I have been a mental health professional for over two decades. I am currently in private practice  in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a special interest in relationship and gender-related issues. I am also an online therapist, train other professionals in working with abusive and controlling relationships, coordinate groups for women, and am a university professor and author of several publications.

Born in Belgium, I have resided in many different countries including the US, Canada, and various European and Latin American countries. This multicultural experience has provided me with a broad perspective with respect to human interactions.

I earned my PhD in Psychology from the Universidad del Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina), my MA from USIU (San Diego, California), and my BA from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).

I am fluent in a number of languages including English, Spanish, and Dutch, among others, and attend clients from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Additional info.:

Dissertation research: gender abuse and social discourse.

Professional Associations/Organizations:

• Board memeber of the “Asociación de Psicoterapia Sistémica de Buenos Aires” (Buenos Aires Psychotherapy Association).
• Member of the “Centro de Estudios Sistémicos” (Center for Systemic Studies), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Publications:

Books:

• “Abuso emocional: Construcciones y deconstrucciones de género” (Emotional Abuse: Gender Constructions and Deconstructions) – ready for publication
• Verbally Abusive Relationships: Gender Constructions and Deconstructions

Journals

• “Adolescencia online: La construcción digital de la anorexia nerviosa” (Online Adolescence: The Digital Construction of Anorexia Nervosa), Sistemas Familiares, Buenos Aires, Year 26, Nr 2 – 2010.
• “Online Therapy, a Cultural Perspective”, Eberatungsjournal, 2009.
• “Conversaciones sobre la categorización de género en las parejas” (“Conversations about the Categorization of Gender in Couples“), in Sistemas Familiares, Buenos Aires, Año 23, N° 2 – 2007.
• “Diálogo sobre parejas”, (“Dialogue about Couples“), in Sistemas Familiares, Buenos Aires, Año 23, N° 1 – 2007.
• “Cuando conversamos sobre la paz” (“When We Talk About Peace“), in Sistemas Familiares, Buenos Aires, Año 22, N° 1-2-2006.
• “The Construction of a Multiculturally Changing Self“, in Radical Constructivism (Alexander Riegler), Internet publication, 1996.
• “Abuso emocional en parejas heterosexuales” (“Emotional Abuse in Heterosexual Couples“), in Revista Argentina de sexualidad humana, Año 15, N° 1, 2001.
• “Análisis de la influencia de los discursos mediáticos dominantes” (“Analysis of the Influence of Dominant Discourses in the Media“); conjointly with E. Rapela, in Voces en conflicto, espacios de disputa, edición del PNUD (Programa Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo); 2001.

Other:

 Correspondent of Clubs & Countries, Buenos Aires.