
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- T13-24
- vanderhallen@essb.eur.nl
Profile
Dr. Ruth Van der Hallen is an assistant professor of Clinical Psychology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In 2012, she obtained a Master of Science degree in Psychology at the KU Leuven, Belgium, majoring in Clinical and Health Psychology. In 2016, she obtained a Ph.D. degree in Psychology for her doctoral dissertation titled “Little things, big things: Perceptual organization in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)” and a Postgraduate Degree in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for her dissertation titled “The fall of the Wall: On renewed (sexual) desire and identity” at the KU Leuven, Belgium.
In terms of research, Dr. Van der Hallen relies on her multidisciplinary background to investigate the interplay between coping, personality and the aftermath of trauma, say "How does one cope with difficult circumstances?". Current projects include (1) an international survey study on the impact of client suicide in mental health practicitioners, (2) a mixed-method investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on families with ASD, (3) a large-scale investigation of the relationship between coping, defense and our tendency to lie and (4) a citizen science-based intervention on coping and resilience in (young) children. Her research typically includes children, adolescents as well as adults, clinical and non-clinical pathology and a diverse range of research methods (longitudinal, cross-sectional, citizen science, interventional, network analysis).
In terms of teaching, Dr. Van der Hallen is active within the Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Clinical Psychology at the EUR. She is the coordinator of a master course on “Personality Disorders” and pratical on "CBT 2: Therapeutic Techniques", supervisor of both research and practical internships and facilitator of peer-to-peer consultation sessions. She is available as guest lecture on topics related to coping, personality (pathology) and psychoanalytic practice.
Dr. Van der Hallen has been active as a clinical psychologist/psychotherapist since 2012. She specializes in one-on-one psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults that present with personality pathology, issues related to gender or sexual identity, (sexual) trauma, suicide survivors and loss.
Keywords: Coping; Personality; Personality pathology; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Trauma; Loss; Life events; Suicide Survivors; Posttraumatic growth; Psychodynamic Therapy; Psychoanalysis; Information processing; Predictive Coding
- Irene Pisnoli & Ruth Van der Hallen (2022) - Attitudes toward Suicide and the Impact of Client Suicide: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (9) - doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095481 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen & Brian P. Godor (2022) - COVID-19 pandemic-related posttraumatic growth in a small cohort of university students: A 1-year longitudinal study - Psychiatry Research, 312 - doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114541 - [link]
- Edward C J Pulleyn & Ruth Van der Hallen (2022) - Exploring the role of age and gender on the impact of client suicide in mental health practitioners - Omega: Journal of Death and Dying - doi: 10.1177/00302228221075287
- Ruth Van der Hallen & Brian P Godor (2022) - Exploring the role of coping strategies on the impact of client suicide: A structural equation modeling approach - Omega: Journal of Death and Dying - doi: 10.1177/00302228211073213
- Linda Dekker, Linde Hooijman, Anneke Louwerse, Kirsten Visser, Dennis Bastiaansen, Leontine Ten Hoopen, Pieter De Nijs, Gwen Dieleman, Wietske Ester, Susan Van Rijen, Femke Truijens & Ruth Van der Hallen (2022) - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and their families: A mixed-methods study protocol - BMJ Open, 12 (1) - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049336 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen (2021) - Suicide exposure and the impact of client suicide: A structural equation modeling approach - Archives of Suicide Research, 1-13 - doi: 10.1080/13811118.2021.2020190
- Brian P. Godor & Ruth Van der Hallen (2021) - Investigating the susceptibility to change of coping and resiliency during COVID-19 - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology - doi: 10.1111/sjop.12787 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, Joran Jongerling & Brian Godor (2020) - Coping and resilience in adults: a cross-sectional network analysis - Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 33 (5), 479-496 - doi: 10.1080/10615806.2020.1772969 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, C Manning, K Evers & J Wagemans (2019) - Global Motion Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 4901-4918 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04194-8 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, J Reusens, K Evers, L de-Wit & J Wagemans (2018) - Connection-based and object-based grouping in multiple-object tracking: A developmental study - British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36 (4), 606-619 - doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12245 - [link]
- K Evers, Ruth Van der Hallen, I Noens & J Wagemans (2018) - Perceptual organization in individuals with autism spectrum disorder - Child Development Perspectives, 12 (3), 177-182 - doi: 10.1111/cdep.12280 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, R Chamberlain, L de-Wit & J Wagemans (2018) - Superior disembedding in children with ASD: New tests using abstract, meaningful, and 3D contexts - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 2478-2489 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3508-y - [link]
