Researcher Positive Psychology and Well-being
TSB: Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
TSB: Department of Developmental Psychology
Dr. Tom Hendriks is a mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS ) program developer and researcher. Currently he works for the GZ Healthcare and has developed a prevention program for refugees which is running at over 60 Dutch asylumcenters, and in which over 2200 refugees have participated in.
Tom guides students from the master program Global Health of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with their research internships. As researcher he is affiliated to the Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Science, Tilburg University in , the Netherlands. He is a guest professor at the University of Suriname, where he has developed the bachelor program ‘Introduction in Positive Psychology’ and the master program ‘Positive Mental Health. He is also an associate editor at the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology.
In his research, Tom focuses on the cross –and intercultural application of positive psychology interventions among refugees an