Professionals that work with organisations that focus on victims and offenders are indispensable in making sure that people who were involved in a crime or traumatic event are informed about restorative mediation. Read below about the experiences of professionals that refer their clients to Perspectief Herstelbemiddeling.
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“Trauma therapy was no longer needed after a meeting with the perpetrator”When psychologist (POH-GGZ) Jacqueline Pulles heard about restorative mediation, she immediately thought: maybe this is something for Belinda. Belinda came to her with anxiety issues that, after a robbery 25 years ago, never went away. Jacqueline proposed restorative mediation.
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Evert, recovery consultant: “To me, it’s a door that’s ajar.”Evert Kampert is bijna drie jaar herstelconsulent. Hij heeft inmiddels tientallen gedetineerden voor herstelbemiddeling aangemeld. “Het gaat erom dat je een ingang krijgt.”
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Gladys (Victim Support): "It's not about me, it's about the victim"Gladys Nelstein works for Victim Support Netherlands: “Most times I ask them: ‘Would you want to know why they did this to you?’”
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Linda, youth care worker: “Hearing the victims’ stories, that touched me.”As a youth care worker at William Schrikker, Linda van de Beek guides young people who have been sentenced to youth probation. She now helps a boy who talked to the victims of the robbery he committed a year earlier.
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Contact after a traffic accidentAns van der Veen, medewerker van Slachtofferhulp Nederland, begeleidde een dochter en moeder die betrokken waren bij een ernstig auto-ongeluk. De dochter wilde in gesprek met de veroorzaker.
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Contact with a forensic psychiatric patientDiana Popken is a social worker in FPC de Oostvaarderskliniek (forensic psychiatric clinic). During a mediation between a victim or relative of the deceased and a forensic psychiatric patient, she guides the patient.