- H Huygerlier, Ruth Van der Hallen, J Wagemans, L de-Wit & R Chamberlain (2018) - The Leuven Embedded Figures Test (L-EFT): Measuring Perception, Intelligence or Executive Function? - PeerJ : the journal of life and environmental sciences, 26 (6) - doi: 10.7717/peerj.4524 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, L de-Wit, J Steyaert & J Wagemans (2018) - Multiple object tracking reveals object-based grouping interference in children with ASD - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48 (4), 1341-1349 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2463-0
- Ruth Van der Hallen, S Vanmarcke, I Noens & J Wagemans (2017) - Hierarchical letters in ASD: High stimulus variability under different attentional modes - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (6), 1845-1865 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3108-2 - [link]
- L de-Wit, H Huygerlier, Ruth Van der Hallen, R Chamberlain & J Wagemans (2017) - Developing The Leuven Embedded Figures Test (L-EFT): Testing the stimulus features that influence embedding. - PeerJ : the journal of life and environmental sciences, 5 - doi: 10.7717/peerj.2862 - [link]
- S Van de Cruys, Ruth Van der Hallen & J Wagemans (2017) - Disentangling signal and noise in autism spectrum disorder - Brain and Cognition, 112, 78-83 - doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.08.004 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, L Lemmens, J Steyaert, I Noens & J Wagemans (2017) - Ensemble Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Member-Identification Versus Mean-Discrimination - Autism Research, 10 (7), 1291-1299 - doi: 10.1002/aur.1767 - [link]
- R Chamberlain, Ruth Van der Hallen, H Huygerlier, S Van de Cruys & J Wagemans (2017) - Local–global processing bias is not a unitary individual difference in visual processing - Vision Research, 141, 247-257 - doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2017.01.008 - [link]
- Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, B Boets, J Steyaert, I Noens & J Wagemans (2016) - Visual search in ASD: Instructed versus spontaneous local and global processing - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (9), 3023-3036 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2826-1
- S Vanmarcke, L Van Esch, Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, I Noens, J Steyaert & J Wagemans (2016) - Gist perception in adolescents with and without ASD: Ultra-rapid categorization of meaningful real-life scenes. - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 29-30, 30-47 - doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2016.05.007
- S Vanmarcke, C Mullin, Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, I Noens, J Steyaert & J Wagemans (2016) - In the eye of the beholder: Rapid visual perception of real-life scenes by young adults with and without ASD. - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (8), 2635-2652 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2802-9
- V Ekroll, B Sayim, Ruth Van der Hallen & J Wagemans (2016) - Illusory visual completion of an object’s invisible backside can make your finger feel shorter. - Current Biology, 26 (8), 1029-1033 - doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.001
- S Vanmarcke, Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, I Noens, J Steyaert & J Wagemans (2016) - Ultra-rapid categorization of meaningful real-life scenes in adults with and without ASD - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2), 450-466 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2583-6
- Ruth Van der Hallen, K Evers, K Brewaeys, W Van den Noortgate & J Wagemans (2015) - Global processing takes time: A meta-analysis on local–global visual processing in ASD. - Psychological Bulletin (USA), 141 (3), 549-573 - doi: 10.1037/bul0000004
- K Evers, L de-Wit, Ruth Van der Hallen, B Haesen, J Steyaert, I Noens & J Wagemans (2014) - Brief report: Reduced grouping interference in children with ASD: evidence from a Multiple Object Tracking Task. - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (7), 1779-1787 - doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-2031-4
- S Van de Cruys, K Evers, Ruth Van der Hallen, L Van Eylen, B Boets, L de-Wit & J Wagemans (2014) - Precise minds in uncertain worlds: predictive coding in autism. - Psychological Review, 121 (4), 649-675 - doi: 10.1037/a0037665
- Ruth Van der Hallen (2016) - De multiculturele therapeut - Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse, 22, 228-229 - [link]
- J Wagemans, K Evers & Ruth Van der Hallen (2015) - Centrale Coherentie. - In Autismespectrumstoornis: Interdisciplinair basisboek. - doi: 10.1007/978-90-368-2042-4_7 - Diagnosis uitgevers
- Ruth Van der Hallen (2016) - Little things, big things: Perceptual organization in children with and without ASD - [link] - KU Leuven
- BP (Brian) Godor & RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (2020) - Policy Brief 5: Resilient Citizens: Strong recovery – Stronger future
- Ruth Van der Hallen (30 maart 2022) - Psyche and popcorn: a reflective movie night - Psyche and popcorn: a reflective movie night
- Ruth Van der Hallen (31 oktober 2021) - Arachnaphobia online - Arachnaphobia online
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (18 januari 2021) - Onderzoek naar veerkracht met en door kinderen in Rotterdam-Rijnmond. - Onderzoek naar veerkracht met en door kinderen in Rotterdam-Rijnmond.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (18 november 2020) - Deze leerlingen zijn wetenschappers voor paar dagen: hoe ga je om met een tegenslag? - Deze leerlingen zijn wetenschappers voor paar dagen: hoe ga je om met een tegenslag?
