You already understand yourself. That’s the problem.
The part of you that wants truth will recognise this.
You already know the language of growth. You’ve read, learned, talked. You understand your patterns — but somehow they keep walking ahead of you. You’ve become fluent in it.
You can name what’s happening, even predict it, and yet you still watch yourself repeat it.
Maybe you’ve started to wonder if therapy really works. Or if it’s just a way to keep talking about what never changes.
Good. That question usually marks the end of pretending.
And there comes a point where understanding turns into noise — where every insight becomes another layer between you and what’s real.
Real change starts when you stop trying to understand yourself and begin to meet yourself — raw, unfiltered, unsanitised.
This is where that work begins. Quietly. Without performance. Without a new story.
Just presence, honesty, and the willingness to stop circling around the truth.
The Room We Sit In
When I work with someone, I’m not listening for perfect answers. I’m listening for the moments they almost edit out — the pause before a truth slips through.
We don’t build a polished version of you. We study the living one. That version often tells the truth before you do.
Between conversations I stay connected — not to hold your hand, but to keep what we touch from evaporating.
We work in rhythm: small steps, real-time reflection, uncomfortable honesty. And somewhere in that rhythm, things start to move — quietly, irreversibly.
You don’t become “better”. You become real again. That’s where the real work starts to breathe.
The Worktable
We always begin with a one-week introduction.
Not a polite consultation. A working week.
We use it to see how you respond when the conversation stops being polite. It’s not about being harsh — it’s about being honest enough for something real to happen. Most people notice the shift within days — from thinking to sensing.
It’s a week that shows you how this work feels: structured, honest, sometimes uncomfortable, always alive.
At the end, we’ll both know whether it makes sense to continue. Not as a decision — as recognition.
The introductory week is free of charge and free of commitment — not because it’s light, but because it’s the only honest way to see if this fits you.
Who I Am
I’m not here to fix you.
I’m here to make sure you stop fixing yourself.
I’m Gijs Van Breugel — psychotherapist and coach. My work isn’t soft or clinical. It’s human.
I don’t care much for labels, diagnoses or the performance of progress. I care about the moments when you finally stop performing — and something real slips through.
Between sessions, I stay connected — not to manage you, but to make sure what we touch doesn’t fade back into noise.
If we work together, you won’t be polished. You’ll be present.
And that changes everything.
The Quiet Room
If this way of working unsettles you a bit, good. It means you still care about what’s real.
You don’t need to be ready. You only need to be tired enough of pretending.
If that’s where you are, this might be the right room. And if it is, there’s a door just ahead.
The Doorway
There’s no mailing list. No sales path. No pressure.
Just one clear step: the introductory week.
Send me a short message. We’ll set up your introductory week and begin there.
You don’t need a full story — one line is enough, even:Send me a message
“Can you help me with something I can’t seem to change?”
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