keep an eye out: the validation study of our 8-item short version of the intersession experience questionnaire (ieq; originally by orlinsky and colleagues) was just accepted. it captures therapy-related thoughts, emotions, actions… between sessions. looking forward to working much more with it 🙌

what a writing retreat looks like when you are in austria. ridiculous!

i call these “formatting word documents is my passion” moments. i might just leave it like this. the regression plot was supposed to be *just a tiny bit* bigger, but this way, it looks far more interesting.

…and another maybe last swim of the year is in the books.

let‘s see how long i will be able to keep up open-water swimming this year, the lake is already much less busy.

this might be a bit of a long shot, but is anyone here willing to share documents of an ERC (starting) grant? or any insights into the process, things you wished you knew before…? i would be very thankful as i think it is quite different from programs i am familiar with so far. ☀️

also, die mondfinsternis habe ich irgendwie verpasst (zu viele berge und häuser um mich rum, vermutlich). die handykamera war trotzdem mit dem kärtner himmel überfordert.

and another sneak peek at a paper coming out soon 🎉 (if you were there - that‘s the work i presented at the @sprofficial.bsky.social annual meeting in 2024… sometimes good things take time)

wee update (and i will quote this quoted post again if no one stops me): really proud to say that this work that i presented as a poster at the @eaclipt.bsky.social conference has been accepted at the journal of psychopathology and clinical science @apajournals.bsky.social. with open data and code 🙌

also, the couple of weeks of annual leave deserve a recap. had a fab time eating crab sandwiches in devon, swimming in coves with just a handful of other people all wearing neoprene (and this in england! so you know it was cold), and walking an alpaca that looked like the young liam gallagher. 🦀🐳☀️🌳🦙

new paper out in archives of suicide research (actually the qualitative work the last paper posted builds on): based on interviews with healthcare professionals, we aimed to identify barriers and facilitators of suicide prevention in psycho-oncological practice 💡 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

had a great time presenting my research on loneliness at the dept. of mental disorders of the university medical center freiburg. thank you to eva klein (tt-assistant prof. in the dept. of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy) for the invitation. i am sure i will visit this lovely city again!

maybe the best weekend ever 🌦️ #oasis #heatonpark

delighted that the paper presenting the survey results from our TASC project is now out 🙌 it highlights the need for specific training on suicide prevention among healthcare professionals working in oncology; led by my phd student Tamara Schwinn: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

a bit of a different holiday than planned as my partner broke a vertebrae and cannot travel, but at least this makes someone else quite happy.

the concept of the wounded healer takes on a whole new meaning when this is the building where your weekend seminar takes place while it’s 30 degrees outside (and of course, there’s no air conditioning).

chronicle of a hot summer day.

wenn man gerade eine eher zähe zeit hat und dann das lehre-feedback kommt 🥹

(just insert „stupid little swim“ and it‘s me)

started in krakow (today at 4:30 am), now we‘re here.

if you are at #SPRKrakow2025, come to our panel titled „Crises, Connection, and Change: Perspectives on Suicidality in Psychotherapy“ at 15:30 - with Leonie Kampe, Laura Melzer, Lina Krakau and me, we have contributions ranging from long-term psychoanalysis to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy 🙌

coming soon 👀

on days like today, i wonder how anyone gets anything done in klagenfurt in the summer.

a bit sad that i could not stay until the end of the conference, but it was great to connect with others working in suicide prevention from around the world at #IASPVIENNA2025! i am also proud of our symposium 🙌 find my slides here (and email me for the manuscript): drive.google.com/file/d/1E0P8...

lastly, i talked about intersession processes (thoughts, memories, fantasies… regarding therapy/the therapist in daily life) and their relation to suicidal ideation at the between- & within-person level. effects at both levels were relevant - which has implications for monitoring/feedback systems ☝️

