Louise Bloemen, holistic and Gestalt-therapist

Detailed Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA:

Born July 22, 1943, at 19.28, in the Netherlands, Oldenzaal, 2nd child of 10 in a catholic family; father pharmacist and social, mother nurse and musical
1962: High-school baccalaureate
1962-1967: Secretary-school in Schoevers; director assistant in KRO-TV documentaries; Institute for Journalism; journalist in Utrecht at „De Stem”
1967-1970: French studies at the „Ecole de Français Moderne”, University of Lausanne
1970-1972: Interim-teacher, French
1970-1972: Assistant of summer-courses of the International Musical Youth, Weikersheim Castle, Germany
October 17, 1970 (- August 1977): married to Cornelis Hoek, tapestry/artist and singer/tenor; birth of daughter, Fleur: December 22, 1974
Working and living regularly in the South of France from December 1980 till July 2004
Languages spoken and written: Dutch, German, French, English

BASIC TRAINING

1971/72: Participation in group-therapy, Limmen
1972-1974: Group dynamics: Institute for Drama and Studio “Art and Movement”, Amsterdam

GESTALT THERAPY TRAINING

1975-1979: Gestalt-training by Walter Kempler (scholar of Fritz Perls), Diana Shapley (Florence), Hogie Wyckoff (FORT: feministic groups based on “radical therapy”) and at the Humanistic Institute of Utrecht; + transactional analysis, co-counseling, bodywork and communicative skills
1976-1981: Intervision/supervision and co-training with Ada Wolvius, Gestalt-therapist at the Institute for Communication, Rotterdam
1983: Gestalt-week „Life, Death and Transition’” by Swiss-American psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kübler Ross, Hoeven, Holland
1987/1988: „Voice Dialogue” (Gestalt-variation): workshops in Amsterdam by the founders Hal Stone and Sidra Winkelman
1991: „Dreams and Death”- one week with Brazilian psychiatrist and Gestalt therapist Leo Matos
2002: „Non-violent communication” with scholar of Marshall Rosenberg
2003: Bert Hellinger’s Family/Systemic-Constellation, training by Hellinger-scholars

FURTHER EXPERIENCES

1979: INDIA Poona, ashram Bhagwan (Osho): Gurdieff’s concentration exercises, training in meditation, „Rebirthing”-sessions
1980: USA San Francisco: „Rebirthing”- university by Leonard Orr, Orcas Island: „Polarity”, holistic method of Dr. Randolph Stone

FROM 1990:

Gnostic studies: theosophy (Alice Bailey/DK, the Tibetian Master, Templars (member of OSTI and CIRCES: 1992-1994, with grand master Raymond Bernard), Lectorium Rosicrucianum, escorting Albertine van Battenberg
August 1990: participation in the 2nd spiritual psychiatry world conference in Strasbourg, as member of ITANT/ITAS (Dutch Transpersonal Association, president Rumold Mol†), member of EUROTAS (European Transpersonal Association) until 2009.
1992: USA, New Mexico: „intensive regression” sessions by the Deva Foundation, Glorieta and in Chris Griscom’s Centre, Galisteo
1993: Cyprus, Strovolos: readings of Daskalos; visit to Israel – Jerusalem and the desert
1993: France: Avatar-NLP – 3 weeks private-course by Michel Leterrier
1993: membership of the Dutch Association of Astrologers’ (NGPA – Nederlands Genootschap Praktizerende Astrologen)
1994: India, Puttiparthi: ashram Sai Baba
1998-1999: Paris: spiritual psychiatry (Spiramed) training – weekends by Jean-Marc Mantel, French – Jewish psychiatrist
1999-2004: weekend participations in the yearly European round trips of Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Hindu-representative in UN, and guru of Universal Love)

