Psychologists

Mijntje Boon

Mijntje graduated in 2018, she acquired her Msc. in Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University. Following her graduation, Mijntje worked as a psychologist at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. At the beginning of 2019, she started working as a psychologist at TU Delft. Mijntje works according to the principles of cognitive and behavioural therapy.

Sanne Dammers

Licensed Psychologist

Sanne has been working as a student psychologist at TU Delft since January 2021. She studied orthopedagogy at Utrecht University where she graduated in 2013. After graduating, she started working in child and adolescent psychiatry (GGZ). In 2020 she completed the postmaster education as a GZ-psychologist at a location where she worked with young adults. Sanne has treated various problems in mental health care (including autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, anxiety disorders and depression). Sanne uses cognitive behavioural therapy as a basis in her work, supplemented with techniques from other treatment methods.

As student psychologists we also offer Outdoor Psychology. If you want, you can have conversations outside while walking with Sanne.

Janne de Kan

Janne de Kan works in our team of psychologists as a Prevention Psychologist. In this position she is going to develop and implement prevention activities to support students and their mental well-being. Janne studied Health Psychology at the University of Twente in Enschede and she has gained experience both in a commercial setting and in an educational setting. In the team of psychologists she gives different kinds of workshops, among which ‘Mindful coping with stress’. She does also 1-on-1 consultation and is one of the counsellors of BOOST/X. She uses techniques of Mindfulness and Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Michelle Massink

Michelle Massink graduated in 2019. She acquired her MSc. in Clinical Psychology at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and she has also been trained as a psychological-trainer. Michelle worked as a psychologist at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and in February 2020 she started working as a psychologist at TU Delft. Michelle works according to the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Rational-Emotive Therapy. 

Zoë Maurits

Zoë has started as a student psychologist at the TU Delft in 2017. She studied Clinical Psychology at the University Leiden. In conversations with students increasing insight is one of the main goals. What makes you procrastinate? What exactly causes stress and why? When you have more insight into yourself and your behavior, you can usually behave in a more constructive way. Zoë uses techniques from Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. She has also worked as a student psychologist at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

As student psychologists we also offer Outdoor Psychology. If you want, you can have conversations outside while walking with Zoë.

Sietske Sibie

Sietske Sibie studied clinical psychology in Amsterdam and holds the registration Cognitive behavioral therapist. After graduation Sietske worked in the mental health care industry for 5 years. She gave both individual and group cognitive behavioural therapy sessions to clients with depression, burn out and anxiety. Later she accepted a position as academic counsellor at TUDelft. Where she coached students with stress related symptoms, anxiety, burn out and physical illnesses as well as ADHD and Autism. Since September 2019 Sietske joined the counselling team where she works as a student psychologist. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral; acceptance and commitment and compassion focussed therapy. As well as EMDR for trauma therapy.

As student psychologists we also offer Outdoor Psychology. If you want, you can have conversations outside while walking with Sietske.

Dorrit van Someren

Dorrit started as a prevention psychologist in the team of psychologists in October 2021. She studied clinical psychology with a focus on prevention at Radboud University in Nijmegen. Since then she worked in different positions at the development, setup and implementation of programmes and projects with a preventative approach. During that period she gained a lot of experience in guiding groups as well. As a prevention psychologist she focuses on the wellbeing of students at TU Delft utilizing preventive interventions and activities, with a focus on a faculty-oriented approach.

Merle van Rooij

Merle van Rooij is an LDE Trainee and has been working in TU Delft's psychologists team since September 2023. In her position as project officer, she works on projects related to designing and supporting interventions to support the mental well-being of (PhD) students. She completed the first year of the LDE Traineeship at Leiden University whilst being part of the Career Services team.

Iliana Yocheva

Educated to MSc in Biology, in 2005 I obtained a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (accredited by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, United Kingdom) and I am also a Registercounsellor ABvC® in The Netherlands. In addition to general psychosocial support, I work with a broad  spectrum of challenges such as stress and burnout, learning difficulties, loss and grief, challenges with adaptation. My approach as a counsellor is to focus on the client’s experiences and support the client to look at them from different angles and find their own resources to move forward.

I use techniques from the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), Solution Focused approach and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).