About Linda
Linda Riemsdijk
From an early age, I became curious about human relationships—about connection, (mis)attunement and repair—and about how I myself had adapted to my personal circumstances.
I initially wanted to work with children, and teaching was my first orientation. Along the way, I learned a great deal about myself, but I also quickly realized that working with their parents would have a deeper impact on the children’s development. That insight led me to shift my focus and train as a couples and family therapist.
Alongside my own personal development, my path brought me to a range of trauma-informed therapeutic modalities. Over the past decade, I have studied and integrated these approaches on different levels. With NARM at the core, I have developed my own distinct way of teaching and providing therapy.
After finishing my training to become an European Certified Psychotherapist (ECP-holder), I’ve since then been teaching professionals in both healthcare and education.
From 2017 I started teaching what I had developed as an outcome of the different modalities I studied, with a focus on attachment, developmental trauma and personal development.
Since 2019, I’ve been part of the teaching team and a supervisor for the NeuroAffectiveRelational Model (NARM) trainings across Europe. In May 2026 I’ve been appointed as a NARM teacher by Laurence Heller, the founder of NARM.
My Approach
My approach to teaching about relational trauma—including developmental, attachment, emotional, and intergenerational aspects—centers on bringing relationally into both the teaching environment and the embodied experience of participants. Together, we explore how our own relational patterns and somatic states influence the way we engage with clients and colleagues.
Within this shared field, we become more aware of the parts of ourselves from which we meet others, opening the possibility for transformative and corrective relational experiences.
Every living being possesses an inherent drive towards health, vitality, and growth. However, chronic stress and trauma can disrupt this innate movement, causing us to lose contact with our internal resources. At its core, trauma represents a rupture in connection—both with others and within ourselves.
These embodied encounters are fundamental to the process of healing relational trauma and restoring a sense of connection and wholeness.
Therefore, meeting each other on eye level—with openness and curiosity—forms a key part of my approach, creating the conditions for true collaborative learning and healing.
Biography
Trainings in various systemic, bodyoriented-psychotherapeutic and trauma-oriented modalities:
Experiential Psychosocial Therapy and Gestalt Relational and Family Therapy
(Kempler Institute Netherlands)
Certified ECP-therapist 09.2016Solution-Focused Therapy (S. de Shazer)
NARM Master - NeuroAffective Relational Model (Dr. Laurence Heller)
Certified NARM-therapist 09.2018
Certified NARM Master therapist 10.2019
Certified NARM Assistant 05.2020Trauma Therapy – Somatic Experiencing SE (Dr. P. Levine, Doris Rothbauer, Sonia Gomez)
Certified SE practitioner 10.2023Neuroaffective Developmental Psychology (Marianne Bentzen and Susan Hart)
Polyvagal Theory (Deb Dana)
Resource Therapy (Dr. Gordon Emmerson)
Eye Movement Integration (Danie Beaulieu, PhD)
Working with Attachment Dynamics (Dr. D. Poole Heller)
Working with Eating Disorder Related Issues (Rachel Lewis and Paula Scatoloni, ERED)
NARM Touch - working with touch within the NARM context - Michael Mokrus
Somato Sensory Psychodynamics (SSP) - Michael Mokrus
Certified SSP-therapist 05.2024Master in Human and Organizational Behavior, MA
Clinical supervision.
Certified Cum Laude 03.2024
Contact me
Thank you for your interest in my work!
Please contact me if you want to inquire into my work as a therapist and supervisor, or if you have questions regarding upcoming trainings.
I currently have very limited spaces for individual therapies.
Please note that I do not keep a waiting list.
(NARM) Supervisions are possible depending on the request and my time availabilities.