New OA paper alert in Molecular Psychiatry! 🔍 We tested the effectiveness of a reconsolidation intervention in spider phobia, and found that the timing of re-encountering the phobic cue after treatment matters! ⏳ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎓2024: Officially a PhD 🎉
In November, I defended my PhD at
the University of Amsterdam, studying the malleability of emotional memory.

🔍 2025: New chapter
Excited for my postdoc at the University of Groningen, for which I explore how interpersonal distress affects anxiety and depression!

I am excited to share that a short, digestible article about the research I conducted during my PhD was recently featured on UvA News—just in time for my defence! 🎉

www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

New paper alert 📢

We tested whether real-time assessments influence retrospective intrusion reports, and then systematically compared the two assessment methods for both naturally occurring and experimentally induced intrusions in a non-clinical sample.

Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

Excited that I was part of the "What Makes One Thrive in the Face of Traumatic Stress" symposium at #EACLIPT
2024. In my talk, I examined how real-time and retrospective assessments of intrusions compare, and addressed how EMA methods can improve dynamic models of PTSD. #urbanmentalhealth #ptsd

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