Gijs Tecklenburg

Gijs Tecklenburg guides psychedelic sessions from his own practice in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and has worked as a therapist and trainer for more than thirty years. His grounding is in mainstream mental health care, where he worked in crisis intervention and psychotherapy, alongside a long personal and professional practice of meditation.

Background

He began meditating at nineteen, at a time when he was struggling with anxiety, panic and depressive symptoms, and says that knowing fear and gloom from the inside shaped his sensitivity to what is going on for another person. While working in mental health care he attended several long meditation retreats. He introduced mindfulness training within mental health care in 2006, and has worked solely from his own practice since 2008.

What they offer

Alongside individual psychotherapy and coaching, he has led hundreds of group meditation trainings, including mindfulness, compassion training, interpersonal mindfulness, ACT and Open Focus, as well as meditation retreats and workshops.