About Marleen

Welcome! Marleen Moors (MPhil) is a Dutch philosopher, clinical ethicist, writer and existential-humanistic counselor. She has a private practice in Broekhuizen and Amsterdam and is currently hospital chaplain (existential-humanistic counselor) and ethicist at  VieCuri Medical Center in Venlo, where she accompanies people during their hospitalization and at the end of their lives.  

Marleen is an all-round philosopher with a solid foundation in health care. She studied philosophy and religious studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and at Radboud University in Nijmegen and graduated on the late work of Martin Heidegger. She specializes in existentialism, existential phenomenology, metaphysics and philosophical ethics and has been studying applied philosophy and existential therapy for over 15 years. She develops Existential Therapy courses for psychologists and is actively engaged in societal medical-ethics debates. 

She taught philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy in Amsterdam, at Fontys Institute of Applied Sciences, was philosophical counselor in Amsterdam, board member of the Dutch Society for Philosophy and Medicine and co-editor of the Dutch-Flemish journal 'Filosofie'. Marleen is a member of the Dutch Society for Philosophy and Practice (VFP), the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) and the Dutch Association for Psychosocial Oncology (NVPO) and spiritual care (VGVZ). 

Marleen lectures at the interface of existential philosophy, medical ethics, health care and social issues. She has extensive experience within health care in theoretical and applied ethics. Her interdisciplinary experience shapes her into a creative thinker who does not shy away from complexity. 

Academic interests: metaphysics, existential phenomenology, philosophy of culture, philosophy of medicine, palliative care, medical ethics, medical humanities, philosophy of death and dying and existential thought and therapeutic practice.

For access to her English publications, click here (bottom page). Contact Marleen via Bluesky or Linkedin (also see links below) or mail her at info@marleenmoors.com. Also check out her Researchgate or Academia.edu page.