Marie-Louise Kullberg
Licensed Psychologist
- Name
- Dr. M.L.J. Kullberg
- Telephone
- 071 5278482
- m.j.kullberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0660-5505
Marie-Louise Kullberg is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Universiteit Leiden and a registered healthcare psychologist at the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC). Her research focuses on the role of the family system in depression- and trauma-related symptoms, and on how treatment for these difficulties can be improved.
Marie-Louise Kullberg is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Universiteit Leiden and a registered healthcare psychologist at the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC). Her research focuses on the role of the family system in depression- and trauma-related symptoms, and on how treatment for these difficulties can be improved.
Research interests
Marie-Louise’s research interests focus on the relationship between (childhood) trauma, parenting and mental health problems, with particular emphasis on improving the treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her research employs a range of methods, including questionnaires, interviews, observational methods and ecological momentary assessment (EMA; daily diary assessments). She is involved in the New Science of Mental Disorders (NSMD) Gravitation consortium.
Alongside her research, she works as a registered healthcare psychologist in clinical practice, where she provides treatment for PTSD and conducts psychodiagnostic assessments.
Research Projects
Samen Sterk++: Innovating the Samen Sterk parent programme for parents of adolescents with depressive symptoms
STAP: The (cost-)effectiveness of written therapy for PTSD symptoms in primary care
SOFIE: The role of social support in PTSD treatment
SaFe Home: A family-focused psychological treatment pilot for families affected by domestic violence
Career
She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Psychology from Universiteit Leiden. Between 2018 and 2022, she completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor Bernet Elzinga and Dr Charlotte van Schie. In 2022, she defended her doctoral thesis, Family Matters – A Multi-Perspective Approach to the Link between Parenting Experiences and Offspring Mental Health Problems.
Education
- Academic Skill Tutorial (bachelor)
- Clinical Psychology (bachelor)
- Clinical Interviewing and Assessment (master)
- Psychopathology and Therapeutic Skills (master)
- Master theses
Anciliary activities
Marie-Louise is a member of the conference organising committee of the Dutch Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (VGCt).
Licensed Psychologist
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Researcher
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Kullberg Marie‐Louise J. Keijsers Loes Elzinga Bernet Janssen Loes H. C. (2026), Facilitators and Barriers of Adolescent Self‐Disclosure Across Different Confidants: A Multi‐Informant Mixed Methods Study, Journal of Adolescence 98: 879-894.
- Verboon K.E., Kullberg M.-L.J. Verkuil B., Muris P., Bexkens A. & Elzinga B.M. (2026), Helping or controlling? A multi-method case study of a mother-daughter dyad and their interactions during trauma-focused therapy, European Journal of Psychotraumatology 17(1): 1-13 (2731853).
- Verboon K.E., Bicanic I.A.E., Muris P., Verkuil B., Elzinga B.M. & Kullberg M.L.J. (2025), Behind the silence of undisclosed trauma: a social network study on support and well-being in the context of childhood sexual abuse, Child Abuse & Neglect 169(1): 107702.
- Kullberg M.-L.J., Verkuil B., Huntjens R. & Schoorl S.M.D. (2025), Imagery rescripting therapy for mental images about ritual abuse during childhood: a case study, Clinical Case Studies 24(5): 369-388.
- Nimphy C.A., Kullberg M.L.J., Pittner K., Buisman R., Berg l. van den, Alink L., Bakermans-Kranenburg M., Elzinga B.M. & Tollenaar M.S. (2024), The role of psychopathology and emotion regulation in the intergenerational transmission of childhood abuse: a family study, Child Maltreatment : .
- Hoeboer C.M., Kullberg M.L.J., Oprel D.A.C., Schoorl S.M.D, Minnen A. van, Antypa N., Mouthaan J., Kleine R.A. de & Does A.J.W. van der (2024), Impact of three variants of prolonged exposure therapy on comorbid diagnoses in patients with childhood abuse-related PTSD, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 53(4): 377-393.
- Kullberg M.-L. & Van Berkel S. (2023), "Straks ben ik aan de beurt...", Augeo Magazine : 5-11.
- Mouthaan J., Kullberg M.L.J., Huss J., Eichenberg C. & Schoorl S.M.D. (2023), Gebruik van serious games in de GGZ: de attitude en bereidheid van cliënten en behandelaren, Gedragstherapie 56(3): 302-325.
