About
Inge Nieuwstraten
I am a psychologist and psychotherapist, who works in primary care and privately. I was teaching in University College Cork until september 2021, and I contributed to the MA in Art Therapy for Munster Technological University. My area of interest is in the short and long term effects of parental bereavement during adolescence.
I lost my dad at 17, when he was 44, leaving 5 children. Even at 75 that loss is still important in lots of different ways. I researched the topic for my MA in Integrative Psychotherapy.
My research generated five core categories: A chance to mourn (or a turn to melancholia);…