ACTIVITIES

1973-1974: teaching communicative, socio-cultural skills to young (handicapped) people in training centre, Gorinchem
1975-1980: leading female “discussion” groups
1976-1980: leading 11 therapeutic FORT-groups (Breda, Bergen op Zoom, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Twente and other countrywise training centres in Holland)
from 1976 on: active relational/holistic psychotherapist, first in co-trainership with Gestalt-therapist Ada Wolvius (see above)
organization of therapeutic-ecologic “holidays” in France:
1980-1982: in „Ada Wolvius” House, Mouillac
1984 and 1986: in the medieval castle of Brousse-le-Chateau
16 October, 1984: Limburg, Belfeld: founding of the Association De Kruiscirkel (Chamber of Commerce North and Mid-Limburg, dossier 41063298, donations tax-free), in cooperation with Mette van Rijsewijk, philosopher. Goal: creation of an ecologic life/work-center with awareness activities
1984-1987: organization of a therapy – ecology center in De Leonardushoeve, Belfeld Monastery, Limburg
1989: visit to the anti-drug centers of „Le Patriarche” in France, Spain and in Majorca accompanied by founder Lucien Egelmajer
1995-1998: La Plane, Bouriège, France: workshops for Association Unité. Since 1996 in cooperation with Maryannick Cornou, painter and frescoist
1 April, 1998: for a symbolic 1 franc participation in the renovation of a renaissance house, in Alet-les-Bains
1997-2000: active participation in the board of the French Network for Eco-Villages (REV), member of GEN (the Global Ecovillage Network), created to stimulate world-wide ecology. Publishing the Guide for French eco-centers
2001: Australia – New Zealand (via Thailand): study-trip, visit of eco-(permaculture)-villages
2002: „Non-violent communication” with French groups
March-July 2004, Breda, ARTEMIS – leading weekly family constellation and intuitive development groups for integration of women (Artemis ceased to exist in July 2004 due to termination of government aid)
2016 March/April: Holland: 2 weekend-workshops for the 3rd Year-group of Academie for Coaching and Counseling of Loek Knippels en Peter-Jan In der Rieden
2017 (May 1 – August 8): 100 days astrology+rebirth-sessions in DAMANHUR, SPIRITUAL ECO-COMMUNITY, ITALY (N of Torino), nearly 100 (mostly private) sessions. Introduced by: Anaconda Papaya, hypnose-therapist.
2019: 5 month-presence in Greece, Pelion-mountain, in Findhorn-minded community Alexandros.
2020 January-March: India, Gowa/beach, AUROVILLE, ashram Ramana Maharashi in Tiruvanamalai, Kerala/Varkala/beach. Last flight to CRETE and Lockdown there!!!
2022: Driving from Crete (August) to Damanhur, to Budapest, to Holland (arrival December)...
2023, 24th of April: presence in DAMANHUR/Vidracco, member of 'medit-action-school'.

ACTIVITIES IN HUNGARY:

July 2005, invited by MTE (Hungarian Transpersonal Association, member of EUROTAS) facilitating workshops on “Inner Marriage” at the July Summerschool in Kecskemét and Budapest
2006: workshops Budapest, Szeged and Pécs; demonstration at the universities of Szeged and Pécs (method of Byron Katie, Gestalt, constellation work)
2007: workshops Budapest, Pécs, Komló, Szeged and Debrecen; Seven-Ray workshop co-facilitator Ágota Ruzsa; introduction-demonstration in MONÁSZ, now Integral Academy, director: Bence Gánti; workshops on “Crisis”, at the MTE Summerschool in Horány
2008: workshops + residential workshop Non-violent communication with Éva Hava Jónai; Alternative Summerschool for MTE in Budapest
2009: workshops + demonstration of family constellation in Eger at the Birth Week; 1st Intensive Summer-week in Parádfürdő, Mátra mountains
2010: 1st Intensive Spring-weekend Domaszék; workshops Budapest, Pécs, Szeged and Debrecen; 2nd Intensive Summer-week in Domaszék; three-day training module with 65 students in the Hungarian Hellinger Institute of Dezső Pálmai†
2011: 2nd Intensive Spring-weekend Domaszék; 1st REBIRTHING FACILITATOR TRAINING organized by Anmatis Ltd. in Budapest, 12 students, 140 hours; 3rd Intensive Summer-week Domaszék, workshops
2012: 3rd Intensive Spring-weekend Domaszék; 2nd Rebirthing Facilitator Training organized by Anmatis Ltd. in Budapest, 9 students, 144 hours; 4th Intensive Summer-week in Bükk Mountains; workshops + open, experiential Gestalt-classes in Budapest and Pécs
2013 (March-October): 3rd Rebirthing Facilitator Training; workshops in Budapest, Debrecen, Veszprém and Keszthely; week-workshop with international group of social workers for minorities from Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Canada, organized by Yana Ziferblat of HOME (International Center for Holistic Healing and Training, Budapest); experiential Gestalt-classes
2014: workshops + Gestalt-classes
2015: 4th rebirth-training + workshops + Gestalt-classes
2016 (July-August): workshops Budapest and Debrecen + Gestalt-classes
2017/18 (Sept/Okt): workshops + Gestalt.
2022: CONTINUATION IN BUDAPEST.
2023: 5th Rebirth-training, etc. etc

ACTIVITIES IN GREECE: from 2014 on.

2012 (September): Rebirthing-group, Diodos Center, Athens
2013 (January, March, June): Rebirthing, Gestalt, Hara-work, Higher Self, Inner Couple workshops, Diodos Center, Athens; June: Rebirthing workshop and sessions, Chania, Crete, organized by Vivian Karavanou
2014 (February/March): Rebirthing and „Conscious Parents, Conscious Children” workshops, Chania, Crete
2015 (July): same program as 2014
2015-2016 (November to March): workshops + 2 Modules Gestalt-training in Orizon Center for Life & Creation, Chania, Crete, director Ingrid Margarita
2017 (January to April): workshops in Iraklio and Orizon Center
2018 (January) + 2019 (December): Breathing-group-sessions in the Yurt of Joelle Soulon.
2020: Lockdown on Crete, room in Orizon.
2021-2022 Participation on Crete in 'New-Age-Movement', what collapsed: members innerly 'too young'!

ACTIVITIES IN ROMANIA:

2017 (October 26-November 7): 2 weekend-workshops + private consultations in Bucharest. Organiser: Sabina Satyamayi Preda
2018 (April 21-May 20): 4 weekend-workshops in Bucharest and 1 in Sibiu + First Gestalt Module (=4 weekends)