Connect To Your Inner Self

Founder & Therapist

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Jean-Claude started his career in London as an oil broker in the 80s before setting up his own independent oil broking company by the age of 25. His company was very quickly acquired by Salomon Brothers. He went on to join a philanthropic foundation in 1993 with various interests in telecommunications, space and water transportation in a number of foreign countries.

In 1999 he decided to pursue his love in life, the understanding of the human mind, which took him on a six-and-a-half-year journey of learning with Athens’ leading psychiatrists, neurologists and family therapists, completing a Diploma of Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy at ICH – London in 2003.

In 2003, Jean-Claude continued on with a thriving practice in London working with other psychotherapists together and has published several features in the Saturday Times of London on issues concerning mental health, body & soul and ways forward for families, couples and individuals. Jean-Claude serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Europe’s top medical rehab, the Calda Clinic.

In 2015, he founded The Place Retreats in Bali, a luxury psychotherapeutic retreat that focuses on mind, body and spiritual healing, and accompanying individuals, families and couples on their journeys to becoming the best version of themselves.

Psychiatric Doctor

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Dr. Monika Joy Reverger, Sp.KJ is a Psychiatric Doctor who works with the team here at The Place Retreats, has a private practice and also holds privileges at Bali’s international facility: Siloam Hospital. She completed her Psychiatric Specialist education at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. Dr Joy is a member of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) and the Indonesian Association of Mental Medicine Specialists (PDSKJI).

Dr Joy works closely with the psychotherapist and the rest of the team here at The Place Retreats.

Clinical Psychologist

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Indah Hutauruk is a clinical psychologist trained in a variety of clinically proven therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Client-Centered Therapy, and Psychodynamics.

Indah has a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indonesia, further specializing in Clinical Health Psychology at Leiden University (Netherlands), before moving to Belgium.

In addition to having her own private practice, Indah was part of the faculty staff at the University of Indonesia, as well as working at the international hospital in Jakarta for a number of years.

Indah works with both adults and adolescents on issues such as low self-esteem, poor body image, stress and burnout, mood disorders, eating disorders, sexual difficulties, and gender identity.

As well as providing therapy and counselling, Indah is experienced in the application of psychological and psycho-educational testing. What's more, in order to improve the overall quality of life, Indah utilizes psychological science to understand the biological, social, and psychological factors that influence health and illness.

Counselling Psychologist

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Anna is a highly skilled counseling psychologist who works remotely with the team at The Place Retreats. Anna has a robust academic background in child development, complemented by a profound lifelong passion for horses. Following her university education, she embarked on a successful international career as a singer/songwriter. However, her transformative experience in South Africa, where she trained with a renowned horse whisperer, inspired her to pursue a career shift towards psychology, integrating her love for horses to assist people in their healing journey.

Currently, Anna operates in partnership with JC at The Place London practice and The Place Retreats, where she offers a range of therapeutic services, including both traditional counseling and equine therapy. Renowned for her grounded and collaborative approach, Anna is known for fostering a nurturing and gentle environment while encouraging clients towards genuine and enduring transformation. Her equine therapy sessions are characterized by their relaxed and unstructured nature, allowing clients to gain unique insights and experience rapid personal growth, thanks to the profound connection between humans and horses.

Anna's professional credentials include being Chartered by The British Psychological Society. Furthermore, she has established herself as a published academic researcher in the field of child development and has co-authored a book on the topics of weaning and fussy eating. With her wealth of expertise and intuitive understanding of human-horse interactions, Anna seamlessly collaborates with Jean-Claude, enhancing their ability to work effectively with couples and groups, providing comprehensive therapeutic support.

Behavioural Health Counselor & Psychotherapist

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Kate Park is a behavioural health counselor and psychotherapist who works remotely with the team at The Place Retreats. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), amongst other treatment modalities.

Kate has a Master's Degree in Counseling from Monash University in Australia, a Graduate Certificate in Gifted and Talented Educational Psychology and is a qualified facilitator of Trauma Sensitive Yoga. She has lived in seven countries and has spent the last fifteen years in clinical practice in Singapore. Kate has been a frequent visitor to Bali for 30 years.

Kate works with adults and adolescents to empower and develop self-growth through a person-centred approach. Experienced in working with integrated mind-body healthcare teams, she has treated a diverse range of issues including mood disorders, stress management and burnout, addiction, trauma, self-harming behaviors, eating disorders, and grief and loss.

