
Do you recognise this?
You've built success by committing to your job, meeting expectations, and taking care of what needs taking care of. But the ground beneath you is trembling.
At work: High-paced corporate environments, one organisational change after another, relentless workloads, and reduced team capacity from cost-cutting and colleagues on sick leave. You're asked to deliver more with fewer resources—while expected to adapt yet again.
In life: As an international, you're far from familiar support networks. Relationship conflicts mount. Parenting demands intensify—no family nearby to help, local systems you need to navigate, with maybe neurodivergent children needing extra capacity from you.
In your body: Chronic exhaustion becomes baseline. Sleep unreliable. Waking with dread. Pain issues, digestive problems, more frequent illness—your body sends signals you can no longer ignore.
You don't just think stressed—you feel it. And you're stuck in the paradox: you know you need support, but you lack the mental and emotional capacity to reach for it. Whether you're still working through exhaustion or already on sick leave, the path forward isn't straightforward.
I'm trained in the CSR Method® (Chronic Stress Reversal)—a psychobiological framework based on 30 years of neurobiological stress research. The critical insight is that burnout isn't primarily a mental problem; it's a dysregulated stress system that won't respond to willpower or cognitive work alone. We sequence recovery differently: first regulating the stress response and restoring capacity, only then moving to psychological work and sustainable reintegration.
Unlike standard approaches that treat burnout as purely mental or assume rest resolves exhaustion, we work across three levels—physical, mental, behavioural—sequencing your restoration according to symptom severity and recovery pace.
I bring a unique combination of therapeutic training and experience within high-performance environments.
Counselling & Therapy
In my private practice and as a specialist provider for Employee Assistance Platforms, I work primarily with international clients navigating stress, burnout, and complex life transitions.
Coaching & Mentoring
Through my work with international professionals, particularly women and neurodivergent individuals, I support sustainable performance and resilience without self-abandonment.
As an expat and a mother myself, I understand the layered complexity of balancing identity, ambition, and belonging across cultures.
Organisational & Leadership Experience
Before focusing fully on coaching and therapy, I worked in organisational change and management consultancy. I have supported professionals and teams through high-pressure transformations and uncertainty.
This background helps me understand the realities of corporate life, leadership demands, and performance culture—not just theoretically, but from lived experience.
- Diploma in Psychology – Jena University, Germany
- Systemic Counselling – Odenwald Institute, Germany
- Burnout Prevention & Intervention – CSR Centrum, Netherlands
- Coaching Training – UK
- Further training in Emotional Agility, Holistic Trauma Treatment, Solution-Focused Counselling, Mindfulness, Embodiment, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
In compliance with our legal requirement to provide a formal channel for concerns, we kindly invite you to submit any dissatisfaction regarding our services first by email at info@antiloneliness.com, so we can try to resolve the issue directly. If this does not lead to a satisfactory outcome, you may then submit a formal complaint using the NIP complaint form and follow the steps outlined in that document. You may also choose to contact NIP directly at any point in the process for further guidance or to lodge a formal complaint.
Assessment & First Aid (Level 1): €749
Resilience Builder (Level 2): €1700
Complete Recovery Programme (Level 3): from €5300
Hybrid with video calls and in-person sessions in Leiden, fully online possible by mutual agreement
Availability:
Tuesdays: 13:00–17:00
Thursdays: 13:00–17:00
Whether you're burned out or close to it, you find here the support you need.
If you want to see whether you are a good fit with Giouli, please book a free 30-min call through the link below:
"Working with Dagmar is like working with my biggest supporter. She has an encouraging and non-judgmental style, has provided space in which I feel heard, and provided structure to help me see things more clearly. Generous in what she brings to the sessions, she has been wholeheartedly committed to me seeing and owning my value and to taking action in the areas that matter."
"Dagmar gave me a completely new perspective about myself and helped me understand the choices I make. Thanks to her, I became more aware of my strengths and weaknesses and learned to listen to myself. She helped me to get to know myself better, understand my personality and most importantly accept myself as it is. These are very valuable insights which will guide me for the rest of my life."
"I found Dagmar through a very good friend in a time where I was feeling very lost and going through a very difficult period in my life. Thanks to Dagmar, I was able to find my way again. I gained a personal strength that I didn't know I could have and I am able to look and face the daily challenges in a much more calm and secure way."

