I'm a psychologist working as an independent trainer and coach in different organizations since 2007. I learnt about MI in 1997. In that time I worked with groups and I was introduced to Motivational Enhancement Therapy. I became a manager of a health care organization and after a while I started to miss the basics; doing training, coaching and individual therapy. That was the moment to start off for myself. I started to invest time and training to really learn to work with Motivational Interviewing. Since 2009 I have been a MINT member. I work in different settings, among others; mental health care, chronic pain, Obesity, criminal Justice, dept services and rehabilitation. I train psychologists, dieticians, physiotherapists, doctors, coaches and consultants in these different settings. I also lead organizational development projects and have a training on organizational change which include a lot of aspects of MI. In coaching and training/ supervision I think everything needed to change is already there, we only have to help reveal it. That’s what I like to do the most, helping people to become the best self they could become. I really appreciate it when people open up and share their struggles in live, that for me is a precious learning experience.
