Introducing PhD candidate Marily Tympa
Marily Tympa started as a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam in September 2026. She is part of the Cognitive Control team.
Marily obtained her research master's in Clinical Psychology at Maastricht University, where she did her thesis on the value of compassion and positive emotions to target anger stemming from autobiographical memories. Following the master's, she obtained her vLOGO and BAPD and worked in specialized mental health care for a year before joining NSMD, where she is excited to continue working towards personalized treatment in a collaborative environment.
In her PhD, Marily will focus on network-informed treatment for individuals with comorbid PTSD. She is interested in the role of complex trauma, personality, and mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. She has joined the Cognitive Control team and is supervised by Reinout Wiers, René Freichel, Maarten Merkx, and Bernet Elzinga.