HEALING JOURNEYS -Brief therapy
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ANSWERS TO THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. Location and address practice HEALING JOURNEYS ?
Philippe Viaene
Therapist - Solution - Focused therapy
HEALING JOURNEYS
Marcel Thirylaan 20 at 1200 Woluwe Brussels
Q. Opening hours Practice
Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday from 12:00 to 17:30
Closed on Sunday
Your therapy is available in French, Dutch and English
Q. How can I book an appointment?
For practical reasons and for a proper understanding of your application, all appointments are made by telephone
on 0471/ 89.40.77 or by e-mail philippe@therapie-photographique.be
Appointments and changes
Appointments and ChangesIf unforeseen events occur, as they sometimes do, please contact me as soon as possible
if you need to reschedule your appointment. You may cancel an appointment free of charge if notice is given at least
12 hours in advance. After this period, the full session fee will be charged. Out of respect, please understand that it is
not possible to make up for missed consultation time.
Thank you for your understanding.
Q. How long does one therapy take ( one session usually lasts 1 hour )
The pace and duration of individual therapy is agreed between patient and therapist.
It usually involves a one-hour session per week at the beginning, thereafter it is variable according to the extent of
the difficulties and needs of the person and the assessment of the therapist.
Individual sessions are set at 65 euros VATI , Couple therapy 75 euros VATI
Payment options can be cash or via bank applications Paytonic QR-CODE
( bank transfer or paytronic for sessions via on-line consultation )
I make receipts for employees of the European Commission, supplementary insurance, DKV, etc.
Please note that my therapy services are not reimbursed by health insurance providers.
It is important to verify your coverage and consider this aspect when planning your sessions.
Online Psychotherapy Sessions
I offer online psychotherapy sessions to support you in the best possible conditions.
This flexible approach allows you to receive personalized care from the comfort of your home or any location of your choice.
Whether for practical reasons, mobility issues, or personal preference, online consultations provide an effective and convenient
way to access support. Feel free to contact me for more information or to schedule your first session.
Video conferencing therapies have proved effective in our neighbouring countries and in our country since
the beginning of the lockdown. So an online session is certainly possible via video conferencing or phone with existing technology
FB Messenger - WhatsApp - Skype - Zoom - Google Agenda
Do not hesitate to reach out to me 0471 89 40 77 or by email philippe@therapie-photographique.be
How to Prepare for Your Session?
- To ensure that remote therapy is as effective as face-to-face therapy, you need to play an active role:
- Schedule your appointment in your calendar and set a reminder, just as you would for any other medical appointment.
- Choose a quiet space where you won’t be disturbed.
- Make yourself comfortable.
- Take at least 10 minutes before the session to focus and prepare.
- Select an object to use exclusively during your therapy sessions as a symbolic marker for entering and leaving this special time.
- Examples could include a scented candle, a cushion, or a similar item.
I offer consultations based on the systemic and strategic brief therapy approach (Palo Alto school).
The sessions primarily focus on your current experience, in the "here and now," and aim to provide you with new experiences
that will help you address your difficulties from a different perspective.
The sessions are interactive : as a therapist, I actively participate in finding and implementing solutions to a problem or
with which you are confronted. As a therapist I do not specifically look for the origin of the problem , but in the belief that one can
adjust our behaviour in identifying our habits and gradually adapting them in our daily life, one rather starts to shape the "how",
by identifying the life difficulties experienced and dealing with them through purposeful interactions, thus interrupting the vicious
circles and creating new behavioural patterns. and create new behavioural patterns.
This solution-focused therapy is part of the school of thought and research that in 1950 took its name from the city of Palo Alto in
California. The formation of this school has its origins in the Macy lectures (also the source of the Cybernetics movement).
Shortly afterwards, in the early 1950s, the anthropologist Gregory BATESON developed, together with Jay HALEY
(who was largely inspired) by his long observation of the work of Milton ERICKSON, John WEAKLAND and Don JACKSON
developed the theory of the "double bind", which views mental illness as a mode of adaptation to a pathological structure of
family relationships. This theory revolutionised traditional psychiatric views and contributed to the development of the family therapy.
To study the therapeutic implications of this approach, Don JACKSON founded the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in 1959
in Palo Alto. Paul WATZLAWICK and then Richard FISCH joined the MRI and continued the work of the BATESON group.
The latter left Palo Alto in 1963 while Jay HALEY and John WEAKLAND joined the MRI.
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