Monique Engelbertink

Monique Engelbertink serves as Associate Professor of Meaning Making and Recovery at Saxion University of Applied Sciences' Social Work research group, integrating education, research, and professional practice to advance evidence-based social work interventions. She develops knowledge for practitioners addressing psychosocial stress through narrative methodologies and integrated care models.

Her academic background includes:

• Family Educator qualification from Radboud University Nijmegen (1997)
• Doctorate awarded in 2021 for research on professional identity development in Social Work students

Specializing in narrative approaches to mental health, Monique focuses on addiction care systems, support for vulnerable populations (including children of addicted parents and relatives of individuals with psychotic disorders), and leveraging experiential expertise in clinical practice. Her work emphasizes diagnostic frameworks for dual diagnosis cases and narrative-based recovery pathways that incorporate family perspectives.

Scholarly output centers on the 'Tell your Story' method (2019), which pioneers autobiographical reflexivity techniques using persuasive technology to strengthen professional identity. This research bridges social work pedagogy, mental health intervention design, and digital learning tools, establishing new paradigms for experiential knowledge integration in clinical training.

Monique directs Saxion's Meaning-Making & Recovery program while co-developing the Family Experience Expertise curriculum. Through Ervaringsverhalen.nl (operating since 2010), she provides paid autobiographical writing instruction for family/client organizations, extending her narrative methodology into community mental health contexts.