Prof. Andrew Gloster, PhD
Full Professor of Clinical Psychology
T +41 41 229 51 78
andrew.gloster@unilu.ch
Werftestrasse 4, Office 112
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Andrew Gloster is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Lucerne, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, and Director of Clinical Training of the post-graduate training program in Process-based Psychotherapy. Before coming to Lucerne, he was an SNSF-Professor at the University of Basel. He also held senior research positions and post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Basel and the Technical University of Dresden. He completed his Ph.D. and clinical training at the Eastern Michigan University and the University of Texas and obtained his undergraduate degree from Boston University.
His main research interests include psychotherapy processes, treatment outcome (including treatment non-response), mental health, digital interventions, methodological innovations in clinical trials, and prosocial behavior. His research aims to promote mental health in various contexts, and to develop tools that aid psychotherapist in their work. He is licensed psychotherapist and an impassioned mentor. He is president of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), where he is also a Fellow.
Research
Main Research Areas
- Psychotherapy
- Psychological Processes
- Digital Assessments
- Social and Prosocial Interactions
- Wellbeing and Mental Health
Publications
- Benoy, C., Romanczuk-Seiferth, N., Villanueva, J., & Gloster, A. (2023). Akzeptanz-und Commitment-Therapie (ACT) (Psychotherapie kompakt) (1st ed.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag.
- Gloster, A., & Gerlach, A. L. (2020). Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Worrying: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians and Researchers. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119189909
- Lang, T., Helbig-Lang, S., Westphal, D., Gloster, A., & Wittchen, H.-U. (2018). Expositionsbasierte Therapie der Panikstörung mit Agoraphobie: Ein Behandlungsmanual (Therapeutische Praxis) (2. Auflage). Göttingen: Hogrefe. https://doi.org/10.1026/02867-000
- Elmer, T., Ram, N., Gloster, A., & Bringmann, L. F. (2025). Studying Daily Social Interaction Quantity and Quality in Relation to Depression Change: A Multi-Phase Experience Sampling Study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51 (7), 1294–1309. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19595771
- Gloster, A., Haller, E., Bongartz, C. L. J., Pfister, F. O., Coviello, F., Meyer, A. H., & Greifeneder, R. (2025). Through thick and thin: How friendship and psychological flexibility shape our response to being ostracized. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 44 (6), 533–559. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20749164
- Frey, E., Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., & Gloster, A. (2025). Cross-Cultural Comparison of Burnout, Insomnia and Turnover Intention Among Nurses in Eastern and Western Cultures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protective and Risk Factors. Nursing Reports, 15 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15020052
- Hayes, S. C., Merwin, R. M., McHugh, L., Sandoz, E., A-Tjak, J., Ruiz, F. J., … McCracken, L. M. (2025). Relatório da Força-Tarefa da ACBS sobre as estratégias e táticas de pesquisa em ciência comportamental contextual. Revista Perspectivas em Análise do Comportamento, 16 (2), 33–59. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21397496
- Catts, N. V., Sahdra, B. K., Ciarrochi, J., Fraser, M. I., Hernández, C., Hayes, S. C., & Gloster, A. (2025). Distinct pathways to well-being: Exploring valued action and mood among stoics and non-stoics. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 36, 100898 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16569868
- Yau, P. T., Gloster, A., Chien, W. T., & Chong, Y. Y. (2025). Psychological flexibility, parental competence, and prosociality in caregivers of children with special health needs: A network analysis of family functioning and child outcomes. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 39, 100970 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19571328
- Fraser, M. I., Efthymiou, A., Adamski, D., Ciarrochi, J., Gloster, A., & Sahdra, B. K. (2025). Self‑Compassion, Other‑Compassion, and Subjective Sleep Quality Indicators in a Clinical Population: An Experience Sampling Study. Mindfulness, 16, 2916–2929. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19596780
