Testimonials

Below are a few words from those who’ve worked with me — shared with their consent and anonymised. Each story reflects unique work.

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Integrity, that is what stands out from our sessions. Even when the subjects I wanted to look at were difficult, you somehow made sure it was never impossible. Your honesty and warm humility created a space where I could grow. Thank you!
Male Client
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You are to whom I confess my struggles. It helps me to be in your space and find the words to describe those struggles so I can share them with the people I love, and who love me. That lifts the loneliness I often feel. Thank you.
Male Client
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Thank you for the laughter today – I really needed that…! :-)
Female Client
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Aernout’s counselling was critical in helping me through the most challenging part of my life so far. He is firm and assertive in a way that I didn’t know I needed, and yet he combines this with immense compassion and deep understanding. He creates a safe space for the most vulnerable situations. It’s been over one year since my last visit to Aernout and I still often think of his insights, wisdom, and sincere kindness.
Thank you Aernout for everything you have done for me.
Female Client
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Thank you for being human.
Thank you for being straight forward (for the courage of the crack, where the light comes in)
Thank you for the generous sharing of resources over the years
Your extreme clarity and soft heart made me access self-compassion, acceptance and healing. A new spirituality awoke in me, giving space to body sensations, self-trust, intuition. I stopped trying to resolve or escape vulnerability, I chose it as a door to true being.
I now feel able to be authentic, embrace pleasure and know where I stand, where I end.
Female client, polyamourous
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Your capacity to see people so precisely and completely is just beautiful and freeing. Sometimes it’s pure magic and you seem to see things about either of us that we ourselves would find hard to give words to. You make it appear from behind a veil, with kindness and curiosity.
Couple
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What I like about working with you is that you're so practical and down to Earth. You almost always come with a book I might like, or a podcast to read, or an activity I might explore. You're the man to tell me - 'Aha, I think I have book for that', like some librarian. Love it - keep them coming! And I love the laughter... Thanks!
Male Client
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It was a really difficult session today, but I’m not coming to you to chat and have coffee… Thank you!
Female client
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I think your invitation to a more conscious life has me pondering further about its meaning and how I can live mine in the most authentic way possible. It’s not easy but I am happy to be on this difficult and worthwhile path. (…) I can’t thank you enough dear Aernout, for the world and way of seeing you have opened up to me.
Female Client
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Your presence has been a gift during a season when clarity felt clouded and connection was fragile. Thank you for walking beside us with such steadiness, wisdom, and care. You held a sacred space for truth to emerge, and we are both deeply grateful for that. Your work touched something essential in us, and that imprint remains.
We trust that Spirit, in its perfect timing, may bring us together again if and when the path calls for it. For now, we walk forward with hearts more open and tools more refined, thanks to you.
Couple
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