MSc: psychotherapist, healthcare psychologist, ISST supervisor, vice president of the ISST 2016-2018.
Remco, a close colleague to professor Arntz, is a leading Schema Therapy Therapist and trainer, regularly giving workshops, training courses and supervision in Schema Therapy both in the Netherlands, as well as other European countries such as Switzerland, Poland and the UK. He produced and directed the DVD series “Schema Therapy, Working with Modes”, which are generally regarded as the central learning resource for training programmes in Schema Therapy worldwide. He has collaborated with a number of leading Dutch researchers in the field to develop training workshops and programmes in Schema Therapy. Recently he has co produced ”Fine Tuning Imagery Rescripting” a 3 DVD.
Initially trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, he was was trained and supervised in Schema Therapy personally by Dr Jeffrey Young from 1996 till 2000 as part of a multi-centre Dutch study on the effectiveness of Schema therapy in treating Borderline Personality Disorder. In 2006 Dr Jeffrey Young trained and supervised him in treating cluster C patients. He currently works within an outpatient clinic in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
He is the author of ‘Imagery rescripting, theory & practice’ published by Pavilion Publishing Company June 2021.