Our proven evidence-based approach, working exclusively with highly trained and licensed NVRG therapists specializing in couples therapy and EFT, has proven extremely successful in restoring connection and making informed decisions.
With just 4 to 8 sessions, we can often achieve lasting improvement in your relationship. Discover the power of our approach to sustainable growth and recovery.
Our evidence-based approach is carried out by a team of highly trained therapists, registered with the NVRG or professionally trained within Praktijk de Liefde. We work from a shared vision and method of systemic and relationship therapy. With a unique combination of head, heart and body, we strengthen relationships and promote mental and emotional health.
As the only practice in the Netherlands with this specialization, we offer immediate help, without a waiting list. After only 4 to 8 sessions, we often realize lasting improvement by restoring connection and making conscious choices.
We build loving, lasting relationships – in the here and now and for generations to come.
Relationship therapy helps break through stuck patterns.
Understand how misunderstandings occur and where the need lies.
Improve intimacy and sexuality with couples therapy.
Systemic relationship therapy for diverse relationships, focusing on repairing relationships and promoting mental and emotional health, focusing on head, heart and body.
As a unique practice in the Netherlands, we combine scientific evidence with an integrative approach in which head, heart and body come together. Thus, we offer therapy of outstanding quality, focused on real, lasting connection.
We work from a deep specialization in systemic therapy. Within our practice, all relationship therapists work under expert supervision, with regular peer review and from a shared vision of relationship and family therapy.
At Praktijk de Liefde, development and personal attention are central – in a safe and professional environment in which both clients and therapists can grow. Our mission: to build loving, lasting relationships in the here and now and for generations to come.
Practice de Liefde: where quality, expertise and care come together.
We build loving, lasting relationships – in the here and now and for generations to come.
Our goal is not to preserve the relationship at any cost, but to guide you to a healthy and fulfilling connection, regardless of the outcome. It is about getting you back in dialogue, discovering what is truly important to you and growing together, both as a couple and as individuals.
Relationship therapy focuses on strengthening your relationship, regardless of whether you move forward together or choose to each go your own way. In addition, couples therapy contributes to your mental and emotional health by providing insight into the patterns that affect your well-being. We offer support in complex situations, such as divorce or forming a blended family, with special attention to protecting children from tensions and bottlenecks.
Our unique approach combines head, heart and body – symbolizing thinking, feeling and acting. In relationships, these elements often become out of balance: your head may be overflowing with stress, your heart feels closed off, and your body reacts with tension. By bringing these three back into harmony, we create space for real contact – with yourself, with your partner and with the world around you.
In couples therapy together, we break stuck patterns, promote deeper understanding of each other and work to improve.
Rediscover love with head, heart and body. Our unique approach integrates cognitive insights, emotional connection and physical intimacy to deepen and strengthen relationships.
In couples therapy together, we break stuck patterns, promote deeper understanding of each other, and work to improve your intimacy and sexuality. Discover the power of change and growth within your relationship, and experience how a renewed connection can bring you closer together.
At Practice Love, we understand that not always both partners are ready for couples therapy at the same time. Sometimes it can be valuable to start individually first, to take steps on your own and get clarity about your own needs and wishes in the relationship. In this process we work together on your personal insights and growth, and your partner can join at a later time. This way you can safely and quietly begin the first steps in the process of connection and recovery, in a way that suits both of you.
Intimacy and sexual issues often have deeper relational causes. At Practice Love, we understand that these issues are rarely isolated, but intertwined with the dynamics within the relationship.
We specialize in addressing these help issues by looking at the underlying patterns and interactions between partners. This approach allows us to guide you, alleviate many symptoms and also address the core of the issues. This creates lasting solutions and a healthier, more fulfilling relationship. Whether it is sexual problems, unfulfilled desires or a difference in needs, we are here to support and guide you to a loving and intimate connection.
