Hi, I am Esma.

A holistic psychologist.

For most of my life, I lived slightly ahead of myself. I worked hard, filled every hour (career, volunteering, a full social life) and treated my body as something to manage rather than something to listen to. Growing up between two cultures had taught me early how to adapt, how to read a room, how to become what each moment asked of me. I was good at it. Perfectionism made me better still.

In 2022, my body stopped negotiating. Burnout brought everything to a halt, and in the silence that followed I met someone I hadn't spent much time with: myself.

What came after was not a dramatic transformation but a slow return, through yoga, meditation, breathwork, Reiki, and the psychology I had trained in. Today I bring these together in my work: the rigour of the clinical and the intelligence of the body.

I know the high-functioning version of exhaustion from the inside. That is why I work the way I do. Now I combine my psychological training with somatic and energetic work, for people who have already tried to think their way out.

Training & Background

Trained in the mind, fluent in the body.

This work draws on two different kinds of training, brought together rather than layered on top of each other.

Clinical Foundation
  • MSc, Social & Organisational Psychology
    Utrecht University · 2019
  • BSc, Clinical Psychology
    Utrecht University · 2018
  • ACT Immersion
    Praxis CET, with Steven C. Hayes, PhD · in progress
Somatic & Energetic Training
  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
    India
    Rooted as much in yogic philosophy as in asana — a foundation this practice still draws on.
  • Yin Yoga Teacher Training
  • Reiki Master
Before You Choose

Start with a conversation, not a decision.

A complimentary 20-minute call to understand where you currently stand, what your nervous system is asking for, and which path fits — for both of us.

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