Treesje is an entrepreneur building her third startup Applied Neuroscience Association (ANA) with a mission of spreading neuroscience for social good. Researcher, Psychotherapist and Coaching Psychologist working with individuals and leaders within organisations.
She is Co-founder of the Applied Neuroscience Association (ANA) where she is working with the King’s Entrepreneurship Institute and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuroscience (IoPPN) academics, ANA members and partners to accelerate neuroscience research into practical applications for healthcare, education, industry and society.
ANA is delivering this by building a global neuroscience network of students, alumni, researchers, academics and professionals, providing mutual support and professionalism in the ethical practice of neuroscience. Establishing a professional body that provides recognition for relevant qualifications and ongoing professional development and conduct.
Treesje is also Founder of Blindspot Clinic integrating neurobiological models of Psychotherapy, linking complex individual and clinical behaviour, history and environment with the biological basis of behaviour, as well as maladaptive responses. Psychotherapeutic methods include Psychodynamic Psychology and Phenomenology.
Treesje’s research and speaker interests include contributing to emotion, affective and nutrition neuroscience research of psychiatric disorders, including depression, psychosis and eating disorders. She pursues her broader intellectual interests through interdisciplinary groupings of academics, currently affiliated with participatory action research in a global Science and Nutrition Programme, and systematic preliminary inquiry modelling humiliation and shame as an index of psychotic illness.