As a spiritual counsellor / roman-catholic lay chaplain, I offer guidance and give care to patients who try to sustain their humanity during their episode of illnes and suffering in the environment of the hospital. I have been working since 2002 in this profession / office (consult the register here). My current employer is VU University Medical Center (watch the promo-film, spiritual care is visualised between 2.05 and 2.20.

 The professional standard for my profession you can read here (pdf). The roman catholic bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam sustains my work with a so called canonical mission. In the video below I and some of my collegues tell stories about spiritual counselling.