Wouter Keijser Verified

Overview

Dr Wouter Keijser is a multidisciplinary Utrecht-based councellor that offers long-term, trauma-informed support for people with complex and persistent physical and mental complaints. He offers holotropic, medical counseling for systemic, relational and trauma work. His practice emphasizes an integrative “kring” (circle) approach coordinating care across body, mind, spirit and social context to restore connection and functioning.

The practice has a multi-modality team working based on a bio-psycho-social approach work, focusing on addressing the deep roots of suffering that often stem from earlier life events. They describe their method as holotropic work, combining contemporary medical and psychosocial perspectives to enable lasting recovery rather than quick symptom fixes.

Best for

This approach is best suited for people with complex, long-standing complaints that have not responded to conventional care, including trauma-related symptoms, chronic unexplained physical complaints and persistent stress or relational difficulties.

– Adults with complex trauma or PTSD
– People with chronic, medically unexplained symptoms (SOLK/long COVID)
– Individuals experiencing prolonged stress, anxiety, burnout or addictive patterns

Approach

The clinic uses a team-based “kring” approach in which multiple practitioners coordinate treatment plans and share information so clients do not need to tell their story repeatedly. Treatment addresses multiple levels — bodily symptoms, emotional processes and social context — with interventions chosen to fit each client’s needs.

Their work emphasizes feeling and reconnection: helping clients process and integrate difficult experiences, reduce maladaptive survival patterns, and rebuild more adaptive relational and bodily responses. Sessions typically form part of a larger coordinated trajectory involving intake, ongoing therapy, and integration work with different specialists.

The practice positions its model as evidence-informed and bio-psycho-social, integrating medical knowledge with psychotherapeutic and experiential methods. Team members consult frequently to align interventions and monitor progress across disciplines.

Education and Training

Dr Wouter (graduated medical school in 1997) worked in various Dutch general practices and international hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic (USA), the University of Calgary (Canada), Westminster Hospital (England), and Udjung Pandang (Indonesia). He quickly focused on collaborative healthcare issues.

In 2019, Wouter received his PhD with honors from the University of Twente for his research on the professional development of physicians in complex transitions. He worked there for many years part-time as a lecturer and supervisor of honors students and young researchers.

Extra training:

• EMDR
• Relationship therapy and complex divorces
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Mindfulness
• Schema therapy
• Support for SOLK/ALK clients

Support

Clients are supported through structured intake and coordinated care from a circle of practitioners who share responsibility for treatment planning. The practice highlights safety, continuity and collaboration: clients receive preparation, ongoing therapeutic support and integration work as part of the trajectory.

The team emphasizes confidentiality and professional boundaries, routinely coordinating across disciplines to ensure consistency of care. Waitlist information and practical details about scheduling are provided to prospective clients to manage expectations.

Practical details

Sessions are offered in person in Utrecht (city center and Utrecht-Oost) with coordinated multi-disciplinary trajectories and an estimated wait time of around 1.5 weeks from intake to first session. The practice communicates by phone, email and WhatsApp and has the professional registration details (AGB code 90119479, KvK 51441136).