Treatment for adults
We treat you with care and provide the support you need, tailored to your specific needs. A personalized approach that helps you go beyond just mental strength; it helps you reach your full potential!
Analysis of your personality
What kind of person am I anyway?
Do you want to gain more insight into your personality? What patterns, traits, and (hidden) talents do you possess? Are you curious about your pitfalls, patterns, and your strengths and qualities?
With our extensive selection of different personality assessments you can learn to discover yourself!
Personal development
Get the best out of yourself!
Learn to recognize your pitfalls and discover your personal strengths to maintain and expand them.
Become the best version of yourself by maintaining your own character.
Treatment of personality disorders
I'm standing in my own way!
Your personality is made up of traits that define who you are and how you behave. Just like everyone else, you have patterns in your thoughts and actions. If these patterns of thought and action are holding you back and you're stuck in daily life because you can't adapt, you may be dealing with a personality disorder.
Edusa wants to help you become more yourself through psychotherapy, by accepting yourself and learning to deal better with all kinds of problems in your life by breaking through 'fixed' patterns.
Self-image
Do you lack self-confidence and often see yourself in negative terms? If so, you have low self-esteem, which means you're insecure, critical of yourself, and prone to this. You'll compare yourself to others you consider better.
Did you know that this often arises from the lack of safety, connection and appreciation early in childhood?
A negative self-image can seriously hinder your dreams or goals. You might not be able to imagine developing a positive self-image, but we can make it happen! At Edusa, we offer several successful treatment methods. One of them is COMET, or Competitive Memory Training, specifically designed to transform a negative self-image into a positive one. Ultimately, you'll create a realistic self-image and focus on your positive qualities and strengths.
Depression
My life is a dark cloud..
Everyone experiences down times, but such a gloomy mood often passes on its own. Does this not go away for you, and do negative feelings dominate? This could indicate depression. Depression is a mood disorder that makes you feel very listless and gloomy.
Do you want to regain control and enjoy life more? Your depression can be overcome with the right, proactive approach. We can do this together!
Anxiety disorder
My world smaller..
Everyone experiences anxiety at some point: it helps us respond appropriately to potential danger. But what if anxiety doesn't go away? Or if you frequently react with extreme anxiety to something you don't actually need to be afraid of? This can significantly change your life and make your world unnecessarily smaller.
When anxiety is so intense that it disrupts your daily life, we call it an anxiety disorder. With our specialized treatment, you can conquer your fears!
Panic disorder
Panic is a fairly natural response to escape from a life-threatening situation. However, most people who experience panic attacks are not dealing with life-threatening situations. A panic attack can cause various symptoms, such as palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness, or a tingling sensation. During a panic attack, you often think you're losing control, fainting, or even going crazy. When someone worries excessively about future panic attacks or avoids everyday situations and activities, we call it a panic disorder.
Panic attacks can have a significant impact on your daily life, such as at work, where you might have to take the train, or in your social life, where you might meet up with friends and family less often.
The most effective form is cognitive behavioral therapy; learning to think differently about the fears underlying the panic attack. A panic disorder is easily treated and ultimately curable.
Burn-out
Burned out..
Do you literally feel "burned out"? Then you might be experiencing burnout. Sometimes life suddenly becomes much harder due to all sorts of stressors that demand more from you than you can handle. Then you become overloaded. Burnout is the final stage of a prolonged period of stress and tension. This leaves you with both physical and mental exhaustion.
You can recover well from burnout!
If you actively look for solutions together with your therapist and learn to deal with tension in a different way, there is a good chance that you will gradually be able to resume your normal activities.
OCD: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
"I walk with one leg on the sidewalk and one leg in the gutter. And if I don't, I'll be dead tomorrow."
OCD involves obsessions and compulsions. People with OCD find it very difficult to realize that their thoughts are not real. They know, on some level, that their thoughts are false, but the fear of the potentially disastrous consequences makes them feel compelled to perform the actions anyway, such as compulsive checking, the urge to clean, or the urge to wash.
The most effective treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy with response prevention. The ultimate goal of this treatment is to reduce compulsive behaviors, which are often successful.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
It's hard to fight an enemy that's in your head.
Sometimes people experience traumatic, shocking events like abuse, violence, or a traffic accident. While some are able to process these events on their own, others struggle and can develop psychological problems. PTSD literally means a disorder following a traumatic event. Symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, and startle and avoidance reactions are characteristic and quite normal.
Treating PTSD yourself is a tough job, but a psychologist can help you process a shocking event.
We treat PTSD with EMDR or Imaginary Exposure, which has been proven successful.
EMDR removes the negative emotional charge from memories of distressing events. This also eliminates the symptoms associated with these memories. Imaginary Exposure confronts you with the anxiety-provoking memories of the trauma, with the goal of transforming the emotions.
This may all sound a bit scary, but with our experienced psychologists you are in good hands.
Fear of illness
Also known as hypochondria; constantly experiencing the fear of having a serious illness, despite medical tests ignoring it. All sorts of common or harmless physical symptoms are seen as signs of a serious illness, such as a twinge, itch, or cramp.
Hypochondria can significantly impact your life. Constantly focusing on aches and pains and worrying about your health takes a lot of energy. However, with sound advice from our experienced therapists, psychoeducation, and cognitive behavioral therapy, you can take important steps.
Grief and loss
Grieving after a loss is a human reaction in which you struggle with all sorts of feelings to come to terms with the loss. When you can't do this and find it incredibly difficult to adapt to the changing circumstances after a loss, you're experiencing complex grief.
It might seem like an impossible task, as if you're stuck in a deep pit you can't climb out of. Grieving naturally takes time, but it's important to deal with the loss in a healthy way during this time. With our help, you'll find that you can gradually climb out of that pit. Take yourself seriously as a grieving person and seek help.
Group therapy / Workshops / Trainings
"It turns out I'm not the only one with these thoughts, which gives me courage."
A group therapy, training, or workshop, complementing your individual treatment, can give you the push you need to address your own issues. You'll be working with a group of people who share similar symptoms or experiences, while addressing your own challenges. The advantages of these treatments include the valuable insights gained from others' personal experiences, as well as the shared understanding and recognition you'll experience.
At Edusa, we offer a variety of group therapies tailored to your specific needs. These include self-image and assertiveness, emotion regulation, mindfulness, and more.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
-Viktor Frankl-
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