Family & Systemic Psychotherapist

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Helen is a highly experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapist who works remotely with the team at The Place Retreats. She specializes in supporting families, couples, and individuals through a range of challenges. Her expertise includes childhood trauma and abuse, adolescent and child mental health, parenting, personal development, and life cycle transitions.

With a distinguished career, Helen has held several leadership roles in mental health and emotional well-being, and she has also contributed as a faculty member at the esteemed Tavistock and Portman Clinic in London.

Helen has a particular interest in workplace dynamics, including stress management, burnout, leadership challenges, and organizational dilemmas. Her integrated, strengths-based approach is grounded in the belief that individuals possess an innate capacity for self-healing.

Committed to her work, Helen considers it an honour to support people through vulnerable moments and times of transformation. She holds a Master of Science in Systemic Psychotherapy and is also trained in Compassion-Focused Therapy, ensuring a holistic and compassionate approach to her practice.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & psychotherapy with Toprak Ali Ozkan

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Toprak Ali Ozkan is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (CBT) psychotherapist, accredited and certified by The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy who works remotely with the team at The Place. With over a decade of experience supporting individuals facing various mental health challenges, he has provided CBT, EMDR, and Schema Therapy-oriented sessions to adolescents, adults and couples, alike, addressing issues such as anxiety disorders, depression, relationship problems, and trauma. 

Throughout his career, Toprak has practised at a number of respected clinics and counselling centres in London and Istanbul – TAO Consultancy, Mediwell Clinic, and İsdem Psychology among them. Prior to his private practice, Toprak worked with the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, offering preventive and supportive activities for families with mental health issues.

Toprak holds an MSc. in Clinical Psychology from Haliç University and a BA in Psychology from Bahçeşehir University. He has completed internships at prestigious hospitals, gaining valuable experience in psychiatric services, and is a member of prominent organisations such as the BPS, BABCP, TACBT, and the Turkish Psychologists Association. He also holds certificates in EMDR Therapy, CBT, Schema Therapy, and Sex and Couple Therapy. Fluent in Turkish and English, with beginner proficiency in Russian, Toprak is dedicated to providing compassionate, culturally competent care to his clients, helping them navigate towards better mental health wellness.

Integrative Healer

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A full-time Integrative Healer, Craniosacral Therapist, Medical Qigong Instructor and Spiritual Mentor for over 20 years, Elisa’s talent is to communicate the language of body, mind and spirit, to make the unseen seen, from the unconscious into the conscious.

She can show you how to experience your deep-seated mind perceptions and ideologies, and where they are sensed in your physical body; she then offers practical hands-on tools to clear those patterns and create room for expanded body-mind awareness. Elisa teaches people to access an empowered essence within themselves so that whatever they do in life comes from a deeply authentic and profound place.

Integrative healing sessions with Elisa embrace a combination of CranioSacral therapy, Qi Massage and Spiritual Wellness. With comprehensive knowledge of the nervous system, acupressure points and meridian flow, this treatment allows the body to heal itself by re-educating its own energy alignment. It's a journey of listening to the stories of the body, intellect, and wisdom; bringing back the message from the deepest self to integrate and heal on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.

Full Spectrum Breathwork Healer

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For over 40 years, Monika has been exploring conscious breathing, from singing in a Children’s Radio Choir, being a practitioner of Yoga, Pranayama, and Physical Therapy to working as a professional Breathwork and Trauma Release Facilitator.

Breathing is a vital function that can be utilised to radically improve your physical and mental health and your emotional well-being, acting as an interface between conscious, subconscious, and superconscious.

Monika's Breathwork facilitation delivers profound health benefits and astonishing results, addressing the root cause of suffering. It promotes embodied presence and the release of deep-seated blockages, tension, and limiting beliefs, while opening up to adventures in non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Monika helps you deepen the ability to perceive mind and body as allies, catalyze a shift toward ease, and experience the unrestricted flow of energy, which opens up the most incredible levels of inner peace, bliss, and insight

Deep Tissue Massage Healer

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Stefanie studied in Austria and gained her Massage Therapy degree in 2003. Focusing on Deep Tissue Massage, Acupuncture Massage, Trigger Point Massage, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Manual Lymphatic Massage, Aromatherapy and Arddam.

After finishing her training, she moved to Bali and studied ancient Balinese massage techniques and exchanged knowledge with therapists from all over the world. Stefanie’s intuitive Bodywork is known globally. She worked alongside internationally renowned healers such as Elisa Senese, Mary Muryn, Ibu Jero, and Lexempress among others.

