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Licensed psychologist and head of the research track ‘Evidence- Based Treatment’ at ARQ Centrum ’45, part of Arq National Psychotrauma Center. She is also affiliated with Amsterdam University Medical Centers as Assistant Professor. Her current research focus is on investigating the efficacy of innovative interventions in trauma treatment and on exploring how a staging perspective can be implemented in trauma-focused care. In her clinical position, she provides treatment for patients with work-related PTSD and patients with traumatic grief. From 2003-2014 she worked at the Department of Psychiatry at Amsterdam University Medical Centers and completed her PhD, a postdoc position and her clinical training there. For her PhD, she conducted a randomized

controlled trial that compared the efficacy of two psychotherapeutic methods for posttraumatic stress disorder, Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy. As a postdoc, she investigated the role of sleep in emotional memory processing and neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder, in collaboration with the Brain and Cognition group of the University of Amsterdam. Mirjam has been working on several research projects in the past, including the project “Psychosocial effects of threat and protection” commissioned by the Dutch Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Safety. For her clinical training, she worked at the Departments of Anxiety Disorders, Early Psychosis, Mood Disorders, and Sexuology of Amsterdam University Medical Centers. She is a national and international trainer in Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD and 3MDR (Multimodal Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization & Reconsolidation therapy). She has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and her research has been funded by ZonMw, the Board for Civil-Military Care and Research, the Dutch EMDR Association and the Karel Doorman Fund.