Kim Vassallo

I’m an accredited psychologist (MSc.) and trainee Gestalt therapist, offering therapy in English for expats, internationals, and third culture individuals. I work both online and in person in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

MY BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE
I’ve worked in the public and private mental health sectors, with adults, young people and families from different backgrounds, identities, and ways of experiencing the world. I have a particular affinity for working with expats and internationals, because I’m one myself. I grew up in Italy to British and Belgian parents and have lived across Europe, so I understand what it’s like to feel at home in many places and yet struggle to answer the question “where is home?”. If you find yourself sitting with questions about who you are, where you belong or how to grieve what you left behind, I would be glad to explore them with you.

MY APPROACH
My approach is warm, explorative and rooted in Gestalt therapy, a relational and experiential form of therapy that focuses on developing awareness and increasing your sense of choice and agency.
You might come to therapy because the patterns that once made sense now keep you stuck or cause suffering. I’m also curious about how your wider environment and the stories you’ve absorbed about yourself, others and the world, shape how you are and feel today. Together, we bring those patterns, stories and experiences into awareness and explore new ways of being and relating.
I also work in an integrative way, drawing on other modalities, like Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and art therapy, when I think they might be helpful and relevant.