We have successfully helped more than thousands of couples restore and strengthen their relationships. We have guided an impressive number of couples, helping them find their way to a deeper connection and a fulfilling relationship. Trust our expertise and experience the power of our counseling, as so many have done for you and are now enjoying a loving and thriving relationship.
We recommend starting with a comprehensive intake. In this conversation we take the time to get a complete picture of your request for help and specific needs. You can experience whether there is a good click with the therapist, and you will notice that you are already actively working on your process from the first session.
During the intake you will immediately gain insight into the first steps we can take together, so you will feel that the change has already begun. This intake not only provides a basis for an in-depth, personal approach, but also forms a flying start in your process. This way we ensure that you immediately get one step closer to your goals and desired change.
In an intimate and safe setting, there is room to be open
Uncover and break destrusctive interaction patterns that have developed in your relationship
Bringing deeper emotions to the surface and learning to deal with them
You learn to support each other and restore the emotional bond.
Receive what is needed to continue applying positive changes achieved in therapy in daily life.
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EFT is a form of couples therapy that focuses on the emotional bond between partners. Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, it is based on the belief that emotional connection is the key to creating and maintaining a fulfilling relationship. EFT helps couples recognize and break negative patterns, allowing them to transform feelings of loneliness, anger and misunderstanding into feelings of understanding, connection and safety.
In this way, emotions are less likely to be acted upon and conflicts are less likely to escalate. Mutual understanding will bring you closer together again and the emotions will also become controllable for the individual.
Relationships can be wonderful sources of joy, support and love, but sometimes they also face challenges, conflict and stress. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an approach in couples therapy that can help couples and partners find a deeper emotional connection and restore what has been lost.
If you are considering trying EFT, know that it is a process that requires time and dedication, but the rewards can be enormous. It can help you come closer together again and build a healthier, happier relationship.
To complement this, we offer the Transformation Relationship Weekend, which includes EFT techniques. This special program is designed to support couples in their journey to a stronger and more fulfilling relationship. It is an opportunity to work on your relationship in an intensive, supportive environment, with the guidance of experienced therapists who specialize in EFT.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to learn more about how EFT and the Transformation Relationship Weekend can contribute to the growth of your relationship. We are ready to guide you on the path to restoring and strengthening your bond.
Meet Joey Steur, systems therapist, author of “Out of Your Love Dip” and founder of Praktijk de Liefde, which helps couples transform their relationship. Joey Steur is a respected systems therapist with years of experience guiding couples through the complexities of love and relationships. Her expertise within couples therapy has made her a sought-after therapist, both in the media and among her couples.
The power of love is feeling that you are alive, that you are truly there- in connection with head, heart and body. With yourself and with the other person. Love brings you fully into the moment, with a deep connection between thinking, feeling and being. It is in that intensity where its power lies.
The vulnerability of love is that it touches you deeply, hurts you and you are “lost” for a moment. Both in the highs and the lows. In this paradoxical dance of feelings comes the true deepening of a relationship. For it is precisely in these extremes, in both the fiery feeling and the raw sadness, that the true essence of connection unfolds.
De kracht van liefde is voelen dat je leeft, dat je er oprecht bij bent— in verbinding met hoofd, hart en lichaam. Bij jezelf en bij de ander. Liefde brengt je volledig in het moment, met een diepe verbondenheid tussen denken, voelen en zijn. Het is in die intensiteit waar haar kracht schuilt.
De kwetsbaarheid van liefde is dat het je diep raakt, je kwetst en je even ‘lost’ bent. Zowel in de highs als in de lows. In deze paradoxale dans van gevoelens ontstaat de ware verdieping van een relatie. Want juist in die uitersten, in zowel het vurige voelen als het rauwe verdriet, ontvouwt zich de ware essentie van verbondenheid.
De nieuwe relatie-app van Praktijk de Liefde
Elke dag één korte check-in (1 min) + mini-oefeningen die jullie helpen om weer dichtbij elkaar te komen, juist als het even niet vanzelf gaat. Voor meer verbinding, intimiteit en verdieping in je relatie.