Most of the stress we feel comes from our brain, unbalancing the functions of the body and natural energy flow. This compromises us both emotionally and physiologically.

Stefanie’s intuitive massage therapy works to bring both mind and body into a harmonious balance, using various techniques to draw out tension and induce a state of calm.

Stefanie also works to target the toxins our bodies absorb from unhealthy diets, repeated strenuous movement and environmental pollution. She works deeply over the meridians where energy is depleted or flooded with toxins, unlocking the spine, balancing the chakras, opening blocked channels and purifying tissues.

Stefanie then orchestrates the whole body-mind-spirit system into a harmonious balance.

Her clients are left feeling limber, mentally cleansed and deeply relaxed.

Acupuncturist

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Go Siane Byantoro is a Chinese Medicine Doctor who’s been working in the field for 12 years, and has a private practice in Bali for the past 8 years. Completed a Bachelor's Degree in Chinese Medicine at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 2007, and a speciality in TCM Gynecology at the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medicine in 2010. Participated in seminars to deepen skills and healing methods from TCM experts from Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Having expertise in both Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture as well as Moxibustion and cuppings, implementing tailor-made treatments for each unique individual. TCM emphasizes balance and harmony, just like yin and yang, our mind and physical body affect one another and each plays important roles in the human body, also affecting the other. Using gentle techniques brings the body back to the harmonious balance of Qi and blood to bring back the peaceful heart and mind.

Balinese Massage Therapist

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Ketut, who is from Karangasem, Bali, has been a massage therapist for 11 years.

The type of healing offered by Ketut is a holistic treatment that combines massage, healing and pampering.

She specializes in reflexology, traditional massage and face massage - perfect for when your body is tired, stressed or emotionally overwhelmed.

Ketut received her training at Clubarena and then continued working for various hotels in Bali before moving overseas in 2014. It was during this time that she learned about various other types of massage and gained specialist knowledge of the body’s pressure points.

Rolfing Practitioner & Personal Trainer

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Pablo is an Advanced Rolfing Structural Integration Therapist, studying under the mentorship of Dr Peter Schwind (and others).

In addition to his Rolfing training, Pablo has extensive expertise in Yoga, Nutrition, and Yogic philosophy, studying under Sharat Arora, M.S. Viswanath and Larry Schultz. Pablo is trained and certified in Sports Nutrition, Weight Management and Personal Training.

Pablo developed a system Therapeutic Alignment Vinyasa (TAV) to teach yoga that not only includes the original teachings from Krishnamacharya and the Heart of Yoga but also integrates principles of posture and movement to make the practice intelligent and effective.

With his extensive and varied combination of skills, Pablo is an expert on posture, anatomy and physiology.

Pablo holds a degree in Music from the Arts University of Cuba. He is always passionate, rhythmic, and humorous in the delivery of his services.

Shamanic Sound Alchemist & Yoga Instructor

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Avi is a shamanic and yoga practitioner, sound alchemist and energy worker. She works with spirit, energy and sound. Connecting with the esoteric realms, her classes are always imbued with mantras and connection to the divine light. Coming from a lineage of Javanese healers, she is trained in years of her own personal practice and learning from various prominent yoga teachers starting with Lino Miele in Rome in 2001, she progressed through different styles of yoga until she found her soul's love in Traditional Tantric Hatha Yoga in the Shri Vidya Lineage, evolving her personal practice and teaching into a well-rounded approach on achieving a harmonious body, mind and soul. Her adventure in sound alchemy started a few years ago, studying deeply into sound therapy with international teachers Fabien Maman & Terres Unsoeld of Tama-Do Academy.

Esalen Body Worker

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Phonik has been working with massage for two decades, first learning his craft in 2001 at Jari Menari Seminyak.

Born in Negara, Jembrana, Phonik has travelled widely in his pursuit of greater knowledge of massage techniques. In 2006, he moved to Seychelles for five years to hone his skills, before a year-long move to New Zealand in 2012 and further time in Namibia in 2014.

In 2003, Phonik was invited to join Moving Ventures, leading training for Esalen massage in Bali and China.

Esalen massage is categorized by long flowing strokes from one end of the body to another. Unlike most common massage practices, Esalen is a form of personalized, intuitive massage which leaves the receiver feeling relaxed, nurtured and in a state of well-being.

Practitioners like Phonik integrate an understanding of energy, structure and soul to be able to build a powerful connection that can release daily stress patterns, calm the mind and nourish the body.