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JongStressVRIJ stands for
- Online & on location
- No waiting times, immediate help
- For everyone
- 1 permanent practitioner
Schema therapy at JongStressVRIJ helps you break through deep-seated beliefs and patterns that often originated in childhood. Think of the feeling of never being good enough, the tendency to put yourself last, or a persistent fear of being rejected or abandoned. These patterns, also known as schemas, influence how you think, feel, and act, even as an adult. At JongStressVRIJ, we offer schema therapy at our locations in Zwaagdijk and Tuitjenhorn, as well as online for clients throughout North Holland and the Netherlands. You can get an appointment with us quickly, without a referral and without a long waiting time.
What is schema therapy?
Schema Therapy, also known as Systems Therapy or Relationship and Family Therapy, focuses on improving relationships with people who are important to you, such as your partner, children, parents, siblings, or friends. The therapy offers tools to break negative patterns and recurring conflicts.
Who is schema therapy suitable for?
Schema therapy is suitable for people who find themselves repeatedly getting stuck in the same patterns, even when they do not want to and have worked on them before. The therapy is particularly effective when short-term therapy has been insufficient or when symptoms keep recurring.
Schema therapy works well for:
- A persistent negative self-image or deep-seated shame
- Difficulty setting boundaries or expressing yourself
- Fear of rejection, abandonment, or dependence
- Perfectionism or performance pressure that causes stress and exhaustion
- Recurring relationship patterns, such as the same dynamics in love or work
- Depression or anxiety that keeps recurring despite previous treatment
Personality disorders or complex long-term complaints
Schema therapy at JongStressVRIJ vs. regular mental healthcare
Schema therapy is also offered in mainstream mental healthcare, but in practice, waiting times of six months to more than a year are not uncommon. In the meantime, symptoms worsen or you become further entrenched in patterns you actually want to break. At JongStressVRIJ, we operate as a private practice. That means:
- No/very short waiting time. You can come to us quickly for an initial consultation.
- No referral letter is needed. You can register directly via our website.
- No diagnosis required. You do not need an official label to follow schema therapy.
- Nothing in your medical record. Our care is independent of the health insurer and the general practitioner.
- One dedicated practitioner. Personal contact from start to finish.
Tailor-made program. No standard protocol, but an approach adapted to your schedules and situation.
How does a schema therapy course work at JongStressVRIJ?
After you register, we will contact you within one business day. We will schedule an intake interview to discuss your needs and determine together whether schema therapy is right for you.
A course of schema therapy consists of two phases. In the first phase, we map out together which schemas are active in you. We do this through conversations and sometimes through questionnaires or imagery exercises. You gain insight into how your early experiences have led to the patterns currently at play in your life.
In the second phase, you actively set to work to break those patterns. You process painful experiences from the past, learn to look at yourself differently, and build healthier beliefs and behaviors. The therapeutic relationship plays an important role in this: during the sessions, you experience what it feels like when your needs are taken seriously.
You always work with one fixed therapist. No changing faces, no transfers halfway through.
Costs and reimbursement for schema therapy
JongStressVRIJ operates as a private practice and does not work with health insurers. Our sessions are not reimbursed through basic insurance. We make this choice deliberately: this allows us to work without diagnoses, waiting lists, or fixed protocols. You can find the rates for schema therapy on our investment page.
Some supplementary insurance policies reimburse a portion of the costs for private therapy. It is worth checking with your insurer about this. Do you have questions about the costs? Feel free to contact us.
Frequently asked questions about schema therapy
Schema therapy is a form of psychotherapy focused on early dysfunctional schemas: deep-seated beliefs and patterns that originated in childhood and still influence your life. The therapy combines cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment theory, and experiential techniques.
CBT focuses on changing negative thoughts in the here and now. Schema therapy goes a layer deeper: it investigates where those thoughts come from and works on the underlying beliefs that have been active since childhood. Schema therapy is therefore suitable for complaints that do not respond sufficiently to short-term CBT.
Schema therapy is generally a longer process than short-term forms of therapy. Depending on your symptoms and situation, it involves several months to sometimes a year or longer. We always discuss this during the intake and evaluate your progress periodically.
Yes. Schema therapy is a recognized and scientifically validated treatment method that is also used in mainstream mental healthcare. Extensive research has been conducted on it, particularly regarding personality disorders, chronic depression, and anxiety.
You register via the registration form on our website. No referral letter, no long waiting list. We will contact you within one business day to schedule an initial consultation.
JongStressVRIJ stands for
- Online & on location
- No waiting times, immediate help
- For everyone
- 1 permanent practitioner
Schema therapy on location or online
You choose how you prefer to follow the therapy. We offer schema therapy at two locations:
- Zwaagdijk-East (also accessible from Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Medemblik and Purmerend)
- Tuitjenhorn (also accessible from Alkmaar, Heerhugowaard, Den Helder and Bergen)
Prefer not to travel? Then you can also follow schema therapy entirely online via a secure video connection. The quality and personal attention are the same as an in-person session.
Schema therapy on location or online
Are you looking for schema therapy in Alkmaar or Heerhugowaard? Our location in Tuitjenhorn is easily accessible for clients from this region, and online therapy is always an alternative if you prefer not to travel.
Are you looking for schema therapy in Hoorn, Enkhuizen, or Medemblik? From West Friesland, you can quickly reach our location in Zwaagdijk, or you can opt for an online session from home.
Do you live in Purmerend and are you looking for schema therapy without a waiting list? At JongStressVRIJ, you can sign up immediately, without a referral and without waiting months while things don't get better.
Are you from Den Helder, Schagen, or Bergen? You are welcome with us for online schema therapy, wherever you live in North Holland.
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ReviewsI am incredibly happy that I ended up here. The loving approach and the personal guidance. This is exactly what I needed. I went through the process together with Joyce, and I can recommend her to everyone! We worked hard together on my recovery and I am eternally grateful to her. For good guidance, you are absolutely in the right place here, which will benefit you for your entire life!
A safe place where you can express and discuss your deepest thoughts and feelings—that's how I would describe Jongstressvrij in Tuitjenhorn. The feeling of trust has been overwhelming. Emotionally stuck around the age of 50, I started working with Joyce on my life path. Each session was perfectly tailored to what I needed at that moment. Now I feel so much lighter and stronger in life. I would recommend Jongstressvrij to everyone.
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