Welcome to the Ithaca Psychotherapy Practice
Ithaca Psychotherapy Practice is currently a contract-free practice.
We welcome referrals from primary care physicians and other health care professionals.
Our services are available in several languages, including Dutch, English and Hebrew.
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, systemic conversations 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
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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 theory, among others. Schema therapy assumes that symptoms and problems people come to treatment for have their basis in maladjusted schemas that involve obstructive emotional and cognitive patterns that begin early in our development and repeat throughout our...
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.
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.