- Paiva, T., Nunes da Silva, A., Neto, D. D., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A. P., & Gloster, A. (2024). The Effect of Psychological Flexibility on Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Multiple Mediation Role of Mindfulness and Coping. Behavioral Sciences, 14 (7). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14070545
- Gloster, A., Nadler, M., Block, V. J., Haller, E., Benoy, C., Rubel, J., … Hayes, S. C. (2024). When Average Isn’t Good Enough: Identifying Meaningful Subgroups in Clinical Data. Cognitive Therapy and Research, (48), 537–551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10453-x
- Neto, D. D., Mouadeb, D., Lemos, N., Nunes da Silva, A., Gloster, A., & Perez, W. (2024). Contextual Similarities in Psychological Flexibility: the Brazil-Portugal Transcultural Adaptation of Psy-Flex. Current Psychology, 31 (43), 25595–25603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06241-9
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Block, V. J., Benoy, C., Bader, K., Brogli, S., … Gloster, A. (2024). How Mood Is affected by Environment and Upsetting Events: The Moderating Role of Psychological Flexibility. Psychotherapy Research, 34 (4), 490–502. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2215392
- Ciarrochi, J., Hernández, C., Hill, D., Ong, C., Gloster, A., Levin, M. E., … Hayes, S. C. (2024). Process-based Therapy: A Common Ground for Understanding and Utilizing Therapeutic Practices. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 34 (3), 265–290. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15585469
- Ciarrochi, J., Sahdra, B. K., Hayes, S. C., Hofmann, S. G., Sanford, B., Stanton, C., … Gloster, A. (2024). A Personalised Approach to Identifying Important Determinants of Well-being. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10486-w
- Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Michaelides, M., Gloster, A., McHugh, L., … Karekla, M. (2024). Coping with Emotional Pain: An Experimental Comparison of Acceptance vs. Avoidance Coping. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33, 100820 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15236700
- Rutschmann, R., Romanczuk-Seiferth, N., Gloster, A., & Richter, C. (2024). Increasing Psychological Flexibility Is Associated with Positive Therapy Outcomes Following a Transdiagnostic ACT Treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1403718 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15236918
- Li, S. N., Chien, W. T., Lam, S. K. K., Chong, Y. Y., & Gloster, A. (2024). Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Psy-Flex Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06610-0
- Ciarrochi, J., Sahdra, B. K., Fraser, M. I., Hayes, S. C., Yap, K., & Gloster, A. (2024). The Compassion Connection: Experience Sampling Insights Into Romantic Attraction. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100749
- Sahdra, B. K., Ciarrochi, J., Fraser, M. I., Yap, K., Haller, E., Hayes, S. C., … Gloster, A. (2023). The Compassion Balance: Understanding the Interrelation of Self- and Other-Compassion for Optimal Well-being. Mindfulness, 14 (8), 1997–2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02187-4
- Chong, Y. Y., Frey, E., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., & Gloster, A. (2023). The Role of Psychological Flexibility in the Relationships between Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Mental Health among Nurses in Combatting COVID-19: A Two-Region Survey. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55 (5), 1068–1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12874
- Alvarez-Galvez, J., Anastasiou, A., Lamnisos, D., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., … Kassianos, A. P. (2023). The Impact of Government Actions and Risk Perception on the Promotion of Self-Protective Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. PLOS ONE, 18 (4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284433
- Gloster, A., Rinner, M. T. B., Haller, E., Hoyer, J., Mikoteit, T., Imboden, C., … Meyer, A. H. (2023). Is Helping You Helping Me? The Assessment of Helping Others Using Event Sampling Methodology in a Clinical and a Non‐Clinical Sample. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (2). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12593
- Ribeiro, S., Nunes da Silva, A., Neto, D. D., Gloster, A., Kassianos, A. P., & Karekla, M. (2023). Psychological Impact of COVID-19: Moderated-Mediation Effect of Social Support and of Psychological Flexibility (Impacto psicológico COVID-19: efeito mediação-moderada do suporte social e da flexibilidade psicológica). Revista Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 24 (2), 632–643. https://doi.org/10.15309/23psd240217
