About me
My name is Adina Ciocoiu [en: tʃoˈkoʃju]. Since 2023, I have been offering Gestalt counselling and therapy sessions in The Netherlands, working in The Hague and Velp (Gelderland). I work with individuals, couples, groups, students, teams, and entrepreneurs.
I grew up in Romania and I have lived, traveled, and studied abroad before settling in The Netherlands in 2014. Aware of the different feelings these 2 countries echo in me, I call them both home. I love being in nature, hiking, dancing and expressing my self creatively through poetry and drawing.
Professionally, I specialised in libraries, cultural heritage, and digital collaboration, where I witnessed firsthand how human creativity fosters social cohesion and cultural awareness. Over time, my curiosity expanded towards the many layers of collaboration, human relationships, and their impact on individuals (the self and others) and society at large.
This guided me to taken on a new professional path in Gestalt coaching, counselling, and therapy. Rooted in the psychological Gestalt principle that “the whole is more than the sum of its parts”, my purpose is now to bring awareness to the subtle relational dynamics of human interactions and to enhance their positive influence on the broader environment.
Being myself part of this environment, I acknowledge the traumatic history of the places where I grew up and where I live now. I recognize my privilege of living in a time and place where I can freely express and be myself, a freedom hard-won at great cost to others.
Now and going further, I am devoted to embracing diversity and rejecting all forms of discrimination, both in private life and practice. I welcome people from all ethnicities, spiritual beliefs, sexual orientations, and gender identities. I am committed to lifelong learning as a human and as therapist and to be of service for current and future clients and life situations.
Education
- Gestalt Therapy Training (Nederlandse Stichting Gestalt, 2021 – 2025)
- Psychosociale en Medische Basiskennis (Nederlandse Akademie voor Psychotherapie – 2026)
- Counselling & Psychology Diploma (International Career Institute – 2025)
- Narrative Therapy Practitioner (Certified Excellence – 2024/25)
- Reiki I and II (https://www.sandradelgadoquist.com/workshops – 2024)
- Yoga: Love Your Brain Yoga teacher training (Love Your Brain Foundation – 2020)
- BA&MA Humanities (Bucharest 2008); International Master in Digital Libraries (Oslo, Tallinn, Parma – 2010)
Workshops:
- Beyond Communication: A Somatic-Psychoanalytic Dialogue on Treating Couples (Somatic Couples Therapy with Jordan Dann – 2025)
- Polyvagal Theory and Emotional Intelligence at Work (Embodied Life with Tamara Romaniuk – 2025)
- Understanding Male Sexuality (MindBodyTraining Institute – 2024)
- Gestalt and Trauma; Women and aggression; Diversity and Inclusivity (Nederlandse Stichting Gestalt – 2021/2022)
- Reiki experience/exchange days (The Hague Natural Health Center – 2024,2025)
My mission
In my practice I seek to offer a safe space for you to explore your challenging situations with awareness and compassion. By supporting you to reconnect with your innate capacities, regaining confidence in your own being, and taking responsibility for your own choices you create the foundation of a joyful, balanced life.
I trust this work will ripple in the world around.