About
Before words, there is already a story.
Does your baby cry unconsolably after a difficult birth or a NICU stay, and has no one ever explained that distress? Is your child growing up with a rare syndrome or chronic condition that no one quite knows what to do with? Have you spent your whole life being told, as an adult with 22q11, to just try harder? Do you, as a parent, do everything medically and logistically required, but no one sees what that asks of you?
Do you recognise yourself in this? You’re not the only one, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.
This is what Care4Minds exists for.
I am Sasja Noriko Duijff, clinical psychologist (GZ-psycholoog), Infant Mental Health specialist, and mindfulness trainer. I don’t come with a ready-made answer. I come with curiosity about what’s really going on, and I stay with you until we understand it together.
PhD in 22q11 deletion syndrome research · DAIMH-certified · working with 22q11 and other syndromes since 2003 · Dutch and English
What Our Clients Have To Say
Four paths, depending on where you are right now:
Babyminds
Professionalminds
Background and collaboration
For fifteen years I worked at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, with children and families whose medical journey was long and intense. For 22qMinded International, I collaborate with Dr. Linda Campbell, who runs her own practice in Australia (22qminded.au); together, we’ve brought almost 50 years of 22q11 expertise into 22qMinded International (22qminded.com), through webinars, e-books, and coaching. Cathelijne Linders (zorgenvoorouders.nl) also occasionally delivers the Care4Parents training for other audiences. Wherever your situation calls for it, I work closely with the people around you: the paediatrician, the GP, the school, the support worker, and other practices I partner with.
Consultations are available in person in Zeist, online, or a combination of both, individually or in group sessions.
Care4Minds is a recognised youth care provider (jeugdhulp) in the ZOU municipalities (Zeist, De Bilt, Bunnik, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, and Wijk bij Duurstede).