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (20 oktober 2020) - Impact van COVID-19 op kinderen hangt af van familiecontext en karaktereigenschappen. - Impact van COVID-19 op kinderen hangt af van familiecontext en karaktereigenschappen.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (17 oktober 2019) - Uit de taboesfeer: Hoe ga je om met verlies op het werk? - Uit de taboesfeer: Hoe ga je om met verlies op het werk?
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (18 augustus 2021) - Peuters in tijden van corona. Mondkap af, knuffelen maar. - Peuters in tijden van corona. Mondkap af, knuffelen maar.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (8 juli 2021) - Ruth Van der Hallen learned that it’s OK to make mistakes in therapy when she read De naakte therapeut - Ruth Van der Hallen learned that it’s OK to make mistakes in therapy when she read De naakte therapeut
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (15 maart 2021) - The impact of client suicide in mental health practitioners. [Webinar] - The impact of client suicide in mental health practitioners. [Webinar]
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (15 maart 2021) - De impact van cliënt suïcide in beoefenaars van een gezondheidsberoep. [Webinar] - De impact van cliënt suïcide in beoefenaars van een gezondheidsberoep. [Webinar]
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (24 maart 2021) - Ruth Van der Hallen on how her citizen science project helps children become more resilient - Ruth Van der Hallen on how her citizen science project helps children become more resilient
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (11 januari 2021) - Coping and resilience: A follow-up for parents. [Webinar] - Coping and resilience: A follow-up for parents. [Webinar]
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (23 november 2020) - Veerkracht onder basisscholieren via lessenreeks onderzocht. - Veerkracht onder basisscholieren via lessenreeks onderzocht.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (23 november 2020) - Onderzoek naar veerkracht met en door kinderen in Rotterdam-Rijnmond. - . Onderzoek naar veerkracht met en door kinderen in Rotterdam-Rijnmond.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (18 november 2020) - Researchers use lesson series to study resilience among 700 primary school pupils - Researchers use lesson series to study resilience among 700 primary school pupils
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen & BP (Brian) Godor (29 oktober 2020) - Coping and resilience: An introduction for parents. [Webinar] - Coping and resilience: An introduction for parents. [Webinar]
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (13 mei 2020) - Studenten Erasmus Universiteit steunen leerlingen op afstand met huiswerk en de Nederlandse taal - Studenten Erasmus Universiteit steunen leerlingen op afstand met huiswerk en de Nederlandse taal
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (6 september 2019) - Onderzoek naar impact cliënt suïcide op hulpverlener. - Onderzoek naar impact cliënt suïcide op hulpverlener.
- LP (Linda) Dekker, FL (Femke) Truijens, L.W.E. (Linde) Hooijman & RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (10 december 2021) - The impact of COVID-19 on families with children with ASD – Implications for (mental) health care and educational professionals. (WEBINAR) - The impact of COVID-19 on families with children with ASD – Implications for (mental) health care and educational professionals.
- RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen (2020) - Commissie Testaangelegenheden Nederland (COTAN) (External organisation)
- LP (Linda) Dekker, RER (Ruth) Van der Hallen, EHM (Susan) van Rijen, FL (Femke) Truijens, K (Kirsten) Visser, S.C. (Anneke) Louwerse & D Bastiaansen (2020) - ZonMW – COVID-19 second wave focus area 2 – Bottom up
4.1P Couple therapy and sexuality
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- FSWP4023K
3.6P Neuropsych. Diagnostics II
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- FSWP3049K
4.2P CBT 1 - Assessment
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- FSWP4028K
4.3P CBT 2 Therapeutic Techniques
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- FSWP4046K
4.2C Personality Disorders
- Year
- 2021
- Course Code
- FSWP4034K