Robert de Boer
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Psychotherapist & Clinical Psychologist
I’m an Expat and trauma-sensitive psychologist and psychotherapist trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based approaches with a special affinity for mindfulness and self-compassion.
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About me
My motivation for being a psychotherapist is that I want to help people transform their minds. Because I believe most of our suffering has its root in our minds. We could be physically healthy, have friends, a job and enough money to live but feel deeply unhappy inside.
As the poet John Milton wrote: „The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.“
I know from first hand experience what depression feels like and how difficult and painful it can be to struggle with one's own mind and emotions. Because of my professional training and work experience combined with this empathy through personal experience as well as twenty years of daily meditation practice, I can offer valuable guidance, support and encouragement to others.
„One of the mind’s most wonderful qualities, is that it can be transformed!“ - Tibetan proverb
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All the sex, drugs and entertainment in the world can't help us escape from our minds. They can only distract us for a little while. So wouldn't it be wise to invest some time and energy in learning to deal with our thoughts, emotions and moods?
The goal of therapy is not just to "fix" or get rid of things like bad moods, guilt or panic attacks but to learn to become more aware and more able to work with our minds and become more free of its habits and conditioning.
If you value evidence-based treatment, most of the time CBT will be your best choice. No other Psychotherapy approach has done as much research to back it up and improve it. CBT offers a lot of knowledge and a big toolbox of methods and exercises which can be quite helpful. This can include things for you to focus on or exercises to do between sessions.
Often in therapy we spend a lot of time focused on our problems but this carries the risk of focusing too much on the negative and weighing us down. That's why we'll also try to consciously evoke feelings like appreciation, gratitude and kindness through meditation and imagination exercises.
Experience
As part of my Psychotherapy training I worked for 16 months in a psychiatric ward in St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin and subsequently offered more than 800 hours of therapy sessions under supervision. Since completing my training I've offered about 1500 hours while working at Praxis Wegscheider in Berlin and 250 hours as a freelancer.
Education
I pursued my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Clinical Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and then moved to Berlin where I pursued training to become a licensed Psychotherapist at the DGVT in Berlin.
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