Dr MM de Klerk
Aut Viam Invenium Aut Facium - Where there's a will there's a way

Warm, Compassionate, Non-judgemental,
Solution-Oriented help
by a retired Licensed Medical Doctor, certified NLP practitioner and Medical Hypnotherapist
Dr de Klerk's approach to marriage and couple coaching emphasises self-exploration, self-revelation promoting mutual understanding, recognition, respect, and appreciation of your partner. This approach equips you and your partner with lifetime tools that will enable you to honestly and effectively confront and resolve whatever problems may arise in the future.
Dr de Klerk, MBChB, MRCGP, NLP cert and EAGALA cert is a qualified, experienced, and caring coach and counsellor specialising in stress management and relationship enrichment. She is also the author of the popular Survive and Thrive, The Papillon Weight Loss Program, Ride with Supreme Self-Confidence and Letters to Lady Belle e-books and a large variety of articles. Experienced in a variety of disciplines, including Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Emergency Medicine, she has worked for 8 and a half years as a General Practitioner in Jersey, in the Channel Islands. She now lives and works in the south of France where she presents residential stress management and relationship enrichment workshops at her XII century fortified farm 60 minutes south-west of Bordeaux.
She concentrated on studying the psychological origin of physical disease, using cognitive behavioural therapy, hypnosis and neuro-linguistic-programming to prevent and treat disease in general practice. She has a Counselling (Cert), MMDipHypnosis and a NLPpractCert. She speaks four languages fluently: English, Afrikaans, French, Dutch, and have a basic knowledge of German.
In spite of all of her degrees and certificates, Dr de Klerk is a very down-to-earth person who offers a warm, personal, active, and non-judgemental approach to counselling and coaching. She will help you address your relationship problems with highly structured, solution-oriented techniques and she will treat you with respect, dignity, and compassion and will insure maximum confidentiality.
Dr de Klerk has had extensive experience as a counsellor with a variety of individuals and couples covering a wide panorama of age, education, ethnic and cultural heritage. Her frequent attendance at professional convention and participation in continuing education classes and seminars has greatly expanded her repertoire of therapeutic techniques. When working with clients she draws from many modalities including: Cognitive/Behavioural Therapy, Emotional Focused Couple Therapy, Short-term Solution-Focused Therapy, Equine-assisted Experiential Learning and NLP.
Drawing upon this rich background of training and experience, Dr de Klerk will help you understand, evaluate, and neutralize the emotional baggage that you bring to your present situation so that you may be free to lead the kind of life that you choose. Dr de Klerk is readily available by e-mail or phone to explain his services or help you ascertain your counselling needs and goals. She will be happy to answer your questions and will not charge for an e-mail or brief telephone conversation.