Since 2003, Arjan is working as a psychotherapist and psychologist at GGz Breburg, department of geriatric psychiatry in Tilburg. Currently, he is head of PersonaCura, clinical center of excellence in personality disorders in older adults, and head of the clinical centre of excellence for Body, Mind and Health, specialized in somatic symptom disorders. Besides his clinical work, Arjan is certified supervisor of the VGCt, the Dutch association of cognitive-behavioral therapy, and teaches psychotherapy in older adults and assessment of personality disorders in older adults at RINO Zuid in Eindhoven and RINO Group in Utrecht, both institutes for continuing education in mental health. He is also a senior researcher at PersonaCura and chair of the committee for scientific research at GGz Breburg. Since 2006, Arjan is an active member of the Expert panel Personality in Older adults (EPO), a Dutch-Belgian research group into personality disorders in later life.

Throughout his clinical work, teaching and research activities, Arjan has always been intrigued by personality disorders in later life, and enhancing the outcome of psychotherapy for older adults. He did his joint-PhD, an international cooperation between Tilburg University, Tranzo Department, in the Netherlands, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, in Belgium, on the treatment of personality disorders in older adults.

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