ORGANIZATION

The SafePath Institute is led by Founder and CEO Dr. David Bernstein, and CTO and Training Director Limor Navot. Our train-the-trainers course faculty are Dr. Bernstein, Ms. Navot, Megan Fry, Lucie Swaffield, Kristien Rochette, and Irene Bos. Course organization and support are provided by Course Coordinator Lorenz Vanoirbeek, and Operations Specialist Carina Koelmans. Our activities are supported by a dedicated group of diverse professionals: Ben Theunissen (product designer), Vick Debergh (professional illustrator), Sarah Sarfati (marketing consultant), and Siebe Dijkstra (web developer).

THE SAFEPATH TEAM

Dr. David
Bernstein
Founder
CEO

David P. Bernstein, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and expert in psychotherapy, personality disorders, forensic psychology, trauma, and addictions. He is Associate Professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where he served as Professor of Forensic Psychotherapy. He is one of the pioneers in Schema Therapy. He was Vice-President of the International Society of Schema Therapy, and President of the Association for Research on Personality Disorders. He has authored over 130 scientific papers and book chapters. He is an acclaimed educator and supervisor who has trained hundreds of therapists and other mental health professionals to work with challenging patients.  His SafePath program is devoted to helping people with personality disorders, aggression, and addiction recover and lead safer and happier lives.  He has created the iModes, together with comic artist, Vick, to enable patients and therapists to recognize, understand, and work with emotional states more effectively. David loves baseball, travelling, reading, and spending time with family.

Limor is a Psychologist with an MA in Clinical and Educational Child Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She worked in the Israeli Prison Service, mainly as the lead psychologist for the only women’s prison in Israel. She has extensive experience in treating personality disorders. She is active in the world of Schema Therapy, lecturing at international conferences and giving workshops. She is registered in the Netherlands Institute of Psychologists and has a private practice in Maastricht, The Netherlands. She develops new therapeutic tools for Bernstein iModes, and develops and conducts trainings in SafePath Solutions, a program for teams and organizations.

Limor
Navot
Training Director
CTO

Lorenz
Vanoirbeek
Course
Coordinator

Lorenz obtained his MSc in Clinical Psychology in 2017 at Maastricht University. Throughout his academic career, clinical research had been his main focus. However, working together with David on his master thesis sparked an interest in the combination of psychology and business. The best way to describe Lorenz’s job; he is a jack-of-all-trades (eSales, content creation, graphic design, WordPress, course coordination, accounting) with flexibility being his best feature. He strongly believes in making the most out of life’s highs and lows and trying to focus on the silver lining. In his spare time, you can either find him camping, inline skating, or producing some beats.

Carina is the Operations Specialist at SafePath Solutions where she manages the company’s front and back office. She has a background in logistics and early childhood education. Carina is adventurous and likes to be challenged. From 2013 to 2018, Carina lived in the United States where she worked as an Au Pair and later obtained her Associate of Science in International Business. She then moved back to the Netherlands and joined Bernstein iModes & SafePath Solutions in the Spring of 2019. In her free time, she enjoys sport, especially american football and soccer. She plays badminton and loves to travel.

Carina
Koelmans
Operations
Specialist

Ben
Theunissen
Graphic
Designer

Ben has been an independent graphic designer for more than 25 years. He created the SafePath logo and the corporate identity and has been a member of the iModes & SafePath team since the beginning. Making sure that all of the iModes products have the same constant quality and identity is his main focus. He is interested in various aspects related to psychology and loves the way that the iModes work. To balance the computer work he does, you will find him playing squash or riding around on his mountain bike several times a week. In the evening he enjoys reading books.

Cartoon artist “Vick” is an independent cartoon artist who designs visual communication for companies and organizations. Vick masters the art of drawing in multiple styles, which allow him to contribute to a wide variety of projects by translating ideas through visual imagery. Vick’s work can consist of cartoons, infographics or something else entirely. Next to his own work, Vick is also employed as visiting arts teacher, and gives art and drawing workshops in schools.

Vick
Debergh
Professional
Illustrator