Marie-José van Hoof

Founder, CEO and (child and adolescent)psychiatrist @ iMindU GGZ

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

About

iCU careprogram was developed from complexity thinking over the past 7 years to provide quality mental health care, focusing on the therapeutic relationship regardless of psychopathology, resolving loss and trauma. Outcome was costefficient caredelivery and the experience for most patients to have grown into a more powerful version of themselves and a feeling of purpose and belonging. Research and patient care on the interaction between violence-attachment-trauma as transdiagnostic factors for psychopathology; psychotherapy; coercive control; PANDAS; public mental health

Experience

  • Founder and CEO (child and adolescent) psychiatric practice at iMindU GGZ
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

    HKZ-certified (Child and adolescent)psychiatry and psychotherapy mental health institution, acknowledged by BoPP/RINOGroep as a training institute for psychotherapy, with a multidisciplinary team with psychotherapists, GZ-psychologists, clinical psychologist, child and adolescent and adult psychiatrist, orthopedagoges, parent guides, family therapists, art therapist and collaboration with e.g. pediatrician, dietician, speech therapist, trauma-sensitive yoga therapist, pediatric physiotherapist/sensorimotor integration therapist and combination with aiki training, sports. Treatment of the whole spectrum of (child)psychiatric problems within family and schooling context face-to-face, online or blended. Inner development goals. Very high and high intensive treatment options possible taking mental health and attachment into account. Collaboration with the chain of professionals in (youth) care. Always tailor-made. Past seven years no waiting list. High satisfaction among patients and their families: score 8.2 on the CQI and score 8.7 on the WAV (on a scale 0-10) over the past 5 years (2023). Recovery oriented Transdisciplinary Careprogram ICU 'I see you': integrated care and logistics. Specific focus on (1) expats and third culture kids @ (international) schools; (2) (intergenerational and/or complex) trauma; (3) depression, anxieties, OCD-spectrum; (4) second opinion report regarding diagnostics of child and parents; (5) other activities: scientific research, education of professionals (course on Intergenerational Trauma and Violence- blended or online; psychotherapy training; master internships), consultation; ph. +31.(0)71 2035060; E-mail: [email protected]; https://www.imindu.nl. Good example of Network Medicine according to the Federation of Medical Specialists and nomination for 'De juiste zorg op de juiste plek' from the Ministery of Health, Wellfare and Sports. BIG: 79044437901 Nominated for the Female Dutch Doctors Association VNVA Essay Award 2018

  • Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (7 yrs 9 mos)
    • Chair (previous board member) psychotherapy section NVvP (Dutch association for psychiatry), science
      Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

      portfolio science; Chair since April 2025.

    • Chair working committee Reporting code on Child Abuse and Neglect
      Nov 2018 - Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      meldcode kindermishandeling 3.0 meldcode kindermishandeling 2.0 en afgevaardigde artsencoalitie KNMG m.b.t. Afwegingskader

  • Member editorial board 'Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie' [Dutch Journal for Psychotherapy] at Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Themanummer 'Psychotherapie en het lichaam'; 'Psychotherapie tussen leven en dood';

  • Coordinator IACAPAP Special Interest Group on Coercive Control at IACAPAP
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Special Interest Group on Coercive Control (including Child Abuse & Neglect and Intimate Partner Violence) for child and adolescent psychiatrists and allied professionals @IACAPAP https://iacapap.org/programmes/special-interest-group/special-interest-group-on-coercive-control.html

  • Ambassador city of Leiden at Leiden&Partners
    Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

    https://www.leidenconventionbureau.nl/en/why-leiden/ambassador-network