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Anneke van der Meer
Member since 2014
Position
Educational Psychologist
Year started teaching
1990
Based in
Netherlands
Working in
Children's Services
Subjects
Psychology,Pedagogy and professional development,Special educational needs,Personal, social and health education
About
My kids stories, fairytales & reading stories for parents I began to write when my own children were young and I had no idea how to bring them up. They had to be taught many things, from washing their hands to crossing the streets, and I wanted them to be happy. For instance: I had to repeat endlessly to my little daughter ‘Lift up your feet when you walk’. Couldn't I fins another way, to change this? What kind of imagery would appeal to her? Once I’ tired ‘Walk like a fairy’ she was capable of keeping it up effortlessly. I had fired her imagination to walk and even to eat like a princess! When I later practiced modern hypnotherapy I found confirmation of my idea that adults & children have the ability to heal themselves by using the talk and symbols of the child's imagination in the fairy tales. So I started to write stories when parents asked my help for their child. I published them in 3 Dutch story-books.