The article reports that psilocybin shifts brain activity from a resting state to a dynamically engaged pattern, with changes in brain waves and network connectivity that correlate with the intensity of the psychedelic experience, and suggests baseline brain activity may help predict response.

This work highlights how rapid brain dynamics relate to subjective experiences and points toward personalized approaches in psychedelic-assisted therapies, making it of particular relevance to psychology seekers of mechanisms behind altered states and treatment outcomes.

Article Title: Psilocybin unlocks a specific biological signature in the brain linked to profound mystical states

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/psilocybin-unlocks-a-specific-biological-signature-in-the-brain-linked-to-profound-mystical-states/

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#psychedelicneuro #brainwaves #EEG #defaultmodenetwork #psychotherapyresearch

Submissions to the 7th UK-EU SPR conference are open until
馃敟馃搯 Friday 27th February
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/uk-eu-spr2026

The conference theme is
Putting #Psychotherapy Practice at the Heart of Research: Amplifying the Clients' Voices

Last time I tried to reach Bristol, a certain volcano made it impossible. 馃寢 #Iceland
Maybe there is a chance this year? 馃槄

#PsychotherapyResearch #PatientCentered #ClientCentered

Looking forward to today's meeting of the SPR's European Psychotherapy Consortium

Danilo Moggia and I will present on linking measures of psychological distress and cross-cultural analyses.

A brief overview of thoughts and resources can be found in this presentation from last year:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382172059_Analytical_routines_to_align_instrument_scores

And more about the consortium here:
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPR-EU-Consortium

#Itembank #Psychometrics #PsychotherapyResearch #GlobalMentalHealth

A review of adverse events in psychotherapy #RCT -s:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10503307.2023.2286992#d1e405

In 81 RCTs (since 2007; 126 psychotherapy vs 61 control conditions) harmful effects were reported in 60% of the studies.

Based on these data, one can expect adverse events to affect 1/10 (serious adverse events 1/21) patients.

#PsychotherapyResearch

Finished delivering my virtual course on quality assurance for psychotherapeutic interventions at the European Center for Psychotherapy and #PsychotherapyResearch in #Trier

I felt a bit odd when I needed to admit in the opening round that it was raining in #Dundee.

Funnily enough, Trier & #Dundee have similar precipitation profiles 馃槄

#Scotland

馃實 Premio internacional para investigaci贸n UDLA en salud mental | Investigaci贸n y Vinculaci贸n UDLA

馃實 Premio internacional para investigaci贸n UDLA en salud mental Con orgullo compartimos que hoy, nuestra investigadora Clara Paz, jefa del grupo Bienestar, Salud y Sociedad, ha sido reconocida con el Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award por la Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), en el marco de su reuni贸n anual realizada en Cracovia, Polonia. Este reconocimiento #internacional destaca la relevancia y proyecci贸n de su trayectoria cient铆fica en el campo de la psicoterapia, as铆 como su contribuci贸n al desarrollo de una salud mental basada en evidencia y con enfoque social. La Dra. Paz se convierte en un referente regional en investigaci贸n cl铆nica, y este logro posiciona a la Universidad de Las Am茅ricas (EC) como un actor clave en la generaci贸n de conocimiento con impacto humano. #DespiertaTuPasi贸n #UDLAinvestiga

The presentation by @kopf-beck.bsky.social provides makes connections between the results of the OPTIMA trial
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10880804/
(schema therapy in psychiatric care program showed #noninferiority compared to CBT)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2024/9191823

and comparative work on clinical interviews, questionnaires, and ecological momentary assessment outcomes within the trial
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2024/9191823

#SPRKrakow2025 #EMA #RCT #PsychotherapyResearch

Effectiveness of Schema Therapy versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Supportive Therapy for Depression in Inpatient and Day Clinic Settings: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Schema therapy (ST) reduces depressive symptoms, but clinical trials have not investigated its effectiveness for patients suffering from severe forms of depression and high rates of comorbidities. There is high demand for exploring and improving ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

Interesting to hear from Oded Bein about "Engage & Connect", a neuroscience-informed psychotherapy aimed to improve positive valence system functions and social reward responsivity, in late life depression
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178123004195

or in postpartum #depression:
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/n4p75_v1https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/n4p75_v1

#SPRKrakow2025 #PsychotherapyResearch

In the panel "Promoting psychotherapy research in underrepresented contexts and populations: Challenges and opportunities" we hear from Latin American colleagues about the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Investigaci贸n en Psicoterapia
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/CLIP-About_engl

and a forthcoming book (c July 2025):
https://www.beck-shop.de/tomicic-duarte-soto-qualitative-research-clinical-psychology-psychotherapy-latin-america/product/38941308?srsltid=AfmBOookHw0TlRh9HQF0PpvxfkFQmaa2ZMRYOxuaUTXzw6NMDqk9SqN-

#SPRKrakow2025 #PsychotherapyResearch #ClinicalPsychology #GlobalHealth

I was very happy to support my esteemed colleagues Ueli Kramer & Giovanna Esposito editing the #PsychotherapyResearch #SpecialIssue

"Therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy"

The 6 papers were published
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tpsr20/35/1
and we have a structured discussion at #SPRKrakow2025 馃憞