Psychologist Leiden

Welcome to Outdoor Psycholoog Leiden; the psychologist in Leiden for personally tailored therapy (customized) with attention for you at the place of your choice.

I am Maartje Hartman, GZ psychologist, EMDR Europe Practitioner and registered Outdoor Psychologist. I like to work flexible and accessible and use scientifically proven methods such as EMDR, cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy, ACT and mindfulness.

Psychology practice for outdoor therapy

Outdoor Psycholoog Leiden is an outdoor psychology practice specialized in trauma and other stress-related complaints. In outdoor therapy, nature is our consultation room.
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Online therapy

If you prefer to follow therapy from your own safe, familiar environment, we can also have our conversations online. Of course with complete attention for you.

EQUINE- Assisted THERAPY

In collaboration with a horse coach, I offer Equine-assisted therapy on a farm in Leiden on the Vlietweg. You will be guided by me as a psychologist, the horse coach and the horses. This therapy is ‘experience-oriented’, which means that you do and experience more than with ‘talk therapy’. If this seems like something for you, read more on the Equine-assisted therapy page.
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Emdr therapy

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a therapy developed for people who experience persistent consequences of traumatic experiences, such as accidents, sexual assault or violent incidents. These traumatic events can lead to recurring anxious images or thoughts, resulting in various complaints such as anxiety, sadness or sleep problems. In such cases, EMDR is the treatment of first choice to effectively tackle these complaints.
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Why choose psychologist Outdoor Psycholoog Leiden?

Personal, professional therapy tailored to your complaints and needs (customized).
Therapy that involves not only talking but also experiencing
Accessible and personally tailored to you
You are the focuspoint. I walk alongside you in your process.
Big-registered therapist who loves here job and has lots of experience.
EMDR Europe practitioner

“Far beyond the path of right and wrong, opinions and judgments there is an open place: I would like to meet you there”

Rumi (1207-1273)

It happens to almost everyone at some point. A period in your life when you are not feeling well. For example, you suffer from stress, you have experienced something drastic, you feel down or anxious, you worry a lot and sleep poorly. Usually, These complaints go away on their own. But sometimes it’s nice to not have to solve it alone and instead talk to an expertthinks along with you. Sometimes your complaints last longer than you would like, and in that case it can also be helpful to ask for help. On the For you page you can read more about what I can do for you as a psychologist.

Experiences Outdoor Psychologist Leiden

Maartje is involved, sincere and practical. Thanks to the pleasant conversations I now have more insight into the underlying causes of my stress and anger and I have become more aware of my own behavior. Her initiative and suggestions in finding other specialists were also pleasant.

Dimitri TravlosGoogle review

Very happy and grateful that I started working with Maartje! She helped me enormously. Maartje is involved, pleasant and has made a great positive impact on me.

Rosanne van DoornGoogle review

Maartje is a very experienced psychologist and a very nice person. I felt welcome with her from the first moment, she took me and my complaints seriously and was very clear when I could not be. I genuinely looked forward to our sessions because it was nice and I noticed that after each session I got a piece of myself back.

Bart VersteegenGoogle review

Maartje is a very involved person with a lot of knowledge. She offers a listening ear, and she can quickly achieve results with very helpful tips. She has a lot of experience and her form of outdoor therapy is very valuable.

AnoniemGoogle review

Maartje helped me during a very difficult time.
Her listening ear and way of giving therapy was very nice!

Ferdinand Johan ThomasGoogle review

Good psychologist, really enjoyed having therapy with her. We clicked right away. Learned a lot about myself.

TessaGoogle review

Maartje helped me tremendously thanks to her involvement and good insights. In our pleasant conversations she was able to quickly map out the themes and we agreed on a treatment plan. I could go to her with anything, she offers a good listening ear. We did various exercises and thanks to her helpful tips we quickly achieved a positive result from the treatments. I was able to better process traumatic experiences from the past and I gained more and more self-confidence. I now know better how to deal with certain situations and emotions, so that they no longer hinder me.

Vrouw 39 jaar

I started the process with Maartje a bit skeptical, because I didn’t want to ‘cry in a park’ – as I said to my friends. Now I’m so incredibly happy that I went. Maartje is approachable, involved, fun, calm and also a very nice person. She taught me a lot through EMDR and the good conversations. This was an investment that I will benefit from for the rest of my life. I am very grateful to Maartje.

Vrouw 30 jaar

During the therapy Maartje quickly feels at ease. She easily puts you back in the here and now and uses the environment around you. I have always experienced the sessions as pleasant, with walking in the open air being a real added value.

Vrouw 36 jaar

Maartje is an experienced psychologist who puts you at ease, lets you be yourself and moves with you. Her trusting guidance makes it possible to fully concentrate on your recovery.

Vrouw 34 jaar

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