Centrum Vaktherapie
This therapeutic practice in Maastricht offers therapy in English. Here, you are invited to grow through experiencing instead of through talking about your experiences.

Centrum Vaktherapie offers expressive arts therapy which combines dialogue with experiential elements drawing from music, drama, fine art, dance or movement to integrate the sensing body and the thinking mind.
Centrum Vaktherapie is a therapeutic practise in Maastricht where you can not only receive practical help with psychological issues through therapy but also develop skills in a playful manner in our workshops.
Workshops
In our therapeutic practise you grow through experiencing. Expressive arts therapy combines the dialogue with practical exercises in music, drama, fine art, dance or movement to integrate body and mind.
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Welcome to Centrum Vaktherapie

This therapy practice, based in Maastricht, offers expressive arts therapy (vaktherapie) which combines artforms and psychotherapeutic methods by using practical exercises that engage your whole body, not just the thinking, talking part!

The philosophy that underlies this form of therapy is that m
any people learn more efficiently through experiences in which physical, playful and creative aspects are addressed. This form of treatment is attuned to what stimulates you to learn and process most effectively.

Learning in a safe and supportive space can help you develop or restore the natural state of connection with yourself or others.  You are welcome to come and experience the space in which you can invest in the relationship with all the aspects of yourself, challenge your recurring patterns and expand your comfort zone.

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Dans- en Bewegingstherapie

Dans- en Bewegingstherapie brengt je in verbinding met je lijf en je gevoel. Een proces van zichtbaarheid waarin je leert zorgen voor en luisteren naar je lichaam. In beweging ga je de dialoog aan met je lichaam en vertaal je gevoel naar beweging.

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Consent

This article is a reflection on your (intimate) boundaries, it speaks about consent workshops originating from a collaboration between Consent Matters Maastricht and Centrum Vaktherapie.

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Workshops

Our events are aimed at stimulating your personal development by expanding your comfort zone and teaching you new skills. Come to play, listen to your body, express your self or practise setting your boundaries.

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drama therapy

Drama Therapy

Drama therapy is expressive and is ideal for practicing new behaviours or working around emotion regulation. Within drama therapy, many non-verbal methodologies around play and theater are used.

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Leonie der Kinderen

Expressive Arts Therapist
Leonie der Kinderen Centrum Vaktherapie
“I enjoy working with practical, creative and body oriented exercises. My workshops and therapy sessions facilitate a safe space to reflect and practice in a playful and explorative way. There are many ways to learn, and I enjoy the challenge of creating customized learning experiences for people or groups. “

Not all problems can be solved by just talking about them. Especially when you have difficulty expressing your thoughts or feelings or when you cognitively know what your challenges are but you still feel stuck, expressive arts therapy can help you take the next steps. In creative ways you will be invited and challenged to gain new experiences and experiment with changing your recurring patterns. 

Expressive arts therapy is multi-methodical, it combines the expressive arts with influences from different psychotherapeutic methods such as cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy and client-focused therapy. It does not focus on treating a specific diagnosis but works with the underlying, transdiagnostic factors, such as perception, trauma and emotion regulation.

Every expressive arts therapist has their own style, interests and additional educational which colours the way the treatment is shaped. Leonie has studied drama therapy and has been influenced by improvisation, consent work and movement analysis. She loves to learn about everything health related and has a holistic approach which informs the therapeutic relationship. This means the focus lies on the sum of your parts, not on your complaints or symptoms. The best way to figure out if this form of therapy is right for you is to book a non-binding introductory meeting to get acquainted. 

"By creating embodied learning experiences
we strengthen the connection between thinking, feeling
and physical sensations."

Rates

Reimbursement through insurance

Reimbursement through basic healthcare is in some cases an option if you are under treatment with a BIG registered psychotherapist/psychologist or if you are undergoing treatment within a GGZ institution. It is also worth consulting the health insurance of your country of origin. Lastly vaktherapie can sometimes be partially reimbursed through complementary health insurance (not through NFG).

