Jolande van de Griendt is a registered healthcare psychologist and cognitive behavioural therapist. Her scientific PhD research compares behaviour therapy to medication for tics.
Along with her colleague Cara Verdellen, they:
- Diagnose and treat patients with tic disorders, Tourette syndrome and comorbid disorders
- Contributed to European clinical guidelines for the treatment of Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders (working group 'Behavioural and psychosocial interventions')
- Developed treatment protocols for tics and impulse control disorders
- Run workshops and give lectures on the behavioural treatment of tics
- Were (Co)trainers at the COST Action Clinical Training School (June 2011: London, UK; June 2012: Catania, Italy; April 2013: Athens, Greece; April 2014: Paris, France; June 2015: London, UK)
- Are members of the Scientific board of the Dutch Tourette syndrome association and of the European Society of the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS)
