Tom Bylemans

Education

• PhD Psychology VUB (Autism Research) 
• Master clinical and health psychology KUL 
• Postgraduate autism coaching PXL 
• Postgraduate Neuropsychology (in training, VUB) 

Teaching

• Practical assistent VUB (psychological assessment, interventions, developmental psychology)
• PXL postgraduate autism coaching 
• PXL applied psychology (clincal psychology)

Talks and workshops 

• Neurodivergence-affirming psychotherapy 
• Expert session mentalizing and autism 
• Neurobiology of autism 
• Autism/ADHD and…
  • Sexuality
  • Identity
  • Meaning in life 
  • Stress
  • Masking
  • … 
• … 

Clinical experience 

• Self-employed neuropsychologist and psychological assessment, existential counseling (autism and ADHD) 
• Neurodiversity Assessment Cronos N.V. (external) 
• Supervision psychological assessment 
• Advice mental healthcare and neurodiversity

Research 

• Cerebellum, social cognition (mentalizing), narrative coherence  
• Autism
• Clinical applications

Personal projects 

• Existential psychoeducation program for autistic adults (Scientific research, running - VUB) 
• Development of a non-verbal, multidimensional, context-sensitive and experiential questionnaire for autistic adults (idea) 
• Neuroscientific literature review AuDHD (thesis) 
• Course: Neurodivergence-affirming psychotherapy (clinical)