Residential "trance-personal shamanic" weekend 1x/month (information in private message).
NOTE: ONLINE CONSULTATIONS CAN BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS IN-PERSON CONSULTATIONS!!!
In my experience, even if it takes a little getting used to at first, you eventually get the hang of it! I regularly have teleconsultations for patients living abroad (or sick or disabled), or when I'm on a mission outside our little Belgium.
What's more, I regularly prescribe therapeutic tasks: in other words, the essential progress of the therapy will also depend on the exercises, worked out together, that you do between appointments to really change the reality of your daily life (e.g., self-hypnosis sessions).
Our aim is to help you achieve your full potential as quickly as possible. You're not just a "patient", you're a stakeholder in the therapeutic process!
So you see: whether the consultation takes place remotely or face-to-face is not as important as it might first appear.
See you soon!
Practical info
CONSULTATIONS :
PHONE or INTERNET (audio-video chat): Skype, whatsapp, messenger, whereby, zoom, teams, etc.).
CABINETS: at your home, and possibly in Brussels (location to be determined).
ONLINE PAYMENT: Bank account no.: BE65 3630 6488 8996
LANGUAGES: French, English, Spanish
Are you happy? Therapy? Psych-Ose!
Don't settle for normalosis!
You don't have to get worse to get better!
Julien Dupuis is an integrative trance-disciplinary psychologist (3rd cycle + Master).
Private psychotherapist (Brussels), external/internal consultant (ICAS, Fedasil, CPAS, Croix-Rouge, TJ, SPJ), forensic expert, supervisor of psychotherapists, trainer in ethnopsychology, contemplative psychology, hypnosis, etc. (IFC, FCC, CECAFOC, etc.).
He has worked for various organizations (Maison Médicale, Médecins du Monde, Samusocial, SOS Papa, C.H.U. Brugmann, Tabane, Club Antonin Artaud) and as a psychology consultant for various Nepalese NGOs (Shechen Medical Clinic, Association for the Protection of Children).
Among other things, he has developed expertise in dealing with trauma and managing problems linked to the confrontation between different cultural and religious referents (people from immigrant backgrounds, asylum seekers, expatriates, mixed marriages).
He took part in the early days of meditation research within F. Varela's team (Salpêtrière) and the Mind & Life Institute, as well as at UCL, co-publishing the first empirical study of Buddhism in the psychology of religion:
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (Bac + 5): Bachelor's/Master's degree in Psychological and Educational Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, internships and dissertation in Neurophenomenology of Meditation (Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Mind & Life Institute)
SPECIALIZED TRAINING: Hypnotherapy & Brief Therapy (ADREA, recognized by the Institut Milton H. Erickson de Belgique), EMDR (Integrativa, recognized by EMDR-Europe), Ethnopsychiatry (CHU Brugmann, Chapelle-aux-champs, Tabane), Systemic & family therapy (ULB-UMH & IEFSH), Clinical Hermeneutic Phenomenology (Belgian Center and School for Daseinsanalysis), Shamanic Trance (Nepal, Amazonia), Meditation & Buddhism (Ngedön Phuntsok Ling, Rangjung Yeshe Gomdé, Kathmandu University, Shri Singha University of Dzogchen-Tibet)
His multiple backgrounds (beyond any school sectarianism) enable him to best adapt to the individual's needs and problems. In concrete terms, he advocates an integrated, integrative psychology/therapy that short-circuits the verbal-mental, taking its source in and drawing its resources from contemplation (meditation) and non-dual philosophy, as well as traditional "hypno-shamanic" practices.
You don't have to feel bad to feel better! It's all about setting positive goals, because the aim is not to be normal, but extra-ordinary!
SPECIALITIES: Trauma, violence, anxiety/stress, psycho-spiritual integration, depression, grief, OCD, psychosis, addictions, behavioral disorders (e.g. eating disorders), psychedelic-induced dissociation (e.g. flashbacks), parental alienation, high-potential, meditation, "shamanism".
Patient base :
Adults, teenagers, children; individuals, couples & families; multicultural public: asylum seekers, immigrants, expatriates-repatriates, mixed marriages; institutions and companies; French, English & Spanish speakers; with limited financial means.
Additional notes:
INTERNET CONSULTATION possible: SKYPE or other (audio-video chat)
LANGUAGES: French, English & Spanish
DURATION: normally between 45-60′ BUT adjustable on request
FEES: to be discussed according to the person's situation.
Fees are largely reimbursable (thanks to mutual insurance companies and INAMI numbers) & can be adjusted if there is a sincere desire to invest in the therapeutic relationship, but it is difficult to do so financially.
