A specialist private practice, not a general counselling service
This is a narrow practice, and it is worth being plain about that at the outset.
It is private, and it is consultant level. The work is led by Dr Philippe Jacquet, a Jungian analyst and UKCP-registered psychotherapist with twenty-five years of clinical experience, a Doctorate of Professional Practice, more than twenty years of EMDR practice, nine years working inside private residential rehabilitation and more than five years as clinical supervisor to a private psychiatric hospital rated Outstanding by the CQC.
It is not a general counselling service, it is not low cost, and it is not right for everyone. It exists for a specific group: people in Brussels who need serious, discreet, senior clinical work in English, and who have often already tried something less specialised.
Those who come are typically EU institution staff, diplomats, international professionals and their families, along with people who have found that therapy in French or Dutch does not reach the same depth as working in their first language.
The work available in Brussels is the same as at the London practices: integrative and Jungian psychotherapy, EMDR, eating disorder treatment, addiction counselling, and coaching for those in professional and leadership roles.
Two areas of particular focus in Brussels are specialist eating disorder treatment in Brussels, including male eating disorders, and confidential addiction counselling, both offered privately and in English.
Specialist services in Brussels
- Addiction counselling in Brussels, confidential work with alcohol and other addictions, in English, for a professional culture where drinking is part of the job.
- Eating disorder treatment in Brussels, doctoral-level specialism, including male eating disorders.
- EMDR and trauma therapy in Brussels, evidence-based trauma treatment, more than twenty years of EMDR practice.
Why people here choose a practitioner outside Belgium
Brussels is institutionally small. People move between the Commission, the Council, the permanent representations, the agencies and the consultancies around them, and they keep meeting each other for twenty years. A local therapist is a person who may sit opposite your successor, your counterpart, or someone from your own directorate.
Working with a senior practitioner in another country removes that entirely. There is no shared professional world, no possibility of recognition, and no local record. Nothing is disclosed to any employer, institution or third party without your consent, including where an organisation is paying, save for the narrow legal and safeguarding limits set out at the start.
The expat dimension
Living and working internationally creates its own psychological pressures, the loss of habitual support networks, the difficulty of maintaining identity across cultures, the particular stress of EU institutions and international organisations. These are not trivial concerns. They are genuine clinical material, and they are addressed here with the same seriousness as any other presentation.
Who comes to Brussels
The Brussels practice serves British, American, Australian and other English-speaking expats, as well as non-native English speakers who work in English and find that therapy in their first language does not serve them as well as they had hoped. It also serves people who have worked with therapists in London and need continuity when they relocate to Brussels.
Looking for a psychotherapist for Brussels? Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist and Jungian analyst with 25 years of clinical experience at Harley Street and Central London.
All international work is delivered by secure video. How online therapy works here.
Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, a Jungian analyst and an HCPC registered art psychotherapist, with twenty-five years of clinical practice. His Doctorate of Professional Practice at the University of Essex examined male eating disorders from the perspective of analytical psychology. Registration can be checked on either public register.
Sessions are held by secure video from London. That is what makes a weekly rhythm possible over the long run, without depending on anyone’s travel.
How the work is delivered from here
All international sessions are by secure video, in English or French. Online therapy is not a reduced version of consulting room work: it is the format that lets weekly work survive living abroad, travelling, or relocating. Sessions run in United Kingdom hours, which suits most regions, and if your time zone makes none of it workable, say so when you enquire rather than assuming it rules you out.
For clinicians and treatment services
Dr Jacquet supervises clinical teams in private residential addiction treatment and in a private psychiatric hospital. For treatment centres, psychiatric units and group practices looking for external clinical supervision, including in places where no supervisor of this seniority is available locally, team supervision is also delivered by video. For individual practitioners, see clinical supervision.
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