Introducing PhD candidate Vivian Pijnenburg
Vivian Pijnenburg started her PhD at Tilburg University in January 2025. She is a member of a mixed NSMD team that aims to develop and test a network-based intervention targeting Fear of Worsening as a transdiagnostic factor in patients with complex mental disorders.
Vivian completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree at Tilburg University in 2024. Following her graduation, she gained valuable clinical experience working as a psychologist. Driven by her passion for research and her clinical background, she aims to develop a tool that helps therapists and patients efficiently tailor treatment to the patient's needs. Over the next four years, she will focus on the project 'Targeting Fear of Worsening as a Transdiagnostic Factor in Patients with Complex Mental Disorders Using Network-Informed Treatment'. Her daily supervisors are Tom Smeets and Marije van der Lee.