Simon Blackwell
@blackwellse.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher in clinical psychology at the University of Göttingen, focussing on positive mental imagery and translational research methods. All tweets are in a personal capacity. He/him.
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Simon Blackwell
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· Sep 16
Leapfrog Information and Resources
www.psych.uni-goettingen.de
I've finally got around to collecting together papers and resources related to the 'leapfrog' design onto a (very basic) webpage, in case these are useful for anyone:
www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/de/trace/tea... /1
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The WCCBT and ABCT recognize that the results of some research may not have been available in time to meet the Call for Abstracts. We are temporarily calling for late-breaking submissions in Poster, Open Paper, and Individual Three Minute Open Paper types. www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The WCCBT and ABCT recognize that the results of some research may not have been available in time to meet the Call for Abstracts. We are temporarily calling for late-breaking submissions in Poster, Open Paper, and Individual Three Minute Open Paper types. www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...
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Check out our Perspective now published in Nature Mental Heath:
Confronting Crisis and Reclaiming Purpose in Psychological Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00575-4
Confronting Crisis and Reclaiming Purpose in Psychological Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00575-4
Confronting crisis and reclaiming purpose in psychological science - Nature Mental Health
This Perspective study highlights the necessity for paradigm shifts in psychopathology research, emphasizing resourcefulness, coalition-building and outreach to enhance assessment, diagnosis and treat...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Check out our Perspective now published in Nature Mental Heath:
Confronting Crisis and Reclaiming Purpose in Psychological Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00575-4
Confronting Crisis and Reclaiming Purpose in Psychological Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00575-4
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tCBT New Paper: The UK Northern Talking Therapies Practice Research Network: lessons from 10 years of generating practice-based evidence
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
tCBT New Paper: The UK Northern Talking Therapies Practice Research Network: lessons from 10 years of generating practice-based evidence
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Today's the day! Don't forget to submit your symposia, skills classes, panels for #babcp2026 in Warwick: deadline today
(posters, open papers and 3 minute talks due 27th February)
(posters, open papers and 3 minute talks due 27th February)
Last week to submit a symposium, skills class, panel or roundtable to #BABCP2026 in Warwick, July 14-16th!
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP
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January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Today's the day! Don't forget to submit your symposia, skills classes, panels for #babcp2026 in Warwick: deadline today
(posters, open papers and 3 minute talks due 27th February)
(posters, open papers and 3 minute talks due 27th February)
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📣 Registration is now open for the 2026 BABCP Annual Conference!
📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026
Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.
🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT
📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026
Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.
🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
📣 Registration is now open for the 2026 BABCP Annual Conference!
📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026
Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.
🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT
📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026
Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.
🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT
Last week to submit a symposium, skills class, panel or roundtable to #BABCP2026 in Warwick, July 14-16th!
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP
babcp.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Last week to submit a symposium, skills class, panel or roundtable to #BABCP2026 in Warwick, July 14-16th!
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com
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One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!
📢Applications are open for the second cohort of our RTG! Learn more about the opportunities: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
Open Positions - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!
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Very pleased to share this meta-analysis on the relationship between interpretation biases and anxiety. This was a huge team effort, and it’s great to see it finally out. Happy reading!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Very pleased to share this meta-analysis on the relationship between interpretation biases and anxiety. This was a huge team effort, and it’s great to see it finally out. Happy reading!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Another EXCELLENT paper about exposure. But this supports my claim that we have to study recommendations that come from basic science and often we don't find they improve outcomes... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Instructed increase in fear activation during exposure exercises does not enhance treatment effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia
The efficacy of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for panic disorder and agoraphobia (PD/AG) is well established, but the mechanisms …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Another EXCELLENT paper about exposure. But this supports my claim that we have to study recommendations that come from basic science and often we don't find they improve outcomes... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Last call for abstracts! Present your research at the WCCBT World Congress alongside 25+ keynote presentations. Register now, submit to the Call for Abstracts and be part of the future of #CBT. See you in San Francisco! wccbt2026.org
#WorldCongress26 #SanFrancisco #WCCBT #ABCT
#WorldCongress26 #SanFrancisco #WCCBT #ABCT
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Last call for abstracts! Present your research at the WCCBT World Congress alongside 25+ keynote presentations. Register now, submit to the Call for Abstracts and be part of the future of #CBT. See you in San Francisco! wccbt2026.org
#WorldCongress26 #SanFrancisco #WCCBT #ABCT
#WorldCongress26 #SanFrancisco #WCCBT #ABCT
Just 3 weeks to submit symposia, skills class, and panels to #BABCP2026 in Warwick!
