Carolyn Tabak, MSc UKCPreg MBACP EAP

Born into a displaced family, I have an international European background, with dual British and Austrian nationality. I grew up with traumatised parents, often feeling like an outsider. This influenced my behaviour at school, which in turn influenced how others behaved towards me. My interest in psychology and why people behave the way they do developed from there, when I was in my early teens. I went on to study Psychology at university, worked in magazine publishing for a few years, then went back to my first love to train first as a Counsellor and then as a Psychotherapist, graduating in 1999. My life journey has led me The Hague in the Netherlands where I have a private psychotherapy and supervision practice. I work in English and French with an international clientèle, both short and long-term. People come to me with a variety of issues, often but not always in crisis. Covid led me to work online and I've found it as effective, sometimes moreso, than in person. My focus is always to place my relationship with the client at the centre of my work: if you don't feel safe and understood, no therapeutic work can be done. My approach is integrative, meaning I draw on different theories of psychotherapy to tailor the work to my clients: one size fits all does NOT exist. I am registered in the UK with UKCP, and in Europe with EAP Je suis née en Belgique et j'ai grandi là et en Suisse. Je parle couramment le Français, et j' accompagne ainsi des clients francophones. Je suis une psychothérapeute avec 30 ans d'expérience et vous êtes les bienvenus dans mon cabinet. Je suis enregistrée en Angleterre avec UKCP, et en Europe avec EAP