Speakers

• Professor Hanneke Schaap (moderator) Professor in clinical psychology
  

  Professor Hanneke Schaap (moderator)

  Professor in clinical psychology

  Hanneke Schaap-Jonker, psychologist and theologian, is endowed professor in clinical psychology of religion at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and works as rector of the Centre for Research and Innovation of Christian Mental Health Care in the Netherlands. Her research interests include God representations and mental health, religion and suicidality, and the interactions between religious factors and psychotherapy. Her current research focuses on self-compassion, religion and mental health. In 2018 she published her second dissertation on God representations and mental health. Her inaugural address in 2019 outlined the contours of a contemporary clinical psychology of religion with a focus on recovery, hope and compassion.

• Professor Harold Koenig Professor of psychiatry and behavioral science
  

  Professor Harold Koenig

  Professor of psychiatry and behavioral science

  Harold Koenig is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, an associate professor of medicine and a senior fellow in the center for the study of ageing and human development at Duke’s university. His primary research is focused on studying the effects of religion and spirituality on health. He is a founding Co-Director of Duke’s Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health.