But how did I arrive at Jung’s door? The answer is simple: through my dreams.

Dreams have always held deep significance in my life. As a young adult, I often found myself lost in their symbolic language, sensing that they carried important messages but unable to grasp their meaning. It wasn’t until I encountered the work of Carl Jung that I began to unlock their mysteries. This marked the real beginning of my inner journey—a journey into the depths of the unconscious, where I found a teacher in Jung and a practice in psychoanalysis.

I first studied International and European law, and founded a company during my time at university. This became so successful that I let go of my career in international law and for nearly a decade, lived the yang-driven life of an entrepreneur, managing teams and navigating the world of business. However, a sudden and intense mystical awakening led me to a different calling. I entered Jungian analysis and later trained in Jungian psychology at the Jung Academie in Amsterdam. Currently, I am a Candidate at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, continuing with a second training in analytical psychology for my IAAP certification. My academic background also includes a Research Master's from the University of Amsterdam, where I focused on Islamic, Persian, and Western esotericism, exploring the intersection of laboratory alchemy and Jungian psychology in my thesis.

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It was during my first analytical training that I met my Sufi teacher [sheikh] in whose presence deeper parts within me opened that I had no access to before. While being held in the container of both Jungian analysis and a living mystical tradition, I could let go and surrender into a transfiguration of myself and the way I knew life. From a place of emptiness, my work with the feminine and the mythopoetic realm started to arise from the depths. From here, the depth of the Feminine and the chthonic earthly soul has started to weave her threads into the Sufi tradition to which I belong, which is both a privilege and a challenge to be contributing towards. This synthesis between Sufi mysticism and the chthonic and cosmic feminine soul has formed the fabric of my life and work.

In my private practice, I work with individuals through Jungian therapy, Sandplay, and myth- and dreamwork. My approach is both analytical and creative, using myths, fairytales, and symbolic imagery to engage the psyche on multiple levels. This work is about weaving the threads of Soul, connecting the deep, unseen layers of our being with the larger story of the world around us. It is through this interplay of feminine and masculine, Eros and Logos, that we come into deeper alignment with our true nature.

While my practice is grounded in the Jungian methodology, my personal and professional rooting in mysticism allows me to acknowledge and hold space for the deeply mystical aspect psyche. The mystical and religious motifs, symbols, myths and spiritual depths of psyche are often misunderstood, if not completely ignored, in the modern post-secular therapy room. Due to my Sufi training I am fortunate to witness the workings of the more spiritual dimensions of psyche, its psychological complexities as well as its vital importance to the individuation journey. At the forefront of this personal interest in mysticism—as well as the Sufi lineage to which I belong—is the work of Spiritual Ecology: the urgent need to bridge the transcendent aspect of mysticism to a relationship to the Earth and the more-than-human world. My academic research is rooted in not only advocating the importance of Spiritual Ecology, but unearthing the human relationship to the natural and more-than-human world through the practice of alchemy. Find more about my research here.