Counselling is a collaboration between the counsellor and client. It's about identifying goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional distress. Seeking to improve communication and coping skills; strengthening self-esteem; changing old behaviour patterns and optimising mental health.

Besides indiviual clients, Damiët works with couples and families. With her training of Sytem FamilyTherapy in the Netherlands, she is specialized in complex relationships.

Coaching is opening doors to possibilities. Unlocking peoples potential to maximise their own growth.

Damiët is a provisional member of NZAC

Synergetic Play Therapy (2008) is a researched-informed model of play therapy blending the therapeutic power of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity. Damiët is one of the two certified Synergetic Play Therapists (2021) of New Zealand. This is a therapy that works well with children who have experienced trauma. This modatlity is designed for children, but is not limited to children.

The Synergetic Play Therapist is allowing, noticing and verbalising sensations in the body. The therapist feels and speaks to the feelings when they come up in response to the expressions of the client and in that way models it to the child/client The client then gets a template of how to be with feelings and emotions. When the feelings are allowed, they get intensified and the therapist becomes the external regulator (of the nervous system) and simultaneously models the regulation, so the child learns to self regulate.