & relationship addiction
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Domestic violence & narcissistic abuse
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Emotional manipulation & high-conflict divorce
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Infidelity, painful breakups & attachment trauma
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Childhood trauma & complex parent relationships
These sessions help restore your self-image, confidence, self-acceptance, and inner support system.
You will learn to recognize your boundaries, emotional needs, and your personal value — becoming stronger, more loving towards yourself, and better equipped to protect yourself from recurring pain or abusive dynamics.
Cultural Expertise
Coming from a multicultural background myself, I have deep cultural sensitivity and extensive experience working with clients from Arab and Mediterranean cultures, as well as LGBTQ+ individuals and those from migrant or mixed-cultural families. I understand the unique challenges that arise when navigating identity, family loyalty, cultural expectations, and emotional well-being across multiple worlds.
🌀 Packages & Recommendations
Depending on how long you've been dealing with these patterns or emotional complications, I recommend:
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5 sessions for focused guidance and regulation strategies
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7 sessions + personal assignments for deep-rooted issues such as:
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Childhood trauma
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Repeating relationship patterns
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Long-term emotional dependence or narcissistic abuse
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These sessions are also available as coaching packages (e.g. Inner Leadership, Life Reset, or Self-Empowerment) which may be eligible for personal development budgets through your employer. Ask your company for details.
Most common issues I support people with:
Most Treated Issues in My Practice:
- Difficulty managing intense emotions after rejection, abandonment, breakup, infidelity, or exclusion
- Recovery from narcissistic abuse, relationship addiction
- Healing from a difficult childhood, poor relationships/experiences with parents/family
- Panic and anxiety disorders related to the above issues
- Recovery from emotional and physical abuse, difficult childhood, CPPTS, neglected during childhood/youth , adult child of emotional unavailable parent. Co-dependent behavior
Therapeutic treatments that may be reimbursed through supplementary insurance. Inquire with your insurer for details.
There is also an option to order therapeutic packages, adressing them as coaching sessions such as inner leadership or life coaching to your employer, utilizing a personal development budget if available. Inquire with your employer for details.
Therapies offered
- ✓ ACT
- ✓ Body-oriented therapy
- ✓ Coaching
- ✓ Cognitive behavioural therapy
- ✓ Counselling
- ✓ Couples counselling
- ✓ Couples Therapy
- ✓ EMDR Therapy
- ✓ Expat therapy
- ✓ Family Therapy / Coaching
- ✓ Life coaching
- ✓ Mindfulness
Areas of counselling I can help with
- ✓ Abuse
- ✓ Addiction
- ✓ Anger management
- ✓ Anxiety
- ✓ Being assertive
- ✓ Bereavement, grief, loss
- ✓ Bullying
- ✓ Self confidence
- ✓ Cultural adjustment difficulties
- ✓ Cultural problems
- ✓ Expat issues
- ✓ Fear
- ✓ Loneliness
- ✓ Homesickness
- ✓ Insecurity
- ✓ Intercultural relationship problems
- ✓ Jealousy
- ✓ Life-meaning questions
- ✓ Loss of meaning
- ✓ Low self esteem
- ✓ Panic attack
- ✓ Parenting
- ✓ Performance anxiety
- ✓ Post-traumatic stress disorder
- ✓ Relationship fights
- ✓ Relationship issues
- ✓ Setting boundaries
- ✓ Trauma
Fees
My Sessions and Programs, prices:
All sessions are tailored to your personal process. You choose what fits your pace and needs. Each program includes exercises, feedback, and opportunities for additional guidance — helping you build calm, autonomy, and recovery step by step.
Single Session
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50 minutes: €97
For those who want to start with a first session or a short reset. A single session is an accessible way to experience how we work and focus on what you need in that moment.
Starter Package — Gentle Start
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3 sessions of 50 minutes: €310
Includes exercises and interim feedback.
Safe and manageable, ideal for grounding, gaining insight into patterns, and discovering whether you want to continue with a longer program.
