About

Matti Groot
  • Dutch, born 1961
  • Married, two daughters
  • Founder of Art of Change
  • Teacher for new coaches and counselors
  • Supervisor for coaches and counselors
  • Office: Weteringschans 72, Amsterdam

Training
  • Certified psychologist (NIP)
  • Clinical psychology (University of Amsterdam)
  • Registered life coach (NOBCO, AfC)
  • Certified professional coach (NAvP)
  • Certified integrative counselor (NAvP)
  • Integrative coach (SPT, AfC)

Specialized areas of support

  • – Existential coaching
  • – Coaching for high-performing professionals
  • – Career and meaning-oriented coaching
  • – Burnout and stress recovery
  • – Coaching for doubt, direction and decision-making
  • – Personal leadership and emotional clarity
  • – Transitions in work and life (including expat adjustment)
  • – Overcoming inner restlessness and perfectionism
  • – Integrative depth coaching
  • – Coaching for anxiety, inner conflict and self-worth

Favourite quotes

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

Søren Kierkegaard

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

Let’s walk together.