My specialties
I've been able to familiarize myself with a variety of approaches that enable me to best adapt to the patient's needs and problems. Psychotherapy is an art practiced in close collaboration with a patient who becomes active (!), letting go so that feeling (involving the body as well as the head) guides the relationship to the intuition of the moment that will allow the appropriate therapeutic act to emerge. In this way, I don't work by hypothesis, overheating the ego-mind and implicitly trying to lock the patient into a certain school ideology...
Nor, as in modern medicine, should psychotherapy be reduced to a technique and the patient broken down into symptoms.
Rather, it's through the plurality of approaches I've been able to train in, beyond any sectarianism, both in the West and during several "anthropological immersions" in ancient cultures, that I believe I can best respect the uniqueness of the individual in his or her care. Juggling psychotherapies in order to create a tailor-made, creative approach, I aim above all to reconnect the patient with his or her own self-healing potential, encouraging maximum autonomy as soon as possible. In the final analysis, the psychotherapist is nothing more than a mirror, which needs to be continually polished, in which the patient can finally see himself in a more neutral ("objective"), distanced and benevolent way, so as to accept himself first and foremost as he is, before any initiative for transformation.
While short-term efficiency is of course sought after, greater vigilance is accorded to respect for Being!
Credo: You don't have to feel bad to feel better! It's all about setting positive psychotherapeutic goals, because the aim is not to be "normal" (is that really an ideal?) but to become "extra-ordinary" by finally becoming yourself!
For an explanation of a possible approach: http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/sollod2.html
Boily, P-Y. (1998). Psys, therapists and other wizards. VLB Editeur.
- Systemic
- Hypnosis and brief therapy, EMDR & trance
- Ethnopsy
- Phenomenology
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy
(3rd wave) - Expertise for courts and insurance companies / mutual insurance companies / CGRA / etc.
- Non-dual philosophy (Buddhism)
- Meditation
Are you a victim or the executioner of yourself (and others)?
You want to save yourself?
Be the hero of your life! Get help and "Heaven" will help you!
Contact form
Contact info
Brussels offices
41, Rue Ernest Gossart - 1180 Brussels
(close to Gare du Midi/Centrale/Etterbeek by public transport)
64-68, Bld Charlemagne - 1000 Brussels
(very close to the European Commission headquarters: Berlaymont building and Schuman metro and train station)
Teleconsultations
Telephone, Skype, Whatsapp, Etc.
Meditation
Swimming with dolphins
Come and experience dolphin-like holotropy "You're sure to reap the rewards of this " trance-formed" experience in your daily life. You'll be better able to cope with adversity and enjoy life more, with a positive, cheerful attitude that will benefit your loved ones too!
A week on a beautiful, comfortable yacht big enough to hold a group (max. 18 people) while still retaining its own living space... in the heart of Sataya Bay: the "Mecca" for dancing with cetaceans in crystal-clear, warm water.
In simple and effective workshops (participation on a voluntary basis), we will try to draw inspiration from this Cetacean Wisdom firstly, by (re)learning to focus on breathing as a mind-body mind-body anchoring techniquein order to enter into ourselves through this Mindful Breathing Meditatione...
Take part in our workshops and training courses
Testimonials and recommendations
[... Thank you for the tools and help you gave me during our sessions. You freed my mind. You freed me ...]
[... I consider that I now have a better understanding of myself, am in the process of reconciling with the past, live with greater well-being and better relationships, and have a more positive vision of the future ...].
[... I very much appreciated the pragmatic, rhythmic and sequenced nature of this therapy, which I would recommend to anyone who has experienced physical aggression or psychological pressure [...].
Latest publications and external studies
- Mistiaen, V. (2017). Exploratory study about the use of shamanism in clinical psychology. Five cases of European psychologists gone to encounter an alternative practice. Dissertation (cover and abstract), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- Dupuis, J. (2014, September). Mindfulness - Full Trust (with practice), Presentation and short practice at the annual workshop of the School of Integrative Meditation, Salle de L'Olivier, Lln.
- Dupuis, J. (2012, December). The therapist's dream as an exploratory tool and resilience factor. In Th. Baubet & P. Hentgen, Rêves et traumatisme. Workshop organized at the 14th International Colloquium of the transcultural journal L'autre: Rêves d'exil, exil des rêves, Pratiques ethnopsychiatriques avec les familles migrantes, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg. (http://www.anthropoweb.com/Le-reve-du-therapeute-comme-outil-d-exploration-et-facteur-de-resilience_a575.html, ISSN: 2114-821X, Le Portail des sciences humaines, www.anthropoweb.com.)
- Dupuis, J. (2010). Psychology and buddhism: From individual to global community by Dockett, K. H., Dudley-Grant, G. R. & Bankart, C. P. (Eds.) (2003). Irish Journal of Psychology, 31 (3-4),171-173.