foep
where I'm from, foep is an old word for resilience. I've found foep comes to us when we ask ourselves the right questions.
About
Where I'm coming from
My name is Hans Ernsten. I'm a counselor, and what draws me to this work is helping people clarify where they stand, so they can decide where to go.
I spent a few years doing it inside prisons and a forensic psychiatric centre; I do it now from abroad, online, wherever I happen to be. The setting changes, the work doesn't.
I trained in pastoral counseling, and my approach is humanistic at its core: I start from the belief that you already carry what you need to move forward. My work is to listen closely and ask the questions that help you reach it — drawing, where it helps, on philosophy and the arts as much as psychology.
I work in English and Dutch.
