Background, development and vision
After completing my studies in medicine, I started working as a young doctor at a university medical centre. From that time on I was already profoundly interested in the actual person and not just in the disease.
After completing my day’s work, I continued to sit next to them and listened attentively to their stories and to the way they lived and experienced their illness, wondering what links there might be between their individual stories and the specific complaints for which they were hospitalized.
I liked hospital work, I was building a solid career, yet something was missing for me. I desired a more integral vision that takes into consideration the totality of the person who comes to ask for help.
I opted to study homeopathic medicine, as homeopathy is a medical approach that studies and treats the person in their totality. What further appealed to me about homeopathy is its vision and respect for natural processes, and that the patient’s own recovery capacity is addressed and stimulated.
From the same motivation, I also studied other medical disciplines. One of these is psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology, which scientifically studies how our thoughts and emotions have a direct influence on our physical body and, therefore, on our health.
Within the safe and trusted space that an integral consultation offers, not only the physical complaints, but – if so desired – everything that is important in the life of the person can be discussed.
Throughout the years, the life stories of my clients and the course of their complaints have shown how their emotions, thoughts and attitudes affected their health and their recovery.
I have often noticed that the conversation during the first interview was sufficient to start the recovery process, even before the prescribed medication was taken.
In this way, the development towards my psychological practice has been a very natural process. As the saying goes: ‘Prevention is better than cure’. The idea that taking care of our emotions can function as preventive medicine enthused me to further study various psychological cognitive treatment methods.
For about twenty years, the addition of the psychosocial aspects to my practice have greatly enriched it while also contributing concretely to fulfilling my vision of integrative medicine. The diseases are psychosomatic and somatopsychic.
Driven by my interest in the interactions between the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical levels, I also train in various spiritual teachings, such as Buddhism, in addition to following regular updating medical and psychological courses.
Currently some techniques of Buddhism, including mindfulness and meditation, are recommended in conventional psychological and medical practices.
The inclusion of philosophical and spiritual studies in my training is valuable both for my own personal development and for my work, expanding and deepening the frames of reference available to me.
The treatment strategies that I use in my practice are specifically tailored to the needs of each person, and their own frame of reference.
Life and personal experiences have taught me a lot. I have lived and worked on three continents, in diverse cultures. Over the years, I have been able to assist people from various countries.
As have so many people, I too have encountered obstacles and challenging situations on my way. I believe these experiences are valuable and allow me to better understand and support my clients.
From my private and professional experiences, I have learned the importance of integrative medicine and psychology.
Born in Argentina, I settled in The Netherlands in 1991. Having an international background myself, I am well acquainted with the challenges of being an expat.
I work in Dutch, English and Spanish.
I provide workshops for various kinds of groups, among others, couples (harmonizing), people who have been confronted with life threatening diseases – we prefer to say life challenging diseases – and their loved ones. Whole-Self method for professionals. Workshops are on request.
This introduction would not be complete without expressing my heartfelt gratitude to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires and to all my teachers who formed me.
I had the wonderful opportunity of having been trained:
- in Homeopathic Medicine by masters such as Alfonso Masi Elizalde, Tomás Pablo Paschero, Francisco Xavier Eizayaga, Eugenio Candegabe, Flora Dabbah and so many others, each with their own discoveries and all faithful to the basic principles of integral medicine, laying the foundations of the so-called medicine of the person and of conscious medicine.
- in the Whole- Self approach by the founders Troya and Jon Turner, pioneers in Prenatal Psychology.
- by my teachers and guides in the different spiritual disciplines, including Lama Gangchen Rinpoche: Lama healer and tireless worker for world peace, who invited integrative medicine professionals to join in his efforts to build bridges between spirituality and science and between Buddhist and western sciences.
- by the school of Buddhism where I undergo an ongoing training. This training enriches my practice by adding knowledge and experience about creating harmony, deep listening, cause and effect, heredity, approach to death, the power of gratitude and the power of compassion.