- Gloster, A., Haller, E., Villanueva, J., Block, V. J., Benoy, C., Meyer, A. H., … Lang, U. E. (2023). Psychotherapy for Chronic In- and Outpatients with Common Mental Disorders: The “Choose Change” Effectiveness Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 92 (2), 124–132. https://doi.org/10.1159/000529411
- Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., … Karekla, M. (2023). Predictors of Changing Patterns of Adherence to Containment Measures during the Early Stage of COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Longitudinal Study. Globalization and Health, 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7
- Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Michaelides, M., Gloster, A., Georgiou, E., … Karekla, M. (2023). Functional Versus Dysfunctional Coping with Physical Pain: An Experimental Comparison of Acceptance vs. Avoidance Coping. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104339
- Konstantinou, P., Ioannou, M., Melanthiou, D., Georgiou, K., Almas, I., Gloster, A., … Karekla, M. (2023). The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Quality of Life and Symptom Improvement among Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, 240–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.08.004
- Aydın, G., Kassianos, A. P., Karekla, M., & Gloster, A. (2022). Perceived Stress in COVID-19 and the First Post-Lockdown Activities (COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE ALGILANAN STRES VE “EVDEKAL” UYGULAMASI BİTTİKTEN SONRA YAPILMAK İSTENEN İLK ETKİNLİKLER). Trakya Journal of Education (Trakya Eğitim Dergisi), 12 (3), 1372–1385. https://doi.org/10.24315/tred.983179
- Čolić, J., Bassett, T. R., Latysheva, A., Imboden, C., Bader, K., Hatzinger, M., … Hoyer, J. (2022). Predictors of Embarrassment in Daily Social Interactions in Social Phobia, Major Depression and Healthy Controls. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41 (2). https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.105
- Rinner, M. T. B., Haller, E., Meyer, A. H., & Gloster, A. (2022). Is Giving Receiving? The Influence of Autonomy on the Association between Prosocial Behavior and Well-being. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.03.011
- Karekla, M., Demosthenous, G., Georgiou, C., Konstantinou, P., Trigiorgi, A., Koushiou, M., … Gloster, A. (2022). Machine Learning Advances the Classification and Prediction of Responding from Psychophysiological Reactions. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.07.006
- Block, V. J., Haller, E., Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Benoy, C., Walter, M., … Gloster, A. (2022). Meaningful Relationships in Community and Clinical Samples: Their Importance for Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.832520
- Haller, E., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., … Gloster, A. (2022). To Help or not To Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association with Well-being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032
- Rus, C. L., Oţoiu, C., Baban, A., Vâjâean, C., Kassianos, A. P., Karekla, M., & Gloster, A. (2022). Working as a Healthcare Professional and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Work Recovery Experiences and Need for Recovery as Mediators. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.718422
- Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., … Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084143
- Richter, J., Pietzner, A., Koenig, J., Thayer, J. F., Pané-Farré, C., Gerlach, A. L., … Hamm, A. O. (2021). Vagal Control of the Heart Decreases during Increasing Imminence of Interoceptive Threat in Patients with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Scientific Reports, 11 (7960). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86867-y
- Wahl, K., van den Hout, M., V. Heinzel, C., Kollárik, M., Meyer, A. H., Benoy, C., … Lieb, R. (2021). Rumination about Obsessive Symptoms and Mood Maintains Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Depressed Mood: An Experimental Study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130 (5). https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000677
- Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Kassianos, A. P., Gloster, A., & Karekla, M. (2021). Can Psychological Flexibility and Prosociality Mitigate Illness Perceptions toward COVID-19 on Mental Health? A Cross-Sectional Study among Hong Kong Adults. Globalization and Health, 17 (43). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00692-6
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Mikoteit, T., Hoyer, J., Imboden, C., Bader, K., … Gloster, A. (2021). Having versus not Having Social Interactions in Patients Diagnosed with Depression or Social Phobia and Controls. PLOS ONE, 16 (4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249765