- Kullberg M.L.J., Schie C.C. van, Allegrini A.G., Ahmadzadeh Y., Wechsler D.L., Elzinga B.M. & McAdams T.A. (2023), Comparing findings from the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model and the monozygotic twin difference cross-lagged panel model: maladaptive parenting and offspring emotional and behavioural problems, JCPP Advances : 1-7 (e12203).
- Kullberg M.L.J., Buisman R.S.M., Schie C.C. van, Pittner K., Tollenaar M.S., Berg L.J.M. van den, Alink L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. & Elzinga B.M. (2023), Linking internalizing and externalizing problems to warmth and negativity in observed dyadic parent-offspring communication, Family Relations 72(5): 2777-2799.
- Kullberg M.L.J., Schoorl S.M.D., Oprel D.A.C., Hoeboer C.M., Smit F., Does A.J.W. van der, Kleine R.A. de, Minnen A. van & Hout W. van den (2023), Exposure-based treatments for childhood abuserelated post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: a health-economic evaluation, European Journal of Psychotraumatology 14(1): 1-11 (2171752).
- Kullberg M.L.J. (22 September 2022), Family matters: a multi-perspective approach to the link between parenting and offspring mental health problems (Dissertatie. Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Elzinga B.M., Schie C.C. van.
- Kullberg M-L J., van Schie C.C., van Sprang E.D., Hartman C.A., van Hemert A.M., Penninx B.W.J.H. & Elzinga B.M. (2021), Why some siblings thrive whereas others struggle: a within-family study on recollections of childhood parental bonding and current adult depressive and anxiety symptoms, Journal of Affective Disorders 281: 413-421.
- Kullberg M.L.J., Schie C.C. van, Sprang E. van, Maciejewski D., Hartman C.A., Hemert B. van, Penninx B.W.J.H. & Elzinga B.M. (2021), It is a family affair: individual experiences and sibling exposure to emotional, physical and sexual abuse and the impact on adult depressive symptoms, Psychological Medicine 51(12): 2063-2073.
- Sprang E.D. van, Maciejewski D.F., Milaneschi Y., Kullberg M.L.J., Hu M.X., Elzinga B.M., Hemert A.M. van, Hartman C.A. & Penninx B.W.J.H. (2021), Familial resemblance in mental health symptoms, social and cognitive vulnerability, and personality: a study of patients with depressive and anxiety disorders and their siblings, Journal of Affective Disorders 294: 420-429.
- Lenferink L.I.M., Egberts M.R., Kullberg M., Meentken M.G., Zimmermann S., Mertens Y.L., Schuurmans A.A.T., Sadeh Y., Kassam-Adams N. & Krause-Utz A. (2020), Latent classes of DSM-5 acute stress disorder symptoms in children after single-incident trauma: findings from an international data archive, European Journal of Psychotraumatology 11(1): .
- Kullberg M.L.J., Mouthaan J., Schoorl S.M.D., Beurs D. de, Kenter R.M.F. & Kerkhof A.J.F.M. (2020), E-Learning to improve suicide prevention practice skills among undergraduate psychology students: randomized controlled trial, JMIR Mental Health 7(1): e14623.
- Kullberg M.L.J., Van Schie C.C., Van Sprang E., Maciejewski D., Hartman C.A., Van Hemert B., Penninx B.W.J.H. & Elzinga B.M. (2020), It is a family affair: individual experiences and sibling exposure to emotional, physical and sexual abuse and the impact on adult depressive symptoms, Psychological Medicine : 1-11.
- Kullberg M.L.J., Maciejewski D.F., Schie C.C. van, Penninx B.W.J.H. & Elzinga B.M. (2020), Parental bonding: psychometric properties and association with lifetime depression and anxiety disorders, Psychological Assessment 32(8): 780-795.
- Janssen L.H.C., Kullberg M.L.J., Verkuil B., Zwieten N. van, Wever M.C.M., Houtum L.A.E.M. van, Wentholt W.G.M. & Elzinga B.M. (2020), Does the COVID-19 pandemic impact parents’ and adolescents’ well-being?: An EMA-study on daily affect and parenting, PLoS ONE 15(10): e0240962.