Philipp Herzog
@herzog.bsky.social
Postdoc at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau | previously Harvard | Clinical Psychologist interested in trauma research
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Philipp Herzog
@herzog.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Hi new folks! 👋🏻
I am Philipp - a clinical #psychologist working as a #scientist at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany. 👨🏼🔬
I am #trauma researcher interested in how to best understand and treat complex mental health problems after exposure to these severely threatening experiences. 💥
I am Philipp - a clinical #psychologist working as a #scientist at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany. 👨🏼🔬
I am #trauma researcher interested in how to best understand and treat complex mental health problems after exposure to these severely threatening experiences. 💥
🚨OUT NOW IN COGNITION AND EMOTION🚨:
Happy to share a new open access paper about an experimental Trigger Warning study led by Hannah Willems - a brilliant PhD student I have the privilege of supervising. 💫
Get your free copy here👇🏻:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#TriggerWarning #Trauma
Happy to share a new open access paper about an experimental Trigger Warning study led by Hannah Willems - a brilliant PhD student I have the privilege of supervising. 💫
Get your free copy here👇🏻:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#TriggerWarning #Trauma
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
🚨OUT NOW IN COGNITION AND EMOTION🚨:
Happy to share a new open access paper about an experimental Trigger Warning study led by Hannah Willems - a brilliant PhD student I have the privilege of supervising. 💫
Get your free copy here👇🏻:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#TriggerWarning #Trauma
Happy to share a new open access paper about an experimental Trigger Warning study led by Hannah Willems - a brilliant PhD student I have the privilege of supervising. 💫
Get your free copy here👇🏻:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#TriggerWarning #Trauma
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New paperAlert! We show that generative AI can quantitatively assess personality from brief, open-ended text—with surprising accuracy. 🧠✨
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Postprint (pending mod approval): osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/10
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Postprint (pending mod approval): osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/10
OSF
osf.io
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
New paperAlert! We show that generative AI can quantitatively assess personality from brief, open-ended text—with surprising accuracy. 🧠✨
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Postprint (pending mod approval): osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/10
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Postprint (pending mod approval): osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/10
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Interview and self-report measures of personality disorder criteria are not structurally equivalent. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Interview and self-report measures of personality disorder criteria are not structurally equivalent. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
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🎉 Happy to share a Letter with @rief01.bsky.social in @jama.com: We argue that clinicians should be aware of framing effects when communicating likelihoods. Eg, patients perceive "1 in 10 have side effects" as more concerning than "9 in 10 do not have side effects". jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Communicating Medical Numbers
To the Editor Dr Zikmund-Fisher and colleagues1 highlight several important caveats regarding the presentation of numbers in medical communication and provide thoughtful suggestions for clinicians on ...
jamanetwork.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🎉 Happy to share a Letter with @rief01.bsky.social in @jama.com: We argue that clinicians should be aware of framing effects when communicating likelihoods. Eg, patients perceive "1 in 10 have side effects" as more concerning than "9 in 10 do not have side effects". jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
tinyurl.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
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PISS journals 😂
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
The Issue with Special Issues: when Guest Editors Publish in Support of Self
The recent exceptional growth in the number of special issues has led to the largest delegation of editorial power in the history of scientific publishing. Has this power been used responsibly? In thi...
arxiv.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
PISS journals 😂
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
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It’s nice to see radical behaviorism and psychodynamics - both massively underrepresented in many psychology programs btw - agree on core assumptions about personality functioning. This preprint by @kimberlyjgilbert.bsky.social argues for the psychodynamic framework.
osf.io/rg3zn/overview
osf.io/rg3zn/overview
December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s nice to see radical behaviorism and psychodynamics - both massively underrepresented in many psychology programs btw - agree on core assumptions about personality functioning. This preprint by @kimberlyjgilbert.bsky.social argues for the psychodynamic framework.
osf.io/rg3zn/overview
osf.io/rg3zn/overview
My research stay as @unigr.bsky.social Guest Professor @universitedeliege.bsky.social : it was truly an honor and pleasure for me working with Prof. Sylvie Blairy's team - merci! 🙏🏻👇🏻
www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_205351...
www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_205351...
Review of Professor Philipp Herzog's visit to ULiège
A specialist in cognitive and behavioral clinical psychology at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, he has joined the Laboratory of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (PsyNCog).
www.news.uliege.be
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My research stay as @unigr.bsky.social Guest Professor @universitedeliege.bsky.social : it was truly an honor and pleasure for me working with Prof. Sylvie Blairy's team - merci! 🙏🏻👇🏻
www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_205351...
www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_205351...
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"On current evidence, functional imaging across identity states does not support firm claims about identity fragmentation or inter identity amnesia, nor does it decide between trauma based and sociocognitive accounts."
Followers of a certain trauma/DID superstar will not like this…
Followers of a certain trauma/DID superstar will not like this…
A critical review of methodological quality in functional neuroimaging studies on dissociative identity disorder
Background: Dissociative identity disorder remains contested. The debate hinges on whether memories carry over between identity states and whether those states are truly distinct, but most evidence...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"On current evidence, functional imaging across identity states does not support firm claims about identity fragmentation or inter identity amnesia, nor does it decide between trauma based and sociocognitive accounts."
Followers of a certain trauma/DID superstar will not like this…
Followers of a certain trauma/DID superstar will not like this…
Reposted by Philipp Herzog
I maintain that once somebody published a study, anybody can criticize it publicly, & there is no *obligation* to wait for the original authors' (OA) to reply.
1st, why would the OAs get to have the last word at every step?
2nd, waiting opens up a loophole for the OAs to derail the process.