- Büttner, C. M., Gloster, A., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). Your Phone Ruins our Lunch: Attitudes, Norms, and Valuing the Interaction Predict Phone Use and Phubbing in Dyadic Social Interactions. Mobile Media & Communication, 10 (3). https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579211059914
- Kassianos, A. P., Georgiou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., … Constantinidou, A. (2021). Mental Health and Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Behaviors among Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International, Multinational Cross-Sectional Study. Cancers, 13 (24). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246294
- Nicolaou, C., Menikou, J., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., … Gloster, A. (2021). Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An International Study. European Journal of Psychology Open, 80 (1–2). https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000010
- Gloster, A., Meyer, A. H., Klotsche, J., Villanueva, J., Block, V. J., Benoy, C., … Karekla, M. (2021). The Spatiotemporal Movement of Patients in and out of a Psychiatric Hospital: an Observational GPS Study. BMC Psychiatry, 21 (165). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03147-9
- Klein, J. P., Gloster, A., & Burian, R. (2021). Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie (ACT): eine praxisorientierte Einführung. PSYCH up2date, 15 (04). https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1289-1280
- Constantinou, M., Gloster, A., & Karekla, M. (2021). I Won’t Comply Because it is a Hoax: Conspiracy Beliefs, Lockdown Compliance, and the Importance of Psychological Flexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 46–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.001
- Neto, D. D., Nunes da Silva, A., Roberto, M. S., Lubenko, J., Constantinou, M., Lamnisos, D., … Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Illness Perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe: Predictors, Impacts and Temporal Evolution. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 30–40. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640955
- Papageorgiou, D., Kassianos, A. P., Constantinou, M., Lamnisos, D., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., … Karekla, M. (2021). Mental Health and Well-Being During the First vs. Second COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Cyprus. European Journal of Psychology Open, 80. https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000008
- Gloster, A., Block, V. J., Klotsche, J., Villanueva, J., Rinner, M. T. B., Benoy, C., … Bader, K. (2021). Psy-Flex: A Contextually Sensitive Measure of Psychological Flexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 22, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.09.001
- Hayes, S. C., Merwin, R. M., McHugh, L., Sandoz, E., A-Tjak, J., Ruiz, F. J., … McCracken, L. M. (2021). Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 172–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.03.007
- Richter, A., Pané-Farré, C., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A., Wittchen, H.-U., Lang, T., … Hamm, A. O. (2021). Transfer of Exposure Therapy Effects to a Threat Context not Considered during Treatment in Patients with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia: Implications for Potential Mechanisms of Change. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103886
- Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Gloster, A., Panayiotou, G., & Karekla, M. (2020). Comparing Apples and Oranges or Different Types of Citrus Fruits? Using Wearable versus Stationary Devices to Analyze Psychophysiological Data. Psychophysiology, 57 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13551
- Gloster, A., Hoyer, J., Karekla, M., Meyer, A. H., Bader, K., Imboden, C., … Lieb, R. (2020). How Response Styles Moderate the Relationship between Daily Stress and Social Interactions in Depression, Social Phobia, and Controls. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90 (4), 280–284. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511102
- Čolić, J., Latysheva, A., Bassett, T. R., Imboden, C., Bader, K., Hatzinger, M., … Hoyer, J. (2020). Post-event Processing after Embarrassing Situations: Comparing Experience Sampling Data of Depressed and Socially Anxious Individuals. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2 (4). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v2i4.2867
- Gloster, A., Zacharia, M., & Karekla, M. (2020). Psychological Aid for Frontline Healthcare Workers. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17 (4). https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20200406
