I am Ronete Cohen.  I am a qualified psychologist (BA and MA in Psychology) with my own face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy practice as well as my online counselling and psychotherapy practice.  I have additional training in EDT: IE-DP (Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) and STDP/APT (Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy / Affect Phobia Therapy).

I am an experienced psychotherapist and online counsellor with clients of diverse nationalities, cultural backgrounds, beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities.  I am an expert in online therapy with clients who are trapped in abusive relationships and/or resort to self-damaging behaviours. I am an affirmative gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender psychotherapist.

I am a member of NIP (the Dutch Institute of Psychologists / Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen).

I have written a chapter for a book on psychotherapy,'Using Intensive Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy to Treat an Underachieving Gifted Adolescent', in 'The Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Therapy' (edited by Ferruccio Osimo and Mark Stein. Published by Karnac in May 2012).  My chapter illustrates how EDT can be adapted for use with adolescents in general, and, specifically, underachieving gifted adolescents.

I am Diva magazine’s former advice columnist. I wrote the Life Expert column from 2005 to 2009. I answered readers’ questions on sexuality and coming out, offered relationship advice and more.

I am Zij aan Zij magazine’s advice columnist. I have been writing the Uit de Praktijk column since 2006. I answer readers’ questions on sexuality and coming out, offer relationship advice and more.

I am Bi Social Network's psychologist and columnist. I advise bisexuals and others in Bi Life with Ronete Cohen.

I am a campaigner against the pseudo “cure” for homosexuality, reorientation treatment.
I am an advocate of affirmative LGBT counselling that promotes self-acceptance.

I am an expert on LGBT issues. Read The In-Crowd: Women in the Closet, Jewish paper's 'gay cure' column provokes anger, and Being Bisexual in the Netherlands.

Photo: (c) Daan Stringer