Emmanuel Declercq, PhD
Specialisation
Language
Presence
Every Monday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Every Wednesday between 8am and 7pm
Expertises
Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecological surgery
Pelvic floor pathologies
Pelvic floor surgery and perineal reconstruction
Chronic pelvic floor pain
Biography
I hold a PhD in psychology. The subject of my doctoral research is the psychotherapeutic support of individuals who have experienced (severe) trauma, either in (early) childhood or later in life.
My foundational training is psychoanalytic (I hold a postgraduate degree in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from UCL). Afterwards, I pursued extensive further training at various universities in Belgium and abroad, in a wide range of interventions which I now integrate into my practice. I hold a university certificate in clinical sexology (UCL), a university diploma in psychotrauma therapy (Université Paris-Diderot), a university diploma in Mindfulness (Université Paris-Saclay), a university diploma in hypnotherapy, a university diploma in body-centered interventions and integrative health (Université Paris-Saclay), and a university diploma in cyberpsychology (Université Paris-Cité). I am currently pursuing a university diploma in “psycho-corporal practices in traditional Chinese medicine” at the Faculty of Medicine of Sorbonne University.
I work in private practice and will soon be joining the group practice Mirha. I welcome a broad range of clients facing a wide variety of psychological difficulties. I am a certified first-line psychologist.
Professional Background
Emmanuel Declercq, PhD Doctor in Psychology (UCL), Master in Clinical Psychology (VUB), Master in Research in Psychopathology and Psychoanalysis (Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne), MSc in Psychology (University of Hull), University Certificate in Psychoanalytic Clinics (UCL), University Certificate in Clinical Sexology (UCL), University Diploma in Psychotrauma (Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne), University Diploma in Mindfulness (Université Paris-Saclay), University Diploma in Hypnotherapy (Université Bourgogne), University Diploma in Cyberpsychology (Université Paris-Cité), University Diploma in Body-Centered Approaches (Université Paris-Saclay), University Diploma in Psycho-Corporal Practices in Traditional Chinese Medicine (ongoing, Sorbonne Université), Summer School on Asylum and Migration Law (Odysseus Academic Network, ULB)
Scientific expert and member of the permanent working group on Mental Health at the Belgian Superior Health Council
Deputy Member of the Psychologists' Commission (Research and Clinical Sectors)
Scientific contributions
- Member of the 2 Belgian gynaecological scientific organisations: member of the special working groups on urogynaecology and surgery
- VVOG-BIG URO(Flemish Association for Obstetrics and Obstetrics)
- GGOLFB-gynécologie bénigne,chirurgie (Groupement des gynécologues obstétriciens de la langue française belge)
- IUGA ( International Urogynecology Association) member
- SIFUD-PP (Société Interdisciplinaire Francophone d'Urodynamique et de Pelvi-Périnéologie)
- Convergences-PP (Convergences in Pelviperineal Pain)
- Member of the expert board for KCE for urinary incontinence (2018-2019)