- Presti, G., McHugh, L., Gloster, A., Karekla, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2020). The Dynamics of Fear at the Time of COVID-19: A Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 17 (2). https://doi.org/10.36131/CN20200206
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Rinner, M. T. B., Block, V. J., Benoy, C., Brogli, S., … Gloster, A. (2020). The Everyday Lives of In- and Outpatients when Beginning Therapy: The Importance of Values-Consistent Behavior (Experiencia cotidiana de pacientes internos y externo al inicio de terapia: importancia de actuar en coherencia con los valores personales). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20 (2), 91–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.02.002
- Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Chow, K. M., Kassianos, A. P., Karekla, M., & Gloster, A. (2020). The Role of Illness Perceptions, Coping, and Self-Efficacy on Adherence to Precautionary Measures for COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186540
- Gloster, A., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., … Karekla, M. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: An International Study. PloS one, 15 (12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244809
- Karekla, M., Savvides, S. N., & Gloster, A. (2020). An Avatar-Led Intervention Promotes Smoking Cessation in Young Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54 (10). https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa013
- Gloster, A., Rinner, M. T. B., & Meyer, A. H. (2020). Increasing Prosocial Behavior and Decreasing Selfishness in the Lab and Everyday Life. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78251-z
- Čolić, J., Bassett, T. R., Latysheva, A., Imboden, C., Bader, K., Hatzinger, M., … Hoyer, J. (2020). Depersonalization and Derealization in Embarrassing Social Interactions: an Experience Sampling Study in Social Phobia, Major Depression and Controls. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102189
- Miché, M., Studerus, E., Meyer, A. H., Gloster, A., Beesdo-Baum, K., Wittchen, H.-U., & Lieb, R. (2020). Prospective Prediction of Suicide Attempts in Community Adolescents and Young Adults, Using Regression Methods and Machine Learning. Journal of Affective Disorders, 265, 270–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.093
- Gloster, A., Walder, N., Levin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., & Karekla, M. (2020). The Empirical Status of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Review of Meta-Analyses. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.09.009
- Gloster, A., Rinner, M. T. B., Ioannou, M., Villanueva, J., Block, V. J., Ferrari, G., … Karekla, M. (2020). Treating Treatment Non-Responders: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Psychotherapy Trials. Clinical Psychology Review, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101810
- Rinner, M. T. B., Meyer, A. H., Mikoteit, T., Hoyer, J., Imboden, C., Hatzinger, M., … Gloster, A. (2019). General or Specific? The Memory–Experience Gap for Individuals Diagnosed with a Major Depressive Disorder or a Social Phobia Diagnosis, and Individuals without Such Diagnoses. Memory, 27 (9). https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1640252
- Block, V. J., Meyer, A. H., Miché, M., Mikoteit, T., Hoyer, J., Imboden, C., … Gloster, A. (2019). The Effect of Anticipatory Stress and Openness and Engagement on Subsequently Perceived Sleep Quality – An Experience Sampling Method Study. Journal of Sleep Research, 29 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12957
- Karekla, M., Constantinou, P., Ioannou, M., Gloster, A., & Kareklas, I. (2019). The Phenomenon of Treatment Dropout, Reasons and Moderators in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Other Active Treatments: A Meta-Analytic Review. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1 (3). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v1i3.33058
- Benoy, C., Meyer, A. H., Knitter, B., Pinhart, K., Walter, M., Bader, K., & Gloster, A. (2019). Akzeptanz- und Commiment-Therapie mit therapieresistenten Störungen im stationären Setting: Eine Beobachtungsstudie. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 48 (2). https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000532
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Miché, M., Wersebe, H., Mikoteit, T., Hoyer, J., … Gloster, A. (2019). Social Interaction in Major Depressive Disorder, Social Phobia, and Controls: the Importance of Affect. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 5 (2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-019-00121-x
