Utrecht-based therapist/counselor/coach
I’m Rob Stuart, a 67-year-old integrative therapist/counselor/coach based in Utrecht since 1980. I love working in my cosy private practice space in Utrecht city centre with English-speaking expatriates from all walks of life and many different countries. Since 2012, when I completed four years of professional training in Integrative Adult Therapy and Integrative Relationship Therapy at the Nederlandse Academie voor Psychotherapie in Amsterdam, I have accumulated vast and varied experience guiding expats towards greater insight into themselves, greater harmony with themselves, greater harmony with others, and greater success, fulfilment and happiness in work, life and love.
In the past few years, this work has increasingly focused on how to meet the special challenges of interacting with the Dutch in the workplace and broader society, and on how to love and care for yourself unconditionally. One of my greatest role models is the late Dr Marshall B. Rosenberg, a renowned psychologist and mediator who founded Non-Violent Communication (or Compassionate Communication) and taught it in numerous countries. NVC and therapy have been hugely transformational for me, so why not for you too?
How do we work together?
When you first contact me by phone (+31640475088) at info@ExpatCare4U.nl or through the contact form on this website, the first step is to define the core problem that is troubling you and what exactly you want to change for the better. Please use your private, not work, email address, as our correspondence is confidential. Without delay, I will email you an intake form, and perhaps one or more preliminary diagnostic questionnaires, which you should complete as thoroughly as possible and return to info@ExpatCare4U.nl.
In addition to your contact info, what’s most important is your description of the history and nature of your problem(s) and your personal goal(s): what exactly you want to achieve in therapy, counselling and/or coaching. We will then schedule a daytime or evening intake session at your earliest convenience. The purpose of the intake session is to establish a ‘click’ and a working alliance, to clarify exactly what the core problem is (and if there’s more than one, to prioritise), to formulate your personal goals and to broadly map out a course of therapy/counselling/coaching. Then the core work can begin. We plan follow-on sessions according to the severity of your problem(s) and the urgency of your needs. We evaluate your progress regularly and adjust your goal(s) if necessary. The integrative approach is client-centred, focused, goal-oriented and effective, so most clients need only about 3 to 6 sessions to achieve a breakthrough or significant positive change.