Petra Beishuizen

Petra Beishuizen is a lawyer, mediator (vFAS/MfN/Collaborative Practitioner) and partner in the law firm of Delissen Martens in The Hague. Furthermore, she is employed as a lecturer for the vocational training of lawyers, an accredited intervision supervisor. Petra is skilled in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Systemic Work, Collaborative Practice and Mediation.

Petra also attended training courses in coaching, and training at the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted in the field of mediumship, spiritual healing and meditation. Her approach is holistic. She combines the legal aspects with the emotionally issues. She is a fellow of the IAFL (International Academy of Family Lawyers) and a member of the Association of Collaborative Professionals (Vereniging van Collaboratieve Professionals – VvCP). Petra guides people from all over the world in their process of divorce, she talks with the children and advices in making the parental plan, the conversation with the children about the divorce-decision, she guides people in the making of the covenant with financial aspects, real estate, maintenance, pension issues and other specific wishes. Petra also advice people who have questions about their existing pre-nups or the making of pre-nups if they are about to get married. Petra works closely with financial and tax experts, the notary and other professionals who can take part in the mediation process.

She publishes on a regular basis about her views, appears on TV and radio and at symposia throughout the Netherlands. Her mediations extend from Bangkok to The Hague.

Petra is founder of the Holistic Practice HUB (www.holisticpracticehub.nl/en/), founder and senior lecturer of the training for Holistic Practice Lawyer/Practitioner and trains professionals in skills & tools needed for intervision and mediation. She looks beyond the illusion of divided interests and proceeds from the whole instead of from a single person. She therefore also involves other disciplines in finding solutions for clients. By thinking in terms of winning or losing, right or wrong, a lasting solution will usually not be reached. According to Petra, the legal process is only part of the conflict. The holistic approach seeks to consider the problem as a whole, taking account of the spirit, the body, the soul and the heart. The holistic approach is based on the idea that a system, which can be a person or an organisation, consists of all the component parts/elements and the interaction or relationship between those component parts. Stated succinctly: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Petra promotes compassion, not intimidation. She rather does not go to court for a battle, she prefers to think in terms of respect and compassion. Sometimes, but not often, Court has to decide but in the practice of Petra that route is very rare.

An adversarial divorce? A creative divorce! With opportunities for personal growth.