Find Trauma Psychologists in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Trauma therapy treats what stays behind after a frightening or overwhelming event. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy and EMDR are the recommended treatments ¹².

World Health Organization guidance recommends both for post-traumatic stress disorder ³. Cognitive therapy and narrative exposure therapy are also used.

Treatment usually includes preparation, and work on the memory itself comes later. It is for people whose symptoms have persisted.

Not everyone who has been through something bad needs it. Ask a practitioner which approaches they are trained in.

Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.

Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.

Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.

The title you will see is Klinisch psycholoog (BIG-geregistreerd). Search the register by name at BIG-register (CIBG). A current entry is that body's own published record of the person.

In the Netherlands the protected titles include gezondheidszorgpsycholoog, klinisch psycholoog and psychotherapeut, and each of them requires entry on the statutory healthcare register. See the Netherlands page.