About the research group

The group aims to facilitate and initiate innovative research on transdiagnostic, low-threshold interventions that can strengthen basic regulation of arousal, emotion and thought. 

The overarching goal of the research group is to be a creative think-tank and lab centered on regulation and health within context.  This means being a leading environment for developing and empirically testing low-cost interventions that can be used in preventive and health-promoting work across systems, age-groups, and indications. Such efforts include developing or testing concrete interventions, further educational resources (EVU) and concrete products that can be implemented across diverse praxis fields. 

The intersection of mind, body, context, and regulation of arousal in health and illness is of particular interest. In practice this means doing research on physical activity, visual stimuli, breathing techniques, music, nature, animal-assisted therapy, and dyadic co-regulation. It is a further aim to test methods from applied neuroscience, like vagus-nerve stimulation or biofeedback as innovative ways to help groups less likely to seek or benefit from talk-therapy. 

The group has members currently focusing on disorders of dysregulation, mental health, work-health, eating disorders, behavioral and non-behavioral addictions, and wellbeing.