Recovery Program — Growth & Deepening
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5 sessions of 50 minutes: €540
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5 sessions of 75 minutes: €695
Includes exercises, interim feedback, and additional guidance moments.
For deep healing, emotional regulation, strengthening autonomy, and building inner security.
Relationship Guidance / Relationship Check
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5 sessions of 70 minutes: €795
For couples who want to break patterns together, strengthen attachment, and build a healthy, stable connection.
Intensive Trauma Recovery Program
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7 sessions of 60 minutes: €800
Includes exercises, homework, and 30 minutes of extra feedback between sessions.
Designed for long-term challenges such as abandonment issues, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, emotional neglect, break-ups, or painful separations.
Perfect for those who want a deep, intensive path to recovery and personal growth.
Payment and Reimbursement Information
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Payment options: single payment or 2–3 installments
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Possible reimbursement through supplemental insurance or via your employer’s personal development budget
Please check with your insurer or employer about the options available to you.
“I work deeply, personally, and attuned to your needs. This is not standard talk therapy — it is guidance that touches, regulates, and transforms. Together we build inner calm, autonomy, and your relationship with yourself.”
Want to discuss which package is right for you?
Schedule your free 20-minute online intake – no obligations.
Let’s talk and find the best fit for your healing and goals.
Mijn trajecten en sessies
Alles is afgestemd op jouw persoonlijke proces. Je kiest wat past bij jouw tempo en behoefte. Elk traject bevat opdrachten, feedback en momenten om tussentijds te overleggen — zo bouw je stap voor stap aan rust, autonomie en herstel.
Losse sessie
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50 minuten: €97
Voor wie eerst wil kennismaken of een korte reset wil. Een losse sessie is een laagdrempelige manier om te ervaren hoe we werken en waar je op dat moment behoefte aan hebt.
Startpakket — Zachte Start
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3 sessies van 50 minuten: €310
Inclusief opdrachten en tussentijdse feedback.
Veilig en haalbaar, ideaal om te landen, inzicht te krijgen in patronen en te ontdekken of we samen een langer traject voortzetten.
Hersteltraject — Groei & Verdieping
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5 sessies van 50 minuten: €540
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5 sessies van 75 minuten: €695
Inclusief opdrachten, tussentijdse feedback en extra overlegmomenten.
Voor diepgaand herstel, emotionele regulatie, het versterken van autonomie en innerlijke veiligheid.
Relatiebegeleiding / Relatiecheck
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5 sessies van 70 minuten: €795
Voor koppels die samen patronen willen doorbreken, hechting willen versterken en een gezonde, stabiele verbinding willen opbouwen.
Intensief Trauma-Herstel Programma
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7 sessies van 60 minuten: €800
Inclusief opdrachten, huiswerk en 30 minuten extra feedback tussen sessies.
Voor langdurige klachten zoals verlatingsangst, narcistisch misbruik, co-dependency, emotionele mishandeling, break-ups of pijnlijke scheidingen.
Ideaal voor wie écht diepgaand en intensief wil werken aan herstel en persoonlijke groei.
Betaal- en vergoedingsinformatie
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Betaalopties: één keer of in 2–3 termijnen
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Mogelijke vergoeding via aanvullende verzekering of via werkgever als ontwikkelbudget
Informeer bij jouw verzekeraar of werkgever naar de mogelijkheden.
“Ik werk diep, persoonlijk en afgestemd. Geen standaard praattherapie — maar begeleiding die raakt, reguleert en transformeert. Samen bouwen we aan innerlijke rust, autonomie en de relatie met jezelf.”
Availability (Opening hours)
| Monday | 10.00-1800 |
| Tuesday | Only on special request |
| Wednesday | 10.00-18.00 |
| Thursday | Only on special request |
| Friday | 10.00-18.00 |
| Saturday | Evenings and weekends only on special request |
| Sunday | Evenings and weekends only on special request |
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- ✓ For Individuals & Couples
- ✓ In The Netherlands
- ✓ Face-to-face & Online