Hi, my name is Soren.

My training and education…

My search for meaning and desire to understand the reason humans do the things they do led me to graduate school where I earned a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University in Seattle, WA in 2016. Prior to that, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art degree from Southern Illinois University where I studied sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing, performance art, textiles, ceramics, and art history.

I have trained in many different therapy modalities and approaches including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (level 1 & 2), Buddhist Psychology, Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Feminist Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

While I am influenced by my training and education and bring many practical tools from my background as a therapist into my coaching, I do not offer therapy here.

I’m an Ecosomatic Coach living and working in Amersfoort, Netherlands. I offer sessions online to clients anywhere in the world, and in person with my partner, Kirien.

I love to work with...

Curious people who have struggled with feelings of isolation, alienation, and being “other”-ed. If you’ve often felt like the “weirdo” who can’t seem to fit in, and felt like you must be the only person who feels the way you do, the chances are we’ll get along well. Or maybe you’ve always felt like something was missing in life, and have spent your life searching and dreaming and longing for something else that you can’t quite put your finger on. You may feel like there must be more to life than this 9 to 5 job, bills, and hum drum existence.

Slow down with me.

I invite you to connect to your inner and outer ecology through embodiment practices of slowing down, noticing, and feeling into what’s alive in the present moment.

Some of the tools I use include:

  • Ecosomatic relational mindfulness

  • Ecospirituality

  • Intention setting

  • Guided visualization

  • Tarot and oracle cards

  • Art, play, journaling

  • Mindful movement

  • Plant medicine integration

I’ve lived many lives...

There’s the learning you do in school and the learning you do in life. Many iterations of learning and growing have brought me to the point I am at now with the offerings you see here. I’ve been a soldier in the Army, a hobby farmer, a day spa owner, a tiny house builder…my life path has taken me on unexpected twists and turns in search of meaning.