Our team
We are both psychologists and epidemiologists, and met during our PhD at Leiden University. Since then, we have been best friends with the same interests and started Actfully in 2021. Leonie is also a systemic and vitality coach, and Arianne a yoga nidra teacher, which allows us to enrich our offer accordingly.
Arianne van Reedt Dortland PhD
For a long time I, like so many others, tried to keep all kinds of balls in the air. Until I got tired of it and noticed that it works better to stop and think about how I want to be in life and to live, with all the boundaries that exist. The ACT method has helped me with this and I have a passion to teach it to others, through psychotherapy and teaching, and by giving training, coaching and retreats together with Leonie. It inspires me to see the positive effect of it in others as well. Yoga nidra further stimulates breaking old patterns and to experience and live new intentions.
Leonie Manthey PhD
For years I believed that perfection was the ultimate goal. I wanted to be strong and successful and tried to avoid uncomfortable emotions, as if vulnerability was weak. Until I discovered that without the dark, the light cannot exist. We all experience pain and loss, but by embracing it, we can live a more authentic and fulfilling life. Together we explore how you can stop fighting the inevitable and instead, be fully present in life as it is. So that you can choose to live according to your values every single day.