The Team

Dr. Monika Joy Reverger

Dr. Monika Joy Reverger, Sp.KJ is a Psychiatric Doctor who works with the team here at The Place Retreats, has a private practice and also holds privileges at Bali’s international facility: Siloam Hospital. She completed her Psychiatric Specialist education at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. Dr. Joy is a member of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) and the Indonesian Association of Mental Medicine Specialists (PDSKJI).

Dr. Joy works closely with the psychotherapist and the rest of the team here at The Place Retreats.

Jean-Claude Chalmet

Jean-Claude started his career, in London as an oil broker in the 80’s before setting up his own independent oil broking company by the age of 25 in London. His company was very quickly acquired by Salomon Brothers (Phibro Energy – Energy Price Risk Management). He went on to join a philanthropic foundation from 1993 with various interests in telecommunications. space and water transportation in a number of foreign countries.

In 1999 he decided to pursue his love in life, the understanding of the human mind, which took him on a six and a half year journey of learning with Athens’ leading psychiatrists, neurologists and family therapists, completing a Diploma of Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy at ICH – London (teaching from King’s College in London) in 2003.

Jean-Claude continues with his thriving practice in London (established in 2003) working with other psychotherapists together at The London practice , seeing 35-45 clients a week (individuals, couples and families) and has published around 20 features in the Saturday Times of London on issues concerning mental health, body & soul and ways forward for families, couples and individuals. Jean-Claude serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Europe’s top medical rehab, the Calda Clinic.

In 2015 he decided to realise his dream by setting up a retreat centre for psychotherapy and family therapy in combination with Kundalini and Tantra yoga in Bali, in order to help & assist individuals, couples and families in reaching their goals and to become the best version of themselves.

The Place offers transformational retreats ranging in duration from 1 week up to 3 months for individuals, couples, families and siblings with a host of experienced therapists, teachers, and complementary treatments, which has been running successfully since 2015. They also offer bespoke private retreats for individuals, couples, families & siblings in order to provide maximum privacy if you would prefer this.

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The retreat is now a 3800 sqm oasis in central Seminyak , 400 meters walking from the beach , with 9 large bedrooms/ensuite bathrooms and 2 salt water pools, a large yoga shala in lush mature gardens, with a great compliment of people working at the retreat centre to look after the participants.

Indah Hutauruk

Indah Hutauruk is a clinical psychologist trained in a variety of clinically proven therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Client-Centred Therapy, and Psychodynamics.

Indah has a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indonesia, further specialising in Clinical Health Psychology at Leiden University (Netherlands), before moving to Belgium.

In addition to having her own private practice, Indah was part of the faculty staff at the University of Indonesia, as well as working at the international hospital in Jakarta for a number of years.

Indah works with both adults and adolescents on issues such as low self-esteem, poor body image, stress and burnout, mood disorders, eating disorders, sexual difficulties, and gender identity.

As well as providing therapy and counselling, Indah is experienced in the application of psychological and psycho-educational testing. What's more, in order to improve overall quality of life, Indah utilises psychological science to understand the biological, social, and psychological factors that influence health and illness.

Indah is fully bilingual: she speaks both Indonesian and English.

Phonik

Phonik has been working with massage for two decades, first learning his craft in 2001 at Jari Menari Seminyak.

Born in Negara, Jembrana, Phonik has travelled widely in his pursuit of greater knowledge of massage techniques. In 2006, he moved to Seychelles for five years to hone his skills, before a year-long move to New Zealand in 2012 and further time in Namibia in 2014.

In 2003, Phonik was invited to join Moving Ventures, leading training for Esalen massage in Bali and China.

Esalen massage is categorised by long flowing strokes from one end of the body to another. Unlike most common massage practices, Esalen is a form of personalised, intuitive massage which leaves the receiver feeling relaxed, nurtured and in a state of well-being.

Practitioners like Phonik integrate an understanding of energy, structure and soul to be able to build a powerful connection that can release daily stress patterns, calm the mind and nourish the body.

Avi Basuki

Avi is a shamanic and yoga practitioner, sound alchemist and energy worker. She works with spirit, energy and sound. Connecting with the esoteric realms, her classes are always imbued with mantras and connection to the divine light.

She is trained in years of her own personal practice and learning from various prominent yoga teachers starting with Lino Miele in Rome in 2001, she progressed through different styles of yoga until she found her soul's love in Traditional Tantric Hatha Yoga in the Shri Vidya Lineage, evolving her personal practice and teaching into a well rounded approach on achieving a harmonious body, mind and soul.

Her adventure in sound alchemy started by studying with Shervin Boloorian from Sound Healing Bali and being his assistant in his Ubud sessions. Now holding her own healing sound sessions in south of Bali for private clients as well as teaching yoga workshops and shamanic studies.

Ketut

Ketut, who is from Karangasem, Bali, has been a massage therapist for 11 years.

The type of healing offered by Ketut is a holistic treatment that combines massage, healing and pampering.

She specialises in reflexology, traditional massage and face massage - perfect for when your body is tired, stressed or emotionally overwhelmed.

Ketut received her training at Clubarena then continued working for various hotels in Bali before moving overseas in 2014. It was during this time that she learned about various other types of massage and gained specialist knowledge of the body’s pressure points.

Pablo Alvarez

Pablo is an Advanced Rolfing Structural Integration Therapist, studying under the mentorship of Dr. Peter Schwind (and others).

In addition to his Rolfing training, Pablo has extensive expertise in Yoga, Nutrition, and Yogic philosophy, studying under Sharat Arora, M.S. Viswanath and Larry Schultz. Pablo is trained and certified in Sports Nutrition, Weight Management and Personal Training.

Pablo developed a system Therapeutic Alignment Vinyasa (TAV) to teach yoga that not only includes the original teachings from Krishnamacharya and the Heart of Yoga, but also integrates principles of posture and movement to make the practice intelligent and effective.

With his extensive and varied combination of skills, Pablo is an expert on posture, anatomy and physiology.

Pablo holds a degree in Music by the Arts University of Cuba. He is always passionate, rhythmic, humorous in the delivery of his services.