Who am I?
Increasing the wellbeing of employees in work situations and helping them to increase their personal resilience really motivates me in my job as psychosocial prevention adviser.
When I’m guiding other helpers, I like to use this rule of thumb: caring for others begins with caring for yourself.
That’s why I always set time aside after I finish work to do some drawing, travel or simply relax with a cup of coffee.
One of the biggest favours a healthcare provider can do for their patients, colleagues and family is to take self-care and stress management seriously"Dr. Lisa Miller
Expertise
As a psychosocial prevention adviser, I am able to combine my passions for wellbeing and work. I dedicate myself to employers and their workers through preventative and curative psychosocial interventions for which I use a variety of tools.
I work in a range of sectors, but have a particular interest in the care sector. At the moment, I am the point of contact for various care organisations (general and psychiatric hospitals, residential care centres, social welfare centres and care companies) where I provide support for mental wellbeing on an individual and organisational level.
As a result, I have also specialised in topics such as stress, burnout, emotional strain at work and resilience. This has enabled me to develop a new methodology to enhance the workshop on resilience, called the ‘Resilience Game’.
During my specialist training, I conducted an action research project looking at compassion fatigue. Based on the theme of ‘Care for carers’, I developed recommendations for care providers and care organisations, designed to reinforce their policy on resilience and wellbeing.
During the Covid-19 crisis, I concentrated on providing psychosocial support for care providers in the form of reception interviews, team debriefings, policy-based advice to care organisations and the triage of care personnel to specialised support. In 2020, I published ‘Compassion Fatigue: how to care for our carers?’ on that topic.
Experience
External prevention adviser psychosocial aspects – Mensura
Since 2015
Consultant Randstad High Technics – Randstad Selection and recruitment of engineering profiles
2014 – 2015
Voluntary psychosocial support – Youth Advice Centre/CAW East Brabant
2013 – 2016
Trainee psychologist – De Spiegel therapeutic community for drug addicts
2012 – 2013
Degrees
Stress and burnout coaching
2021
Emergency course on peer support and reception during the Covid-19 crisis
2020
Prevention adviser specialising in the psychosocial aspects of employment
2020
Basic multidisciplinary prevention adviser training
2017
Insights Discovery model training for individual and team coaching
2017
Various refresher courses and training on victim support, mediation, workplace bullying, stress and burnout, etc.
Since 2015
Postgraduate behavioural counselling
2013 – 2014
Master’s degree in psychology, majoring in clinical and health psychology
2011 – 2013
Bachelor’s degree in psychology, majoring in employment and organisation psychology
2008 – 2011
Courses
Want to make the people in your organisation more resilient? Have them enrol for my courses on:
Trauma management for supervisors and managers
Guide for dealing with staff involved in a traumatic event
Price on request
Practical
First Aid Mental Health
Through the ‘First Aid Mental Health’ training, managers are taught techniques to recognise and support employees with mental health issues or to reintegrate them after a long absence.
€495.00 or 2.5 PU
Practical
Refresher training person of trust - supervision
Act as a mediator for conflict within your organisation and receive your certificate.
Price on request
Broadening