- Miché, M., Hofer, P., Voss, C., Meyer, A. H., Gloster, A., Beesdo-Baum, K., … Lieb, R. (2019). Specific Traumatic Events Elevate the Risk of a Suicide Attempt in a 10-year Longitudinal Community Study on Adolescents and Young Adults. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29 (2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01335-3
- Ridderbusch, I. C., Richter, J., Yang, Y., Hoefler, M., Weber, H., Reif, A., … Straube, B. (2019). Association of rs7688285 Allelic Variation Coding for GLRB with Fear Reactivity and Exposure-Based Therapy in Patients with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29 (10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.07.133
- Gottschalk, M. G., Richter, J., Ziegler, C., Schiele, M. A., Mann, J., Geiger, M. J., … Domschke, K. (2019). Orexin in the Anxiety Spectrum: Association of a HCRTR1 Polymorphism with Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia, CBT Treatment Response and Fear-Related Intermediate Phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0415-8
- Hoyer, J., Čolić, J., Grübler, G., & Gloster, A. (2019). Valued Living Before and After CBT. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 50 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-019-09430-x
- Villanueva, J., Meyer, A. H., Rinner, M. T. B., Firsching, V. J., Benoy, C., Brogli, S., … Gloster, A. (2019). “Choose Change”: Design and Methods of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Effectiveness Trial for Transdiagnostic Treatment-Resistant Patients. BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2109-4
- Benoy, C., Knitter, B., Schumann, I., Bader, K., Walter, M., & Gloster, A. (2019). Treatment Sensitivity: Its Importance in the Measurement of Psychological Flexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2019.07.005
- Miché, M., Hofer, P., Voss, C., Meyer, A. H., Gloster, A., Beesdo-Baum, K., & Lieb, R. (2018). Mental Disorders and the Risk for the Subsequent First Suicide Attempt: Results of a Community Study on Adolescents and Young Adults. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27 (7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-1060-5
- Karekla, M., Karademas, E. C., & Gloster, A. (2018). The Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Integrating Strategies to Guide Interventions for Chronic Illness. Health Psychology Review, 13 (4). https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2018.1437550
- Wendt, J., Hamm, A. O., Pané-Farré, C., Thayer, J. F., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A., … Richter, J. (2018). Pretreatment Cardiac Vagal Tone Predicts Dropout from and Residual Symptoms after Exposure Therapy in Patients with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87 (3). https://doi.org/10.1159/000487599
- Hofer, P., Waadt, M., Aschwanden, R., Milidou, M., Acker, J., Meyer, A. H., … Gloster, A. (2018). Self-Help for Stress and Burnout without Therapist Contact: An Online Randomised Controlled Trial. Work and Stress, 32 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2017.1402389
- Hommers, L. G., Richter, J., Yang, Y., Raab, A., Baumann, C., Lang, K., … Deckert, J. (2018). A Functional Genetic Variation of SLC6A2 Repressor hsa-miR-579-3p Upregulates Sympathetic Noradrenergic Processes of Fear and Anxiety. Translational Psychiatry, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0278-4
- Wersebe, H., Lieb, R., Meyer, A. H., Hofer, P., & Gloster, A. (2018). The Link between Stress, Well-being, and Psychological Flexibility during an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Self-Help Intervention (Relación entre estrés, bienestar y flexibilidad psicológica durante una intervención de autoayuda de Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 18 (1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2017.09.002
- Benoy, C., Knitter, B., Knellwolf, L., Doering, S., Klotsche, J., & Gloster, A. (2018). Assessing Psychological Flexibility: Validation of the Open and Engaged State Questionnaire. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.08.005
- Backenstrass, M., Bosch, J., Cornelisse, S., Gloster, A., Heidenreich, T., Lindenmeyer, J., … Schramm, E. (2021). Weitere wissenschaftlich fundierte Psychotherapiemethoden und -verfahren. In Rief, Winfried, Schramm, Elisabeth & Strauss, Bernhard (Eds.), Psychologische Psychotherapie: Ein kompetenzorientiertes Lehrbuch. München: Urban & Fischer. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-3-437-22601-4.00034-6
- Gloster, A., & Karekla, M. (2020). A multi-level, multi-method approach to testing and refining intervention targets. In Hayes, Steven C. & Hofmann, Stefan G. (Eds.), Beyond the DSM: Toward a process-based alternative for diagnosis and mental health treatment. Oakland: Context Press/New Harbinger Publications.
