Knowledge platform for Imagery Rescripting

Knowledge platform for Imagery Rescripting
This is a knowledge platform about the psychological treatment ‘imagery rescripting’ (ImRs). Here you will find current and relevant information about ImRs for three target groups:
- Researchers
- Clients (or people with a personal interest)
- Therapists
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International ImRs consortium
This website is an initiative of the International Consortium for ImRs. This consortium is a collaboration between researchers and clinicians passionate about imagery rescripting. The consortium was founded in 2021 to streamline the rapidly developing field of ImRs and to stimulate and guarantee the efficiency and quality of research and practice. The consortium has a two-fold mission:
We stimulate the quality and efficiency of scientific research and clinical practice
- Facilitating scientific research into ImRs
- Developing a research agenda
- Encouraging international cooperation
- Creating guidelines for high-quality research into ImR
- Supporting the clinical practice of ImRs
- Drafting and distributing guidelines for the high-quality implementation of ImRs
- Translating relevant research findings into practice
- Developing and supporting an international clinical community
We fulfill this mission with various initiatives such as this knowledge platform, an annual ImRs conference with scientific presentations, clinical workshops, and online webinars.
Structure of the ImRs consortium
The consortium consists of a limited number of core members. These are researchers and/or clinicians with expertise in ImRs and a relevant professional network. They meet several times yearly in two task forces (research and valorisation) to align with the consortium’s mission. They introduce themselves below.
Julie Krans
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Julie is Co-founder and co-chair of the International ImRs Consortium. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Radboud University, associate director of the Behavioural Science Institute at Radboud University, and senior researcher at Pro Persona (the Netherlands).

Muriel Hagenaars
Associate professor of clinical psychology
Muriel is co-founder and co-chair of the International ImRs Consortium. She is Chair of the research task force, an Associate professor of clinical psychology at Utrecht University, and a senior researcher at GGZ-Centraal (Netherlands).

Remco van der Wijngaart
Psychotherapist
Remco is the Chair of the Dutch Society for Schema Therapy (VSt) and director of the Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy (Van Genderen Opleidingen).

Marleen Rijkeboer
Professor of clinical psychology; clinical psychologist/psychotherapist
Marleen is Professor of clinical psychology at Maastricht University (Netherlands), head trainer of the BIG training programme for clinical psychologists as well as psychotherapist at RINO Amsterdam, clinical psychologist/psychotherapist at G-Kracht Psychomedisch Centrum Amsterdam, chairman of the board of the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (VGCt)

Chris Hayes
Clinical psychologist
Chris is a Clinical psychologist and schema therapist in Perth (Australia), director of Schema Therapy Training Australia, board member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).

Thomas Ehring
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Thomas is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), registered psychotherapist (CBT), director of the Outpatient Clinic for Psychological Treatment.

Pauline Dibbets
Associate professor clinical psychology
Pauline is Associate professor at Maastricht University (the Netherlands) and head of the Clinical Psychology department.

Iris Engelhard
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Iris is professor of Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and heads the Experimental Psychopathology lab Utrecht. She is a registered Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (Cognitive Behavioural Therapist VGCt®) and a certified Healthcare Psychologist.

Sophie Rameckers
Assistant professor of clinical psychology
Sophie is an Assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Amsterdam and a psychologist at the Academic Centre for Trauma and Personality (ACTP) in Amsterdam (the Netherlands).

Arnoud Arntz
Professor emeritus of Clinical Psychology
Professor emeritus of Clinical Psychology and former chair of the Psychology department at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands).

Jarosław Michałowski
Associate professor Affective Neuroscience
Associate professor and head of the Poznan Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the SWPS University in Poznan (Poland), cognitive behavioural therapist and schema therapist.

Fritz Renner
Psychotherapist and researcher
Psychotherapist, head of the adult clinic at the Psychotherapy Centre and research group leader at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg (Germany).

Charlotte Wittekind
Clinical psychologist and senior lecturer
Clinical psychologist (CBT) and senior lecturer at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Germany).
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Various Special Interest Groups contribute to current issues related to ImRs
In addition to the core members, various temporary project groups are affiliated with the ImRs consortium. These so-called SIGs (Special Interest Groups) have often arisen from a current issue in research and/or practice. The following SIGs are currently active:
- ImRs for obsessive-compulsive disorder (contact person: Charlotte Wittekind
- False memories in ImRs (contact person: Pauline Dibbets)
- ImRs for depression (contact person: Thomas Ehring)
News and activities
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Activities
3 & 4 April 2025
5th International ImRs conference, 3 & 4 April 2025 in Amsterdam. Deadline for abstracts 15 December 2024. Click here for more information.
Credits
The Imagery Rescripting Knowledge Platform is an initiative of the international consortium for imagery rescripting and was made possible in part by the Achmea Victim and Society Foundation. Experts by experience from the MIND Platform have contributed to the content of the client page.

