Dr. Rogier Hoenders - The Netherlands

Born in 1972 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Father worked as a general practitioner and now practices acupuncture and homeopathy. Mother raised four children, worked as a nurse, studied naturopathy, reflexology, diet /food and completed art-school. They were of great influence and awakened his passion for medicine.
Started Medicine in 1991, got his MD in 1998, and finished his specialisation as a psychiatrist in 2004. Now works with young people suffering from psychosis / schizophrenia in GGz Winschoten (a psychiatric hospital).

Also works as a researcher in “de Middenweg” (that is Dutch for “The Middle Way”). This is the name for our research group. Our primary interest is the use of complementary and alternative medicine (or Traditional Medicine) by psychiatric patients. We are currently designing (PhD) research on the effectiveness of healing (such as Reiki and Tibetan Psychiatry) in comparison with Western Psychiatry for mental disorders.

Other interests: running, singer in a band (www.festivaloffriends.nl), travelling, Tibet, and his dog “Rowdy”.

Rogier Hoenders
hjr.hoenders@wanadoo.nl

GGz Winschoten
Mr. D.U. Stikkerlaan 1
Postbus 286
9670 AG Winschoten
the Netherlands
hjr.hoenders@ggzgroningen.nl

Inner and Outer Environment in relation to Psychiatry

There are some amazing similarities between Tibetan Buddhism and the work of Jung as Radmila Moacanin has shown in her book “The essence of Jung’s psychology and Tibetan Buddhism; Western and Eastern paths to the heart”.

But when we apply the interdependent relationship of the inner and outer environment to the field of psychiatry, we also run into the work of another famous therapist in this field: Sigmund Freud.

In this presentation we will look at how the inner (emotional) world of the therapist is being influenced by the outer environment (the emotional world of patients) and vice versa. This brings us to the work of Freud on transference, countertransference, and the unconscious.

One of the main issues is to be able to deeply relate to the other person (outer environment) and at the same time to be able to observe and keep healthy your own emotional world (inner environment).

Integrating the work of Freud and Tibetan Buddhism we will look at how therapists from different paradigms (Western Medicine and Traditional Medicine) relate to each other and what (sometimes) goes wrong. This will be illustrated by some personal experiences.

References:

Moacanin, R., 2003. “The essence of Jung’s psychology and Tibetan Buddhism; Western and Eastern paths to the heart”. Wisdom publications, Boston.

Gabbard, G.O., 2000. Psychodynamic psychiatry in clinical practice. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC. London, England.

Clifford, T., 1984. The Diamond Healing, Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, Delhi.