PhD Students (by alphabetical order)
Marie-Annelise Blanchard
Hometowns: New Orleans, LA, USA & Soignies, Belgium
Annelise is a Ph.D. student in Psychological Sciences (2019-2023). After a BS in Psychology & Gender and Sexuality Studies at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, USA), she graduated from KU Leuven in 2019 with an MA in Research Psychology. She is interested in investigating how early social and environmental factors influence child development, as well as the etiological mechanisms of psychopathology that involve childhood stressors. Her current research involves applying network analysis and intensive time series methods to disentangle the temporal dynamics of parental burnout. She can be reached at marie.blanchard@uclouvain.be.
Charlotte Coussement
Hometown: Grez-Doiceau, Belgium
Charlotte is a Ph.D. student in Psychological Sciences (2017-2021; Ph.D. studentship from « L'Hôpital Psychiatrique du Beau Vallon »). She graduated from UCLouvain in 2014 with an MA in Clinical Neuropsychology. She is particularly interested in the intersection of neuropsychology and clinical psychology, and her research focuses on the role of executive processes in the co-occurrence of depression and generalized anxiety. She is also interested in the development of neuropsychological rehabilitation programs for anxiety and related-psychopathology. She can be reached at
Hometown: Bonheiden, Belgium
Yorgo is a Ph.D. student (2018-2022). He graduated from UCLouvain in 2018 with an MA in Clinical Psychology. His research focuses on the application of network analysis to capture the complex dynamic interplay between transdiagnostic processes that are assumed to be involved in the maintenance of anxiety and related psychopathology. He is also interested in the impact of clinical interventions (CBT and brain stimulation) on such transdiagnostic processes. He can be reached at
Yorgo Hoebeke
Alice Verschuren
Hometown: Brussels, Belgium
Alice is a Ph.D. student (2018-2022; co-supervision with Prof. Céline Doulliez). She graduated from UCLouvain in 2018 with an MA in Clinical Psychology. Her research questions how humans regulate goals, and especially how impairments in goal-regulation processes may lead to clinical perfectionism. She is also interested in scale development and psychometrics. She can be reached at
International visiting researchers
Alba Contrera Cuevas
Hometown: Malaga, Spain
Alba is a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology (2016-2020; University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; supervisor: Prof. Carmen Valiente). She graduated from Malaga University with a Master Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology. She has a particular interest in psychopathology, especially in psychological processes related to paranoid delusion. She is also interested in clinical interventions based on positive psychology, as well as on the use of new technologies in clinical settings. Her research primarily focuses on the use of temporal network analysis to disclose the impact of psychological treatment on the within- and between-subject dynamics of processes related to paranoia. She can be reached at
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Monica graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain) in 2016 with an MA in Physical Activity and Sport Science, and also earned an MA in Education from Valencia International University (Spain) in 2017. Her main research interest is in the role of arousal and attentional processes in the detection of threat in extreme situations (e.g., mountaineering). She can be reached at