- Benoy, C., Eifert, G. H., & Gloster, A. (2020). Aktuelle Weiterentwicklungen der Verhaltenstherapie: Akzeptanz und Commitment Therapie (ACT). In Hoyer, Jürgen & Knappe, Susanne (Eds.), Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie (3. Auflage). Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61814-1
- Rinner, M. T. B., & Gloster, A. (2020). Assessing Worry: An overview. In Gerlach, Alexander L. & Gloster, Andrew T. (Eds.), Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Worrying: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians and Researchers. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119189909.ch2
- Gloster, A., & Gerlach, A. L. (2020). The Road Ahead: What Research Paths Should Be Taken in Order to Improve Future Treatments? In Gerlach, Alexander L. & Gloster, Andrew T. (Eds.), Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Worrying: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians and Researchers. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119189909.ch17
- Gerlach, A. L., & Gloster, A. (2020). Worry, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and their Importance. In Gerlach, Alexander L. & Gloster, Andrew T. (Eds.), Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Worrying: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians and Researchers. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119189909.ch1
- Brogna, S., Kamber, S., Diebold, L., Riachi, P., Gloster, A., & Wampfler, R. (2026). Mind Companion: An Embodied Conversational Agent for Process-Based Psychotherapy. In IEEE 14th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI) (Ed.), Mind Companion: An Embodied Conversational Agent for Process-Based Psychotherapy. Minneapolis: IEEE. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.17789
- Riachi, P., Kamber, S., Brogna, S., Gloster, A., & Wampfler, R. (2026). Toward Accessible Psychotherapy Training Using AI-Driven Interactive Patient Avatars. In IEEE 14th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI) (Ed.), Toward Accessible Psychotherapy Training Using AI-Driven Interactive Patient Avatars. Minneapolis: IEEE. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.17786
- Karekla, M., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., & Gloster, A. (2019). Using Machine Learning to Classify and Predict Avoidance vs. Acceptance in Individuals with Health Risk. In Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (Ed.), Health Behaviors in Context: Leveraging Technology for Contextually Sensitive Assessment and Intervention: World Congress of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. Dublin: Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
- Gloster, A., & Haller, E. (2022). Meaningful and Lasting Change – Psychotherapy in the Light of Evolutionary Processes. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 4 (3). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.9859
- Greifeneder, R., & Gloster, A. (2021). Clinical and Social Psychology: Identifying Commonalities and Synergies to Advance Research and Practice. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 49 (3).
- Gloster, A., Haller, E., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). The Centrality of Human Interaction: Shared Paths and Synergistic Opportunities for Clinical and Social Psychology. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 229 (3), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000445
Achievements
- Reflecting on the Context of Psychotherapy: Implications for Therapy and Research. Key Note, Reflecting on the Context of Psychotherapy: Implications for Therapy and Research, LaPICC’s International Symposium of Contextual Therapies, Brazil, 2025
- ACT and Beyond: Exploring the Breadth of Contextual Behavioral Science. Key Note, ACT and Beyond: Exploring the Breadth of Contextual Behavioral Science, Poland National ACBS Chapter, Warsaw, 2025
- Why ACT Isn’t Really (Only) ACT. Key Note, ACT Forum Hong Kong, ACT Forum Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2025
- You, Us, Meaningful Change and Other Issues of the Heart. Key Note, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, Beunos Aires, 2024
- Inproving Psychotherapy by Combining Clinical Trials and Process Research: On the Path to Individualizing Treatment. University of Bern, Department of Psychology Colloquium, Bern, 2024
- Psychological Flexibility as a Facilitator of Resilience: Examples from the Clinic and Everyday Life. University of Zürich, Department of Psychology Colloquium, Zürich, 2024
Vested interests
- Past-Present, Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2024–2025
- Member, Research and Development Committee, Institute for Better Health, 2023–
- Mitgründer, Schweizer Institut für nachhaltige Gesundheit, 2022–
Teaching
Clinical Psychology
Team
- Sonja Borner MSc, Independent doctoral student
- Stella Brogna MSc, Scientific Assistant
- Larissa Gonçalves Queiroz, Independent doctoral student
- Julia Jeannine Schmid PhD, Senior Research Assistant
