RAINS Psychology

04/10/2025

What a lovely ode to Rotterdam!
Credit: Vitalii Zharinov

22/09/2025

17/09/2025

Are you a foreigner living in the Netherlands and have you lost someone in your home country?

Join Grieving Abroad: Netherlands Loss Support Network

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3068355053386305

15/09/2025

In my work, I see people who have lost parents. Having researched identity and self-narrative online, I find self-documentation and self-narration (i.e., social media) an increasingly important and sacred form of memorial. People very often find comfort in their loved ones' images and stories shared online.

It's strange to think when a celebrity or public figure with young children suddenly dies, the celebrity's children likely grow up learning about their parent via an intensely detailed and curated public persona, often littered with commentary and multiple lenses of perspectives.

Even only 10 years ago, social media wasn't as ubiquitous as it is today. In 2025, does the power of a deceased person's narrative for their children still exist primarily in the family structure or is their story superseded by soundbites and their online presence? What comes next?

27/08/2025

Since 2021, I've been running a free virtual grief support group for foreigners living in the Netherlands. I'm now running a fourth iteration of the group and inviting new members to join.

I started this group because of my own grief journey. I noticed a lack of services for non-Dutch speaking people in the Netherlands during the covid pandemic. Grief abroad is difficult, lonely, and comes with unique challenges. If you know someone in need of support, please feel free to share the group with them:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/grievingabroad

For more info, contact me directly at info@rainspsychology.com or IG: RAINS Psychology (I am new at IG, so please be patient for a response).

Warmly,
Christina

06/08/2025

“What if suffering wasn’t a diagnosis—but an invitation to listen, believe, and connect?”

Join us in
Polyphonic Voices: Exploring Contexts, Listening to Lived Experiences, and Holding Collective Faith in One Another

Hosted by the Now I See A Person Institute on
🗓️ 10 August 2025
⏰ @ 19.00 CEST

🔗 To learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/d924m8By

29/07/2025

I love being a psychologist!

18/06/2025

“I’m just here to help out”

06/04/2025

Excited to participate in another Now I See A Person virtual conference!

01/04/2025

There are many reasons why myself, Dr Jessica Taylor, and countless other professionals have raised concerns regarding showing Adolescence in schools as a blanket approach. But one of my main issues has to be how inherently contradictory this approach would be.

A key theme in adolescence is that teachers & educators disengage from meaningful learning by simply showing videos instead of actively teaching.

By asking schools to show this very video as a national resource with ZERO wraparound support, the government risks mirroring and reinforcing the exact critique in the drama. This not only contradicts the message of the drama itself, but further undermines the professionalism of educators, reduces complex safeguarding issues to a passive experience, and may deepen mistrust among students.

While the intentions may be well meaning, this proposal raises a number of serious concerns, particularly regarding safeguarding, educational ethics, and trauma-informed practice.
Together, myself & Jessica Taylor have written an open letter outlining these concerns and calling on the government to reconsider this approach.

We are now gathering signatures from members of the public as well as professionals across education, psychology, youth work, safeguarding, and the VAWG sector.
If you would like to add your name as a signatory, you can access the full open letter in the comment section below.

31/12/2024

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2025! ✨

16/12/2024

A day in the life of an international remote psychologist. This is how I do Narrative Exposure Therapy online.

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a short term treatment for clients with multiple and complex trauma. The aim is to help the client establish a coherent life narrative in which to contextualize traumatic experiences. NET helps improve symptoms of depression and PTSD.