Support
In life issues, divorce, farewell, loss, mourning and finding your joy in life again
Experience
About 45 years now
Core values
Careful, dedicated, loyal and respectful.
Individuality
Connected, clear, direct, light.
Practice for the Art of Living
I am Gitta van Haagen, Life Coach. I support people in difficult periods of their lives. For example if you are struggling with a divorce, a farewell or a loss in another form. In periodes like these, existential questions like: who am I? what is or was the meaning of my life? where has my joy of life gone? what next? often arise.
When you are dying, or when a loved does, such questions also arise of course. If you need support with those, I am here for you as well. Or if you, as a surviving relative, want support with the loss. Together we will look for truthfulness and inner peace.
I believe in the power of the Art of Living: the ability to face the challenges of life with attention and dignity. In every phase of it. Respect for and acceptance of you and your unique life are central to this.
In this way, we move together on the road to goodness, truth and purity.
I offer my services while walking, while using the beautiful surroundings of where I live, in my practice in Castricum or at your home depending on your situation. Via Zoom is also possible. So people who live further away or abroad are welcome swell. Via Zoom I work in both Dutch and English.
Who am I?
I am a biologist by training, but my work has brought me ever closer to people. I have worked for many years as a teacher, coach, trainer and therapist. After training at the ITIP and as a PRI therapist, I specialised in supporting people with life questions and existential challenges such as burnout, loss of health, retirement, divorce, death, etc.
Would you like to know more? Then press the button ‘get to know me better’.
Please feel free to contact me. Together we will look at how I can support you.
Support for farewell, loss and grief
Not only when dying, you can suffer from loss and mourning. Also in a divorce, or when you lost your job or your health, or in a burn-out, or dreams about the future that do not come true, or when your child no longer wants to see you, there is suffering fro loss and mourning.
This mourning, just like when a loved one dies, is accompanied by many different emotions. These vary from anger to deep sorrow; from helplessness to denial; from shame, guilt and fear to depression.
Mourning can also be stuck. Then it can feel as if things will never get better. As if there can never be joy in your life again. Of course, you can also contact me in this case. If you need more in such a situation, I can refer you to Iris Maier. She provides body-oriented trauma therapy and massage therapy. To contact her: see under contact.
In short, with whatever loss, I will support you. No matter how your feelings manifest themselves. On the way to acceptance, inner peace and a meaningful life. That too is Art of Living.
Support in dying
With such a great loss as dying, the Art of Living is of great importance, both for the dying person and for the relatives. For the dying person, it is about finding peace with yourself, with the fact that you are going to die and with the life you have led. For the loved ones, it is about accepting that great loss. About continuing to live without that important person.
I am available for you if you want or need a supportive, respectful and at the same time bright and light person.
The role of your dreams
Dreams can show you in a powerful, symbolic language what themes are currently relevant in your life. By learning to understand the messages of your dreams, you develop your consciousness. Over the years, your themes change and with them your dreams. Your dreams therefore appear to be clear signposts on your path of life. That is why I like to use them.
Under ‘read more’ three examples of myself.
Costs and reimbursement
The costs of a session or a trajectory are determined in mutual consultation and depend on your income and the value you attach to it. Clients usually value the costs between €85 and €100 (per hour). More is also possible of course.
Since January 2023, I am no longer a member of a professional association. The sessions are therefore no longer reimbursed.
Costs of bereavement or end-of-life care are sometimes reimbursed via a PGB.
Employers are also sometimes willing to reimburse costs.
What do customers think of me?
Mijn sessies met Gitta helpen me enorm “illusies” en “werkelijkheid” uit elkaar te halen.
Online bespreken we situaties in mijn werk- en privéleven waarover ik me vervelend, verdrietig, ontevreden of angstig voel. Ik leer dat ik volgens mijn eigen “working theory” gedrag van anderen interpreteer en ernaar handel…
Toen één van mijn volwassen kinderen een tijd geen contact met mij wilde had ik veel nare gevoelens.
Ik vond mezelf een slecht mens en schaamde me nogal. De schaamte hield me tegen om hulp te zoeken. een vriendin raadde me aan om een afspraak met Gitta te maken omdat mensen in haar omgeving goede ervaringen met haar hadden en dat heb ik gelukkig gedaan…
I started therapy with Gitta during a period in my life when I was considering starting antidepressants due to feeling overwhelmed by anxiety.
Thanks to her attentive listening and epertise, Gitta assisted me in discerning between past experiences and the present moment, enabling me to connect with my adult consciousness…
Interested?
Get in touch and schedule an appointment.