About

Hi I am Bauke, and I immigrated from Belgium to Australia with my family of four in 2015. In the first few years in Australia, I took care of my young children and built community. This journey thought me humility and respect towards other cultures, things I took for granted in my home country. Learning the language more proficient and understanding the social structures helped me build confidence to step into work. My previous extensive experience in Social work had left me craving to help people in a positive way. I have been teaching groups, building peoples confidence and self-awareness through my yoga classes in community and schools.

The somatic work with individual people over the past 8 years has been helpful in Counselling work. The combination of clinical work and somatic work is a holistic approach that I use in the sessions, to help someone grow and heal.

Psychotherapy has been a 5-year journey of diving in depth and gaining experience in counselling. This journey has brought me insight into my own life through my clients as well as through the theory of what psychotherapy can mean to someone’s healing and growth.

Apart from the extensive study and work experiences, I bring my own lived experience of chronic illness, trauma and grief.