Tamara's mixed-methods study in healthcare professionals working in (psycho-)oncology concerned suicide prevention in this context, and potential barriers standing in its way in clinical practice (but also facilitators), such as suicide myths. Read her paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Judith showed a network analysis of a survey of >600 cancer patients that included psychological constructs to understand suicidal crises better, expanding established theories with the perspective of primary/secondary control. Find a previous paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... /

Julie presented her qualitative master's thesis, for which she interviewed psychotherapists (look at the range!!) about the treatment of suicidal patients, with a special focus on the therapeutic alliance and competencies that enable productive work, of which mastery emerged as an important factor.

first off, a poster: Julian presented work in progress - using routine clinical data - that investigated changes in personality functioning as a potential mechanism of changes in suicidal ideation in inpatient treatment. stay tuned 👀 (currently waiting for new data to look at a larger sample)

please bear with me, i still would like to plug some of the *contents* of our talks in glasgow this week. i always LOVE being there and revisiting all, ehm… landmarks you see here, but we also did some real work! (see the following posts, and please reach out if you are interested in knowing more)

why did it take me a full two years to finally get a season ticket for the lorettobad? anyway. now i won‘t be getting out for the next two!

i had so many proud supervisor moments with my phd and master’s students during the last 2 days 🥲 we had a great #EMCRF2025 in glasgow, thank you @roryoc.bsky.social and team!

had a wonderful weekend in frankfurt, now hopping on to glasgow for the suicide and self-harm early and mid-career researchers‘ forum starting tomorrow 🙌

really thankful for my first poster award ☀️

More great work from @mareike.bsky.social at European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment conference 2025 in Frankfurt

reposting myself to tell you it’s TOMORROW - please come around, it’s poster number P4-12 ⬇️

when the view from your rail replacement bus looks like this, you’re in austria.

bei dieser mail dachte ich erst, das wäre nun eine relativ wilde, gemeinsame crossover-veranstaltung (sind aber zwei, schade eigentlich)

my mom's whatsapp message: yumi's powerful barking intimidates all neighbors! she is the perfect guard dog! the actual video she sent: more like a tiny running sausage

perfect start to the day: had the opportunity to put in perfect marks for 2 master‘s theses i supervised. one used a preregistered experiment testing an intervention to debunk suicide myths, and the other was a qualitative study on how therapists experience working with suicidal patients. so proud 🙌

Aktuell finden sich in den Medien sehr viele Beiträge zum Thema KI und Psychotherapie, vor allem mit der Frage, ob Chatbots Therapeut:innen ersetzen können. Ich würde dazu gerne mal meine Gedanken teilen und auch eure hören, egal ob ihr auch therapeutisch tätig seid oder nicht.

zwei jahre in österreich und „sich ausgehen“ ist mittlerweile fester bestandteil meines aktiven wortschatzes. send help!

New post: I was curious about the consensus statement on social media effect and wondered how the sausage gets made. rubenarslan.github.io/posts/2025-0...

if you wonder how my emotion regulation after the grant rejection is working: instagram showed me an ad for a golden croissant that looks like a disco ball. that does nothing. that is just for putting on your shelf, i guess. and… i bought it. 🤷‍♀️

received a grant rejection today, one that really hurt, with one reviewer rating the proposal “outstanding” (highest score) and another one rating it “poor” (lowest score). okay?! i’m going to buy myself an ice cream and call it a day.

@yoran.com lieber gabriel, gibt es vielleicht eine möglichkeit, eine signierte version deines buchs zu bestellen? oder eine lesereise oder so? bin fan :)

sneak peek ahead of the #EACLIPT2025 conference 👀 looking forward to presenting our work on how suicidal ideation arises from the interplay of momentary loneliness and stable personality characteristics. who else is going? please say hi!

außerdem, frankfurt: sehen wir uns morgen abend im mousonturm? #einsamkeit #politik #demokratie www.mousonturm.de/de/programm/...

this was a wonderful sunday. (with lots of sun, baby nile geese, handkäs, and a new favorite, not very professional dress with 🐶 on it)

maincafé evenings ✨