"When we play we are engaged, challenged, excited yet relaxed.
When we play we are receptive and full of curiosity.
When therapy and play meet, we grow beyond ourselves."

Contact

You can contact us by phone or through e-mail during office hours.

FAQ

Just walk into the building, turning left into the heart of the building. Then walk up the staircase and the space is immediately opposite to the stairs. 

You can park your bike behind the big blue gate.

There is paid parking on the Elisabeth Strouvenlaan Mon till Sat 08.00-18.00 hrs, Thursday till 21.00 hrs and on Sundays from 12.00-17.00 hrs.

Nearby stops are ‘Cannerplein’ and ‘Tongerseplein’. Plan your trip here: OV Routeplanner.

Welcome to Centrum Vaktherapie

This therapeutic practice in Maastricht offers expressive arts therapy and workshops in English.

Expressive arts therapy
 (vaktherapie) 
combines
 psychotherapeutic methods with experiential elements drawing from music, drama, fine art, dance or movement to integrate the sensing body and the thinking mind. 

Here, you are invited to grow through experiencing instead of through talking about your experiences.

The philosophy that underlies this form of therapy is that many people learn more efficiently through experiences in which physical, playful and creative aspects are addressed. This form of treatment is attuned to what stimulates you to learn and process most effectively.

Learning in a safe and supportive space can help you develop or restore the natural state of connection with yourself or others.  You are welcome to come and experience the space in which you can invest in the relationship with all the aspects of yourself, challenge your recurring patterns and expand your comfort zone.

centrum vaktherapie activiteit

Workshops

Our events are aimed at stimulating your personal development by expanding your comfort zone and teaching you new skills. Come to play, listen to your body, express your self or practise setting your boundaries.

Read more >>

Leonie der Kinderen

Expressive Arts Therapist
Leonie der Kinderen Centrum Vaktherapie
“I enjoy working with practical, creative and body oriented exercises. My workshops and therapy sessions facilitate a safe space to reflect and practice in a playful and explorative way. There are many ways to learn, and I enjoy the challenge of creating customized learning experiences for people or groups. “

Expressive arts therapy is multi-methodical, it combines the expressive arts with influences from different psychotherapeutic methods such as cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy and client-focused therapy. It does not focus on treating a specific diagnosis but works with the underlying, transdiagnostic factors, such as perception, trauma and emotion regulation.

Every expressive arts therapist has their own style, interests and additional educational which colours the way the treatment is shaped. Leonie has studied drama therapy and has been influenced by improvisation, consent work and movement analysis. She loves to learn about everything health related and has a holistic approach which informs the therapeutic relationship.

This means the focus lies on the sum of your parts, not on your complaints or symptoms. The best way to figure out if this form of therapy is right for you is to book a non-binding introductory meeting to get acquainted. 

drama therapy

Drama Therapy

Drama therapy is expressive and is ideal for practicing new behaviours or working around emotion regulation. Within drama therapy, many non-verbal methodologies around play and

Read more >>

Rates

You are very welcome to contact us for a free, non-binding introductory meeting in which we can discuss whether expressive art therapy could help you in your development.

€0

Included in the price of a session is a personalised treatment plan, process reports and consultation with other health professionals involved in your treatment.

€85

Reimbursement through insurance

Reimbursement through basic healthcare is in some cases an option if you are under treatment with a BIG registered psychotherapist/psychologist or if you are undergoing treatment within a GGZ institution. It is also worth consulting the health insurance of your country of origin. Lastly vaktherapie can sometimes be partially reimbursed through complementary health insurance (not through NFG).

Contact

Mon-Wed during office hours:

FAQ

Just walk into the building, turning left into the heart of the building. Then walk up the staircase and the space is immediately opposite to the stairs. 

You can park your bike behind the big blue gate.

There is paid parking on the Elisabeth Strouvenlaan Mon till Sat 08.00-18.00 hrs, Thursday till 21.00 hrs and on Sundays from 12.00-17.00 hrs.

Nearby stops are ‘Cannerplein’ and ‘Tongerseplein’. Plan your trip here: OV Routeplanner.