Open Mind Therapy
About Me
Hi! I'm Agustín and my pronouns are he/him/his. I am a counseling psychologist registered in the Netherlands who is a digital nomad.
When thinking about who I am and what my values are, the terms Global Citizen and Third Culture Kid come to mind. I grew up moving often between Argentina and the United States before starting my education and taking multiple opportunities to live all over the world. I speak Spanish, and English at a native level in addition to advanced fluency in Italian and Brazilian Portuguese with some basic Dutch and French as well.
Traveling is one of my biggest passions and has brought me to visit over 45 countries and all of the inhabited continents. The different perspectives, ideas, adaptability and personal growth from these travels have made me who I am today.
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Being on my own journey regarding mental health has given me the perspective which has made me so passionate about this field. Working with mental health professionals has been transformative for my quality of life, a change I hope to see in those I work with as well.
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As a member of the LGBTQA+ community I work to provide a supportive space for those grappling with topics related to gender and sexuality.
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I spend a lot of my free time with family, friends, and travelling. Ideally all three. I also really love theater and architectural history, and sharpening my language skills!
Qualifications
Working Member Netherlands Institute of Psychologists ID: #244079
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American Psychological Association Registered Associate
Member Location Independent Therapists & International Therapist Directory
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Education & Formation
2024
Fine Tuning Imagery Rescripting
Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy
This twenty hour online course served to expand my knowledge regarding the main trauma reprocessing tool that I use, imagery rescripting which entails meeting unmet emotional needs through the process of re-scripting memories or images.
Schema Therapy Summer School
Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy
Utrecht, the Netherlands
This five day in person served me greatly to refine and fine-tune my skills regarding different interventions and tools schema therapy includes including chair work, imagery rescripting, and psychodrama with a cohort of students that came from all corners of the world.​
Internationally Accredited Specialization Course in
Schema Therapy
Schematherapie Opledingen
Maastricht, the Netherlands
This fourty hour course deepended my knowledge significantly in the model for therapy I most align with and find to be the most effective. This course included around five hours of reading per week and role plays in each session.
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2021-2023
Masters in the Arts of Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling Psychology
Webster University
Leiden, the Netherlands
These two years in the Netherlands allowed me the opportunity to gain real world experience as I accumulated over 750 hours of direct contact with clients using a variety of psychological approaches in both individual and group therapy. My graduate thesis focused on acculturative stress and transnational adaptational issues.
2020-2021
Research Internship
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
This year was an amazing opportunity to further my research experience, which focused on academic performance and test anxiety. I helped with the publishing of multiple journal articles through translation and clerical work in addition to helping teach a masters course on motivation and emotion.
2018-2019
Exchange Year
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Madrid, Spain
This year abroad was an excellent opportunity to participate in research regarding positive psychology and learn a great deal about treatment and intervention due to the practical outlook of this university.
2016-2020
"True Emotional healing doesn't happen without feeling, the only way out is through"
- Jessica Moore
B.A. in Psychology and Global Studies with a minor in Sociology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, USA
During my undergraduate degree I took a variety of courses that reflect in my practice today including psychology of personality, sociology of gender, and health psychology. I also had the opportunity to work in the Latino Mental Health Research Lab for over a year in addition to participating in an internship with a local practitioner.