Selma is a socially educated and trained welfare worker with ten years of experience in psychotherapeutic treatment. She started her working life in a hospital before she moved to Schiphol Airport to work as an in-house company welfare worker.
Parallel with this experience she helped patients with a variety of mental problems, ranging from incest to divorce. Because of the fact that most patients undergo a treatment which goes on for years and thus paid Selma a regular visit, she was able to form a great insight on how the human psyche works under different circumstances. This experience has given her the power not to be fouled by appearances and to actually tell if someone’s actions are different from what they say. As a forensic scientist, Selma’s ultimate goal is truth finding.
In 1992 Selma graduated from medical school. As a doctor she worked eight years on different departments in different hospitals. All these experiences and studies make it possible for Selma to understand every medical specialism and to study and understand medical literature.
In 2000 Selma continued her career with a new specialism: medical forensics. She started working with the Dutch National Forensic Institute and introduced medical forensics. After three years working for the Dutch government she started her own company: Independent Forensic Services. She supports the Fitted-In Project.