Well-Being Counselor & Psychologist
Organizations that Hein Zegers founded, worked for or collaborated with.
Hein Zegers has been co-authoring and co-moderating the introductory chapter of the KU Leuven University EdX MOOC ‘Existential Well-Being Counseling’ by Prof. Mia Leijssen. He has also been giving guest lectures at several faculties of the university. He currently coordinates and teaches the course ‘Counseling in Existentieel Welzijn‘ for its Clinical Psychology department.
Hein Zegers has been Teaching Assistant for the world’s very first MOOC on “The Science of Happiness” (University of California, Berkeley) for over 200.000 Students from all over the world.
Main Responsibility: Community Teaching Assistance for the first chapter “Introduction to the Science of Happiness”.
Evidence Based Happiness vzw is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to spread the Science of Well-Being, in a way that is both understandable and scientifically accurate.
This educational/research organization obtained official non-profit status (“vzw”) on the first official United Nations World Happiness Day (March 20, 2013).
Through its numerous research and science dissemination activities, Evidence Based Happiness vzw has been touching the lives of more than ten million people worldwide, especially in the Dutch-French-English-German language area in Europe.
Evidence Based Happiness vzw embodies a large network of academics as well as practitioners. It is a spin-off of KU Leuven, recently rated by Reuters as the most innovative university in Europe. Its three co-founders are all licensed psychologists who graduated from this university: Liesbeth Vander Elst (Research & Sports Psychologist), Els Verheyen (Clinical Psychologist & Social Worker) and Hein Zegers (Clinical/Positive Psychologist & Science Communicator).
Hein Zegers has been a licensed Psychologist since 2010.
Co-Founder & first Executive Committee Member (Jan 2010-Jun 2012)
Hein Zegers has co-founded and served a full 2-year term as Executive Committee Member of SIPPA, the Student section of IPPA, the International Positive Psychology Association.
Main responsibilities: spreading the Science of Positive Psychology by setting up a world-wide network of local representatives & help recruiting over 1800 paying student members.
IPPA Charter Member (since 2009)
Hein Zegers has been ENPP Country Representative for Belgium (from 2005) & Board Member (from 2017)
Spreading the Science of Positive Psychology, especially in Belgium and the Dutch/French/German/English-speaking European area.
Hein Zegers is giving regular guest lectures on several UCLL campuses
