Fred Hooft

I studied orthopedagogy and general social sciences. I have gained experience in youth mental health care as a family therapist and staff trainer (family oriented work) and in adult mental health care.

Relationship- and family therapy

In my work with individuals and couples, I approach each therapeutic relationship with a warm and reflective presence. No matter how ingrained and automatic our patterns are and how stuck we feel, living a more peaceful life with yourselves is possible for each of us.

In relationships we can feel wounded and not receive the love, intimacy, security and safety we had hoped for. In the treatment we will explore how to feel connected in your relationships and how you to deal with, for example, a traumatic past.

With families, as a parent, you may encounter issues with how to raise children, how everyone interacts with each other, the development of the children and how the family deals with what everyone and the family has been experienced.

Individual system therapy

How do you deal with childhood events and what makes you who you are? How do events from your childhood can cause the same difficulties in the here and now (e.g. wrong choice of partner, dissatisfaction with the way your life is going or you are unable to shape your life differently). By becoming aware of the difficulties that arise from your youth, you can also become more aware of the contacts you have in the present and what that evokes in you and in others. It can be about patterns in a family/background that you want to break.