I started as a lecturer on the MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice in 2018. Prior to taking up this role at LJMU I have worked as a counsellor, supervisor, teacher and team coordinator in hospices since 1991, initially in Belgium and since 1999 in the U.K.

Both as a lecturer, researcher and practitioner I feel passionate about preserving ‘humanity’ at the core of health care and health care organisations.

I completed a Professional Doctorate (DProf) in Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University in 2020. In this doctoral research I explore the psychological experience of cancer survivorship from a perspective of enactive cognition and hermeneutic phenomenology. Special attention is given to the dissemination process. By using art (painting) as a means of expressing and taking forward the findings I aim to increase the chance for the findings to become ‘actionable knowledge’ for practitioners and cancer survivors. This ‘art-iculation’ is also an exercise in integrating academic and non-academic interpretations.

Languages

Dutch; Flemish

Degrees

2020, Bournemouth University, U.K., DProf - Thinking self after bowel cancer: an embodied interpretation and art-iculation.
1993, Ghent University, Belgium, MA in Humanistic Counselling
1983, Vives University College, Belgium, BSc in Applied Psychology

Certifications

1999, University of Manchester, Foundation Cert in Family Counselling

Academic appointments

Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - present

Postgraduate training

PGCert in Counselling Supervision, U.K., Chester University, 2009 - 2010
PGDip in Teaching and Didactics, Belgium, Ghent University, 1993 - 1994