Drs. A.J. (Andrée) van Emst is psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural therapist. She was projectleader Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use and Gambling with the Resultaten Scoren Foundation in Amersfoort, care manager with the Heem Foundation in Woerden and held several positions at the Dutch organisations Trimbos-instituut and STIVORO. Now she is senior expert Stoppen met roken (Quit smoking) at the Drug Monitoring & Policy programme of Trimbos-instituut. She works also as an independent trainer on motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy for substances use and gambling.