You may relate to this, whether you’re an expat or have been living here all your life. Feeling lonely, despite having a busy social life. Having lots of friends, but still missing your support network. Doing your best, adapting to a new culture, learning the language, growing your network. Yet, still not feeling at home.
Our program is integrative and based on creative, embodied – not just talk, mindful values of dance movement psychotherapy. For those, who find words are not (or have been) enough, and need extra community support to pull it through! [more]
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Irene Anggreeni, PhD, MDaT is clinical dance therapist, soft skills trainer & founder at Expat Wellbeing, where life skills learning is facilitated through creative, embodied (not just talk) and empowering experience. Also a Corporate Wellness strategist, she consults companies to create healthy cultures with measurable results.
I’m an international Rotterdammer from Indonesia. As a former engineer/ academic expat who has overcome emotional loneliness & depression, I value human connection, community, and creative expression. With this project, I want to make mental health problems less of a taboo and encourage people to reach out more.
I’m a registered mental health professional with the FVB (Federatie Vaktherapeutische Beroepen). I offer therapy in English, Dutch and Indonesian. [more]
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Bringing attention to the body should be a daily exercise and dancing can be exactly that. It’s amazing how expression through dance can change our body chemistry. I find it very interesting and would definitely like to explore it more. I very much enjoyed the group feeling and the sharing, which I believe is very important and I’m glad Irene encouraged it through the drawing exercise.
Atanas
workshop participant
Software Engineer
Before I started, I was looking for a way to get into dancing more and not actual therapy. Dance therapy has definitely helped me in being more verbal and reflect on my movement too. I discovered that it was a very liberating experience to talk about things in life that bother you within a group and combine it with movement to express these feelings. I am able to connect with others easier, eye contact is less scary for me. I become more attuned to the energy of another dancer.
Nikos
12-week group program
Graphic Designer
Irene is a very gentle coach, who made me feel safe. The physical exercises we did were very well chosen in relation to the things I wanted to learn and research. They were very insightful for me to go through and made me realize things that I would not have come to by just talking. I want to come back to Irene so I can keep up my physical practice and deepen my experience and insights.
Anonymous
individual coaching
Performing arts professional
Ybinh Le
individual coaching
Digi-DIV Advisor
The group program is an ideal place to challenge my social anxieties, to know I am not alone, to connect, to heal and develop. It empowers me to be who I am, I don’t have to be perfect. I learned to be aware for example how my body interacts towards others or how writing journal can help me. I met nice and wise people and I would not want to miss this experience. Thank you for co-creating my hero’s journey!
Alice
12-week group program
Customer Care Professional
Irene invited us to be ourselves and have fun! I got to connect with myself, others, and exercise at the same time. I was never able to meditate but I really like to dance, so I felt the combination of both activities really helped me.
Thais Macieira
workshop participant
Innovation Consultant
Irene is a thoughtful leader who creates a safe environment for participants to connect with their own body, mind, and emotions. All you need to do is show up and you are guided the whole way through.
Elizabeth Fullen
workshop participant
Teacher & Freelancer
The workshop was very playful and there was a very nice free atmosphere. I had a very good time as I usually do my own thing and here I learned to connect and interact more with other people.
Krzysztof Damian
workshop participant
I was nervous at first but Irene quickly put me at ease and I was able to open up and feel a sense of community and acceptance. As an expat this is very important to me. Highly recommended for everyone even if dancing isn’t your thing!
Kristina Whitha Kay
workshop participant
Entrepreneur & Founder IWNG
