Publicaties
Relational recovery after infidelity as a dual process: A model based on the experiences of female injured partners KU Leuven
In the literature, relational recovery after infidelity is often described as a process going through different consecutive stages towards a reconciliation. We interviewed 25 injured partners and invited them to look back and talk about what helped them to recover from the pain and the conflicts caused by the relational infidelity of their partner. From their stories-through thematic analysis-four themes emerged: 1. talking, 2.the truth, 3. ...
The role of school-based creative expression interventions in the aftermath of migration: A qualitative exploration of parents’ and teachers’ perspectives KU Leuven
This study explored supportive relational processes for immigrant children's well-being between peers, teachers, and parents in the development of school-based creative interventions in European multi-ethnic societies. Within the present study, we integrated the perspectives of teachers and parents to broaden the dominant focus on the assessment of individual symptomatology within the existing body of studies of school-based interventions ...
Emotion regulation of the family therapist KU Leuven
Outcome research highlights the importance of the therapeutic alliance for the outcome of therapy. Meta-analyses suggest that in family therapy, the therapeutic alliance is even more important than in individual therapy. In family therapy, however, the alliance is more complex than in individual therapy. Through empathy, authenticity and hopefulness the therapist can contribute to an effective alliance. Sometimes during the session, a therapist ...
Using questionnaires as conversational tools to bolster the therapeutic alliance in family therapy practice KU Leuven
In this clinical paper, the focus is on the use of questionnaires in family therapy practice. Psychotherapy research has indicated that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the most robust predictor of therapeutic change. While the therapeutic relationship is even more important in family therapy than in individual therapy, it is also more complex. As will be illustrated in this paper, questionnaires can be useful in clinical practice ...
Erectile dysfunction in copper and cobalt miners: a cross-sectional study in the former Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: The African Copperbelt is a site of intense artisanal and industrial mining and refining of copper and cobalt. AIM: We aimed to investigate factors that are possibly associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) in metal miners in the former Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study of 138 miners and 139 controls (bakers), we administered questionnaires to obtain sociodemographic and ...
Luring the Elusive: Narratives about Sexual Desire for One's Partner by Women and Men in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships KU Leuven
In this qualitative study, we explored women's and men's experience of sexual desire for their romantic partner and its link to dyadic interactions. During interviews and focus group discussions, our participants described sexual desire as 'elusive', 'conditional', 'responsive' and 'malleable'. The subtheme 'elusive' refers to sexual desire having a will of its own, while the remaining three refer to prerequisites for, triggers of, and ...
Dementia and Sexuality: A Story of Continued Renegotiation KU Leuven
This article presents a new conceptual framework that shows how dementia may affect the sexual relationship between partners, and how different actors become progressively more involved in "managing" the sexual relationship during consecutive phases of dementia, that is, the premorbid, preclinical, and clinical phases. Each phase challenges couples in different ways and these challenges may affect the expression of sexuality in their ...