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About Psychotherapy Practice Ithaca
Located in Amstelveen, Ithaca is a specialized mental health practice with a diverse team of therapists, each with unique skills, specializations and approaches.
We offer a wide range of treatment modalities, including psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic therapy, schema therapy, trauma therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
In addition to individual therapy, we also offer group therapy. If necessary, system sessions are also possible during therapy.
Off-hours crisis?
- Contact the therapist at his/her 06 number if agreed and known
- Contacting your primary care physician
- Contact the crisis service 24/7 GGZ inGeest (020) 788 5333
The Return of Odysseus, Claude Lorrain, 1644.
About our name:
“Ithaca” is based on Homer’s description of Odysseus’ journey home. As you might expect from this influence, the poem has much to say about life in all its complexity, with both the setbacks and the positive memories that become inevitable. Like so many self-help books advise, the poem urges you to live for the journey rather than the expected endpoint, to have a thriving and fulfilling life.
As “Ithaca” suggests, we should not wish our time away, but “ask that our way may be long.” We may have problems at work, financial worries, or have lost a loved one, but when we finally, and inevitably, overcome these problems (or when we reach our own metaphorical Ithaka), we will be that much stronger. Moreover, if the same challenges recur – which is likely – we will be able to deal with them in a much stronger and more experienced way.
Be aware of how life is for you now, and make sure you appreciate all the art, culture and beauty you could very easily never have seen. I often think this way when times are hard, and it really helps to improve my mood. It is so easy to just spend time looking at a beautiful painting, listening to a timeless piece of music, or reading a classic. Or, quite simply, dwell on what you learn from your current setback.
Treatment methods
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Psychodynamic psychotherapy may be appropriate when someone suffers from severe psychological symptoms, keeps running into the same patterns and wants to change them. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is indicated when these symptoms and problems cause suffering and undermine social and/or occupational functioning.
Group therapy
Ithaca offers several group therapy options. Group psychotherapy is group psychotherapy, where learning from and with each other, interacting with other participants and the psychotherapists, is central. The therapy group consists of a limited number of participants and two group psychotherapists who meet weekly. All participants work on their own psychological symptoms and problems.
Schema therapy
Schema-focused therapy is a form of therapy that integrates elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, Gestalt therapy and attachment...
EMDR
This form of therapy is for people who continue to suffer from consequences of a shocking, traumatic experience manifesting themselves, among other things, in having nightmares, re-experiences or flashbacks. The beginning of EMDR therapy focuses on the cause and background of the symptoms.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
CBT is an umbrella term for various forms of treatment in which patients learn how to better manage their negative thoughts and feelings about themselves and their environment, get a better grip on their emotional lives and, if applicable, better align their behavior with what they want to achieve.