Eline de Vries
PhD candidate
Research Interests
I am fascinated by how symptoms and their dynamics are experienced differently across individuals. Intrusive memories are particularly interesting because, though often associated with PTSD, this symptom appears across a variety of disorders and patients. During my PhD project, I hope to explore if, and how, intrusive memories play a (casual) role in driving dysfunctional thoughts, urges and behaviours , and how we can view intrusive memories through a transdiagnostic lens. My project is part of the New Science of Mental Disorders (NSMD) consortium, aligning with my interest in network analysis and complexity science. I am supervised by Dr. Renée Visser , Prof. Merel Kindt , Prof. Anita Jansen, Prof. Anne Roefs, and Dr. Lourens Waldorp.
Background
I obtained my bachelor's degree (honours & cum laude, 2023) and research master's degree (cum laude, 2025) in psychology at the University of Amsterdam, specialising in clinical psychology and psychological methods. I combined my research master with a 7-month internship at PsyQ Almere as a psychologist-in-training, where I worked with a wide range of patients e.g. ADHD, PTSD, depressive-, anxiety-, and personality disorders. In my master thesis, I used Perceived Causal Networks to capture how mental health practitioners conceptualise the causal relationships between symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder. Throughout my studies I was a volunteer for multiple initiatives, both at the university (student delegate, methodology shop), and in Amsterdam New-West (VoorUit project, de Regenboog Groep, Samen Slotervaart).