We're delighted to have recently confirmed a keynote from Liz Marks, expert on eco-distress and CBT in the context of climate and ecological crisis!
Check out the current listing here:
babcp.com/conference/p...
We're delighted to have recently confirmed a keynote from Liz Marks, expert on eco-distress and CBT in the context of climate and ecological crisis!
Check out the current listing here:
babcp.com/conference/p...
Keynotes – BABCP
babcp.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Just 3 weeks to submit symposia, skills class, and panels to #BABCP2026 in Warwick!
We're delighted to have recently confirmed a keynote from Liz Marks, expert on eco-distress and CBT in the context of climate and ecological crisis!
Check out the current listing here:
babcp.com/conference/p...
We're delighted to have recently confirmed a keynote from Liz Marks, expert on eco-distress and CBT in the context of climate and ecological crisis!
Check out the current listing here:
babcp.com/conference/p...
A final reminder before the Christmas break (well, mine at least) - check out the updated list of keynotes and workshops for #BABCP2026 in Warwick (more still to come!) and get your submissions ready for the 31st January deadline!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP
babcp.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A final reminder before the Christmas break (well, mine at least) - check out the updated list of keynotes and workshops for #BABCP2026 in Warwick (more still to come!) and get your submissions ready for the 31st January deadline!
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social
babcp.com/events/2026-...
@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social
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1/ Our paper years in the making is finally out!
TL;DR even very strong effects (d=1.00) can be attenuated by sampling from populations where there is variability in their likelihood of natural improvement (e.g., mild depression cases remitting on their own)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
TL;DR even very strong effects (d=1.00) can be attenuated by sampling from populations where there is variability in their likelihood of natural improvement (e.g., mild depression cases remitting on their own)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects of patient response pattern distributions on comparisons of psychosocial treatments for major depressive disorder
The pharmaceutical industry has paid more attention to potential variability in depressed patients' ability to benefit from antidepressants vs. placeb…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1/ Our paper years in the making is finally out!
TL;DR even very strong effects (d=1.00) can be attenuated by sampling from populations where there is variability in their likelihood of natural improvement (e.g., mild depression cases remitting on their own)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
TL;DR even very strong effects (d=1.00) can be attenuated by sampling from populations where there is variability in their likelihood of natural improvement (e.g., mild depression cases remitting on their own)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are you working in the personalized treatment/ precision medicine space?
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Behavior Therapy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Behavior Therapy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Are you working in the personalized treatment/ precision medicine space?
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
If so my co-editors & I would love to review your work for a new SPECIAL ISSUE in Behavior Therapy on personalization in mental health.
More info here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
@depressionlab.bsky.social
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📢Join us for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference next June! #APP2026🎉
⏰1-month to go until submission deadline - submit your abstracts by 5pm, 15th Jan 2026!
🚨Abstracts for our two invited keynote addresses now available in our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/2r8r24dt
⏰1-month to go until submission deadline - submit your abstracts by 5pm, 15th Jan 2026!
🚨Abstracts for our two invited keynote addresses now available in our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/2r8r24dt
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📢Join us for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference next June! #APP2026🎉
⏰1-month to go until submission deadline - submit your abstracts by 5pm, 15th Jan 2026!
🚨Abstracts for our two invited keynote addresses now available in our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/2r8r24dt
⏰1-month to go until submission deadline - submit your abstracts by 5pm, 15th Jan 2026!
🚨Abstracts for our two invited keynote addresses now available in our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/2r8r24dt
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Happy to see our registered replication paper out led by Nathan Pond as part of his PhD with Ryan Scott, @drpatclarke.bsky.social and Lies Notebaert. See more of Nathan's work here: www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-po...
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Happy to see our registered replication paper out led by Nathan Pond as part of his PhD with Ryan Scott, @drpatclarke.bsky.social and Lies Notebaert. See more of Nathan's work here: www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-po...
Looking forward to finding out exactly how much of this book I can actually understand...
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Looking forward to finding out exactly how much of this book I can actually understand...
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Introduction to the interventions tested in our @trr393.bsky.social consortium to improve #depression and #bipolardisorder
Big thanks to @lisaleehr.bsky.social!
@unimarburg.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @dfg.de @dgps.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Big thanks to @lisaleehr.bsky.social!
@unimarburg.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @dfg.de @dgps.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What to target? Interventions to modulate key mechanisms underlying the trajectories of affective disorders in the transregional Collaborative Research Center 393 - Der Nervenarzt
Background Affective disorders are associated with an enormous disease burden, necessitating research on the mechanisms of effective treatments. Objectives This article introduces the intervention pro...
link.springer.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Introduction to the interventions tested in our @trr393.bsky.social consortium to improve #depression and #bipolardisorder
Big thanks to @lisaleehr.bsky.social!
