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TO THIS ATTITUDE FORMATION, BY STRENGTHENING THE PERSONAL WELL-BEING OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AND INVITING THEM TO CREATIVE INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AIMED AT CONTRIBUTING TO CARING FOR A HOPEFUL FUTURE SOCIETY.”
FOUNDER, CHAIR WOMAN AND YOUTH THERAPIST, TEJO
Proximus Jan Danckaert
Ingrid De Jonghe has a master in criminology and law. After 15 years of law practice, she began studying pedagogy and psychology and in 1996 started working as a behavioural and systems therapist. She founded the non-profit TEJO in 2013, which provides accessible therapeutic support to young people between the ages of 10 and 20, anonymously and free of charge. Besides therapeutic counselling, TEJO also offers other trainings to empower young people, such as the HOU VAST movement. In 2020, she received an award from the Filson Steers Mariman Fund, part of the King Baudouin Foundation, for her work.
During the pandemic, Ingrid De Jonghe worked with late honorary rector Caroline Pauwels and well-being advisor Prof. Valéry Ann Jacobs on student welfare. She raised the age limit at TEJO in Brussels so students over 20 could access its services and is working with rector Jan Danckaert and Prof. Jacobs to host a TEJO exhibition, demonstrating VUB’s commitment to the initiative. The possibility of establishing a second TEJO house in Brussels, closer to VUB, is also being explored.
