Personal Development Coach
Akke-Jeanne Klerk
Personal development coaching is for anyone who wants to understand themselves more deeply.Whether you are going through a significant life change, feeling the pull of something new, or simply noticing that old patterns no longer serve you. I work with both private individuals and professionals.In my experience, the questions we face in our personal lives and in our work are rarely separate: who you are shapes how you lead, how you work, and how you relate to others.Coaching creates the space to look at both, so that the life you are living feels genuinely your own.
about me
A lifelong curiosity about the inner life.I was 21 when I first encountered the psychology of Carl Jung. Something in me shifted. Here was a way of understanding the human being that felt true: not just the rational, visible self, but the dreams, the shadows, the symbols, the parts of us we have not yet met.That encounter never really ended. Three decades later, I am still learning, still in conversation with these ideas. I find it one of the great privileges of my work to explore them together with others.I hold a master's degree in psychology and have followed extensive Jungian training. In 2011, my brother and I founded Jung Platform. This is an online home for depth psychology that has since grown into the largest international platform for Jungian psychology.Over the years I taught psychology at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and worked as a trainer and coach at SchoolvoorCoaching, one of the Netherlands' leading coaching institutes, before making Jung Platform my full-time home five years ago.Today I coach individuals from all walks of life, and I teach on topics ranging from the psychology of heartbreak and the shadow to dreams, archetypes, and the search for meaning. My book Psychology of Heartbreak is published in Dutch ('Psychologie van een gebroken hart').I live in the Netherlands and work with clients worldwide.
online life & professional coaching
I offer both life coaching and professional coaching. I work with private individuals and people in demanding professional roles.Personal development and professional coaching are, at their core, the same work. Whether you come with a question about your career, your leadership, your relationships, or your sense of direction in life, what we are really exploring is who you are, and whether the life or work you are living reflects that.I work with private individuals and professionals alike: people in demanding roles who want to lead with more clarity and less reactivity, and people in quieter crossroads who simply know that something needs to change. In both cases, the work goes deeper than goal-setting. It asks: what is truly yours? What are you ready to let go of? And what unlived potential is waiting to be found?I offer my coaching sessions in Dutch and English. They take place online.
teacher & Co-founder
jung platform
In 2011, I co-founded Jung Platform with Machiel, my brother. Jung Platform is an online organisation dedicated to making depth psychology accessible to everyone, everywhere.What began as a small initiative has grown into a global platform offering courses, lectures, and programs taught by leading Jungian analysts and scholars from around the world. Tens of thousands of people have learned through Jung Platform from wherever they are.On Jung Platform I teach on a range of subjects, including the process of individuation, Jungian coaching, and finding inner peace.
Your Individuation (on-demand course)
$75
What does it mean to truly become yourself? Jung called this individuation, a lifelong process of meeting the parts of yourself you have not yet known. This course makes his central ideas accessible, so the concepts come alive in your own life.
Recognize how the shadow, complexes, and persona are shaping your choices
Connect Jungian concepts to your own experience
Listen to what your dreams, your body, and meaningful coincidences are telling you
Move from self-improvement toward something deeper: genuine self-discovery
Pay attention to what wants to emerge through you
Jungian Coaching (on-demand course)
$89
This 4 class course introduces the basic principles of Jungian coaching. You will learn practical tools and techniques that you can use right away in coaching sessions and everyday conversations.
Learn core principles of Jungian coaching and how to bring more depth into conversations.
Gain practical coaching tools you can use right away with others (clients or friends).
Understand concepts like individuation, shadow work, and inner guidance to support personal development and meaningful change.
The Golden Ball
Podcast
Together with Machiel Klerk (psychotherapist) and John O'Brien (sports psychologist and former soccer player at world cups), we have created a podcast series in which we reflect on soccer as a mirror for life. We explore the question: how do you play the game of life?
Reviews about Akke-Jeanne
"Coaching felt like finally being heard and then gently challenged to act on what I already knew."
Why coaching?
Self knowledge is a gift. Knowing yourself more deeply changes everything: how you work, how you love, and how you show up in the world.Professional coaching supports leaders and professionals in developing this self-knowledge, and a more grounded way of working.Personal development coaching rooted in depth psychology helps you understand yourself at a level that creates lasting change.
Coaching and inner gold
Coaching helps old patterns lose their grip. As they do, something new has room to emerge, a deeper confidence, a clearer sense of direction, a more authentic way of being. Jung called this finding your inner gold: the potential that was always there, waiting to be lived.
Live your own life
speaking
I speak about the inner game. The psychology of striving, self-belief, and what it means to live an authentic life. Drawing on Jungian depth psychology and the unexpected wisdom of football, I bring philosophical depth to audiences in a way that is grounded, personal and immediately recognizable.
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