@unimarburg.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @dfg.de @dgps.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Big thanks to @lisaleehr.bsky.social!
@unimarburg.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @dfg.de @dgps.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Curious about curiosity? Join us in Göttingen in our RTG Curiosity funded by @dfg.de
📢Applications are open for the second cohort of our RTG! Learn more about the opportunities: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
Open Positions - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Curious about curiosity? Join us in Göttingen in our RTG Curiosity funded by @dfg.de
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🎧New episode alert 🎧
How can Behavioural Activation help people move from feeling stuck to re-engaging with what matters?
Dr Christopher Martell joins us on Practice Matters to talk about BA for depression.
Listen here 👉 https://ow.ly/lwNz50XyySy
…or wherever you get your podcasts.
How can Behavioural Activation help people move from feeling stuck to re-engaging with what matters?
Dr Christopher Martell joins us on Practice Matters to talk about BA for depression.
Listen here 👉 https://ow.ly/lwNz50XyySy
…or wherever you get your podcasts.
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🎧New episode alert 🎧
How can Behavioural Activation help people move from feeling stuck to re-engaging with what matters?
Dr Christopher Martell joins us on Practice Matters to talk about BA for depression.
Listen here 👉 https://ow.ly/lwNz50XyySy
…or wherever you get your podcasts.
How can Behavioural Activation help people move from feeling stuck to re-engaging with what matters?
Dr Christopher Martell joins us on Practice Matters to talk about BA for depression.
Listen here 👉 https://ow.ly/lwNz50XyySy
…or wherever you get your podcasts.
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I am very excited to share our new preprint, spearheaded by the brilliant @lunahuestegge.bsky.social, w/ @peterkok.bsky.social and others: ‘An attempt to push mental imagery over the reality threshold using non-invasive brain stimulation’
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I am very excited to share our new preprint, spearheaded by the brilliant @lunahuestegge.bsky.social, w/ @peterkok.bsky.social and others: ‘An attempt to push mental imagery over the reality threshold using non-invasive brain stimulation’
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Zwei Bochumer Sonderforschungsbereiche gehen in die jeweils dritte Förderphase: Es geht um Plasmaforschung und ums Extinktionslernen, also einmal Gelerntes wieder loszuwerden.
Verlängerung für zwei Bochumer Sonderforschungsbereiche
Plasmaforschung und Extinktionslernen: Beide Sonderforschungsbereiche starten in ihre jeweils dritte Förderphase.
news.rub.de
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Zwei Bochumer Sonderforschungsbereiche gehen in die jeweils dritte Förderphase: Es geht um Plasmaforschung und ums Extinktionslernen, also einmal Gelerntes wieder loszuwerden.
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🔥 New paper, led by my PhD student @selindem.bsky.social: preregistered single-case experimental study showing the positive impact of using the GPNS feedback system on the therapeutic alliance.
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does structured, psychometrically based feedback discussion cause improvements of the therapeutic alliance? A single-case experimental study
Routine outcome monitoring and feedback (ROM) systems have been established to enhance therapeutic outcomes, prevent drop-outs and facilitate data-driven personalization in psychotherapy. However, ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔥 New paper, led by my PhD student @selindem.bsky.social: preregistered single-case experimental study showing the positive impact of using the GPNS feedback system on the therapeutic alliance.
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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You did it! 💪
New study on the importance of positive emotions after successful exposures in adult patients with anxiety disorders.
Ergo: Let's celebrate our patients and their willingness to confront anxiety-inducing stimuli! 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New study on the importance of positive emotions after successful exposures in adult patients with anxiety disorders.
Ergo: Let's celebrate our patients and their willingness to confront anxiety-inducing stimuli! 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Joy beyond fear: Positive emotions after exposure in patients with anxiety disorders and their link to threat expectancy and treatment outcome
Exposure-based CBT is effective in treating anxiety disorders, but individual responses vary substantially, underlining the need to identify and boost…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
You did it! 💪
New study on the importance of positive emotions after successful exposures in adult patients with anxiety disorders.
Ergo: Let's celebrate our patients and their willingness to confront anxiety-inducing stimuli! 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New study on the importance of positive emotions after successful exposures in adult patients with anxiety disorders.
Ergo: Let's celebrate our patients and their willingness to confront anxiety-inducing stimuli! 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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✨Wunderbare Neuigkeiten: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft fördert unser neues Netzwerk SNEPP – das Scientific Network for Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy!
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
Presseinformationen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
✨Wunderbare Neuigkeiten: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft fördert unser neues Netzwerk SNEPP – das Scientific Network for Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy!
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...