@shaenester.bsky.social
Clinical psychology doctoral student. Dissociation, trauma, and self-injury researcher. Lover of mixed methods.
💫Convergent evidence from 3 studies: amygdala-targeted neurofeedback produced large, dissociation-specific improvements in #PTSD - a step toward new treatments for #depersonalization and #derealization! tinyurl.com/bdsjnzrd
07.10.2025 16:02 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Figure 1: Stacked bar charts showing frequency of endorsement of contra-hedonic functions of restrictive eating, binge eating, purging, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).
(4/6) We found that: (1) contra-hedonic functions are not just present but prevalent, (2) contra-hedonic functions are most common for NSSI, and (3) contra-hedonic functions are consistently associated with a desire to self-punish.
25.07.2025 18:26 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Coverage of dissociation and related concepts in psychiatric-mental health nursing textbooks
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New paper alert ⭐️! We make the case that truly trauma-informed assessment must also be dissociation-informed, providing process-related guidance.
We outline why dissociation matters in assessment and how to attend to contextual processes to be dissociation-informed.
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My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩
With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.
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Congratulations to @shaenester.bsky.social, the 2025 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford grantee! 🌟 Shae is conducting research on trauma-related dissociation, a highly under-researched topic. This award will allow Shae to complete their dissertation & pave the way for future funding opportunities. 👏
16.06.2025 17:47 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to @shaenester.bsky.social who won the APF Christine Blasey Ford grant! This award will fund their dissertation research examining the relation between dissociation and interoception using ambulatory assessment. Congrats Shae!!!
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Kristina Olson and I have a truly incredible advisee who won an NSF but had no luck on clinical psych PhD applications this round. Anyone able to consider another candidate this late in the process? Trust me, you won't regret it!
09.04.2025 00:35 — 👍 89 🔁 58 💬 7 📌 2Our newest paper!
03.04.2025 01:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Exciting to see Bluesky grow! I created a starter pack for folks interested in all things traumatic stress. Please don’t hesitate to add: go.bsky.app/MHqLdaG
14.11.2024 19:54 — 👍 51 🔁 30 💬 27 📌 2
Job Alert! UNC Greensboro PSY dept is hiring a T/T faculty member whose research aligns with 1 of our 4 pgm areas (clinical, cognitive, developmental, social) & who will teach grad & undergrad stats/methods courses. Search comm chair: bscassid@uncg.edu
spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/31067
Picture of Blair wisco, Emily heinlein, Aly Lopez, Cameron Pugach and Shae nester at a conference table
Our lab completed its first paper in a day! Many thanks to @shaenester.bsky.social for leading us! Very excited to publish this work on a new ambulatory method to assess interoception. It was a full lab effort with @cppugach.bsky.social, Aly Lopez, and Emily Heinlein all contributing.
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