1st, why would the OAs get to have the last word at every step?
2nd, waiting opens up a loophole for the OAs to derail the process.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I maintain that once somebody published a study, anybody can criticize it publicly, & there is no *obligation* to wait for the original authors' (OA) to reply.
1st, why would the OAs get to have the last word at every step?
2nd, waiting opens up a loophole for the OAs to derail the process.
1st, why would the OAs get to have the last word at every step?
2nd, waiting opens up a loophole for the OAs to derail the process.
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While I don't agree with much of the framing, trials like this show that many care systems could profit from more fine-grained stratified care. Not everyone will profit from BA delivered by paraprofessionals, but it will surely take some pressure of waitlists…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
New Nature Medicine study: doulas with a few weeks of training delivered therapy as effectively as PhD clinicians. Same outcomes. If that's true, what exactly requires 5-7 years of grad school? And what does it mean for AI therapy? The therapy elite won't like this.
The Therapy Elite Won’t Like This
I feel shook.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
While I don't agree with much of the framing, trials like this show that many care systems could profit from more fine-grained stratified care. Not everyone will profit from BA delivered by paraprofessionals, but it will surely take some pressure of waitlists…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
Taking Stock of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science at the End of the Beginning - David A. Sbarra, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
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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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Must We Always Go Idiographic? Information-Theoretic Approaches to Testing Structural Ergodicity in Temporal Symptom Networks buff.ly/1ATccXl #CBTworks #PBT #clinpsych
Must We Always Go Idiographic? - Cognitive Therapy and Research
Purpose While psychological change processes are increasingly assumed to be “non-ergodic”, prompting a shift toward idiographic approaches, the assumption of ergodicity is often accepted a priori…
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Must We Always Go Idiographic? Information-Theoretic Approaches to Testing Structural Ergodicity in Temporal Symptom Networks buff.ly/1ATccXl #CBTworks #PBT #clinpsych
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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...
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"You asked for truffle pasta, we gave you a microwave burger"
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"You asked for truffle pasta, we gave you a microwave burger"
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Only seen this paper this morning but I have emphasize how much this is a fantastic work ! I had a urge to go through this paper (too quickly unfortunately) and it was…wonderfull !!! The paper is open access so few quotes from the discussion that was music to my ears !!!
🚀 New paper (open access) out in Cognitive Therapy & Research: we (@herzog.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social, @hudsongolino.bsky.social and me) ask whether group‑level symptom‑change networks in CBT actually capture what happens inside each patient. #Psychology #CBT
Must We Always Go Idiographic? - Cognitive Therapy and Research
Purpose While psychological change processes are increasingly assumed to be “non-ergodic”, prompting a shift toward idiographic approaches, the assumption of ergodicity is often accepted a priori rath...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Only seen this paper this morning but I have emphasize how much this is a fantastic work ! I had a urge to go through this paper (too quickly unfortunately) and it was…wonderfull !!! The paper is open access so few quotes from the discussion that was music to my ears !!!
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Another paper in our effort to get folks to stop routinely testing interactions. This time from the angle of stability. Led by @andrew-cast.bsky.social with help from @vizecolin.bsky.social, @jdmiller.bsky.social, @davidbaranger.bsky.social, and me. Forthcoming in AMPPS.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/8
OSF
osf.io
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Another paper in our effort to get folks to stop routinely testing interactions. This time from the angle of stability. Led by @andrew-cast.bsky.social with help from @vizecolin.bsky.social, @jdmiller.bsky.social, @davidbaranger.bsky.social, and me. Forthcoming in AMPPS.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/8
osf.io/preprints/ps...
1/8
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Philipp Herzog
🚀 New paper (open access) out in Cognitive Therapy & Research: we (@herzog.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social, @hudsongolino.bsky.social and me) ask whether group‑level symptom‑change networks in CBT actually capture what happens inside each patient. #Psychology #CBT
Must We Always Go Idiographic? - Cognitive Therapy and Research
Purpose While psychological change processes are increasingly assumed to be “non-ergodic”, prompting a shift toward idiographic approaches, the assumption of ergodicity is often accepted a priori rath...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚀 New paper (open access) out in Cognitive Therapy & Research: we (@herzog.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social, @hudsongolino.bsky.social and me) ask whether group‑level symptom‑change networks in CBT actually capture what happens inside each patient. #Psychology #CBT
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What is currently being done to ensure that shared variance (i.e., symptoms) is not constantly confused with shared etiology (i.e., causes) in dimensional models of psychopathology? Asking because I read a certain preprint.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What is currently being done to ensure that shared variance (i.e., symptoms) is not constantly confused with shared etiology (i.e., causes) in dimensional models of psychopathology? Asking because I read a certain preprint.
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🚨Finally out in AMPPS🚨:
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨Finally out in AMPPS🚨:
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
A randomized controlled trial testing the effects of sequential psychotherapy in depression: Changing therapist, or both therapist and method?
This study examined the effectiveness of sequential psychotherapy strategies for adults with major depressive disorder who did not respond to an initi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Does changing the therapist and/or method after non-response lead to better outcomes? Not according to this RCT.
Reposted by Philipp Herzog
Thrilled to share a new paper in @jamapsychiatry.com on path asymmetry in complex dynamic systems of psychopathology! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
Path Asymmetry in Complex Dynamic Systems of Psychopathology
This article illustrates the assumption of path symmetry in current theories of psychopathology and calls for the development of dynamical systems of mental illness that incorporate asymmetry.
jamanetwork.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thrilled to share a new paper in @jamapsychiatry.com on path asymmetry in complex dynamic systems of psychopathology! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