Minerva-Gentner Symposium 'Precision in Psychotherapy: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go from Here' at Trier University from 21 to 23 October 2026

We are pleased that you will be joining us at our Minerva-Gentner Symposium hosted by Wolfgang Lutz and Sigal Zilcha-Mano at Trier University from 21 to 23 October 2026!

Below, you find relevant information about the conference: 

If you are attending in person

Venue Location: Monastery St. Clara, Sickingerstraße 25, 54296 Trier 

Getting to the venue: You can take lines 13 or 3 from the bus stop “Avelerhof” to the bus stop “Kohlenstraße” (2 stations, 3 min. drive). Change the site of street here and use bus line 4 or 14 to the bus stop “Petrisberg Aussicht” (9 stations, 15 min. drive). 

Online Participation

For colleagues working in the field of psychotherapy research, we will offer the opportunity to attend the conference talks online via Zoom.

If you are interested in attending the conference via Zoom, please complete the registration form here.
 

Program of the conference:

Day 1 (Wednesday, 21 October 2026):                                                 

08:30 – 09:00       Reception and Coffee
09:00 – 09:30Welcome and Introduction (Wolfgang Lutz and Sigal Zilcha-Mano)
09:30 – 12:30          

Precision in Measurement

Moderator: Christian A. Webb (Harvard Medical School, US)

Dana Atzil-Slonim (Bar-Ilan University, ISR), Aidan G. C. Wright (University of Michigan, US), Hadar Fisher (Bar-Ilan University, ISR), Eva Gilboa-Schechtmann (Bar-Ilan University, ISR), Gregor Domes (Trier University, GER)

12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00                     

Precision in predictors, moderators, and networks

Moderator: Sigal Zilcha-Mano (University of Haifa, ISR)

Stefan G. Hofmann (Marburg University, GER), Zachary D. Cohen (University of Arizona, US), Ulrike Lüken (University of Berlin, GER), Tim Kaiser (University of Kassel, GER), Dana Tzur Bitan (University of Haifa, ISR)

17:00 – 18:30Poster session
18:00 – 22:00Dinner at the Monestary St. Clara (Venue Location)                                                            

Day 2 (Thursday, 22 October 2026):

09:00 – 09:30 Gathering and Coffee
09:30 – 12:30                              

Precision in therapeutic processes, modules, and components

Moderator: Christoph Flückiger (University of Kassel, GER)

Louis G. Castonguay (Penn State Univ., US), Claudi Bockting (Amsterdam Univ., NE), Winfried Rief (Univ. of Marburg, GER), Eshkol Rafaeli (Bar-Ilan Univ., ISR), Elisabeth Schramm (Univ. of Freiburg, GER), Eran Bar-Kalifa (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, ISR)

12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00

Precision in feedback and clinical support tools

Moderator: Jaime Delgadillo (Kings College London, UK)

Michael Barkham (University of Sheffield, UK), Wolfgang Lutz (Trier University, GER), Eva-Lotta Brakemeier (University of Greifswald, GER), Laura Bringmann (University of Groningen, NE), Elena von Wirth (Trier University, GER)

17:00 – 17:30Discussion and Closing Day 2
18:00 – 22:00Gathering and Dinner at the Outpatient Clinic (Adress: Am Wissenschaftspark 25+27, 54296 Trier)

Day 3 (Friday, 23 October 2026):

08:00 – 08:30    Gathering and Coffee
08:30 – 11:30                                         

Precision in clinical training and dissemination 

Moderator: Kim de Jong (Leiden University, NE)

Daisy Singla (Univ. of Toronto, CN), Svenja Taubner (Univ. of Heidelberg, GER), Ulrike Willutzki (Univ. of Witten/Herdecke, GER), Bernhard Strauß (Jena Univ., GER), Gunther Meinlschmidt (Trier Univ., GER), Juan Martín Gómez Penedo (Vrije Univ. Brussel, BE)                                                                                

11:30 – 12:00Closing 

 

Contact information

If you have any questions, please contact: precisionpsymeetinggmailcom