Simón Guendelman

Postdoctoral researcher

I am a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and researcher in the laboratory of clinical psychology of social interactions. My research areas include emotion regulation, empathy and social cognition, and applications in mental health and psychiatry of mindfulness and compassion interventions. I use behavioral, psychophysiology and neuroimaging methods. Currently, I am investigating common transdiagnostic social deficits in autism and social anxiety conditions, tackling diverse behavioral, immunological and brain mechanisms, in the context of a Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure funded project. I also collaborate in various interdisciplinary projects on art and science. In my free time, I enjoy life, exercise and food.

Areas of interest and expterise

  • Mindfulness
  • Emotion regulation
  • Empathy

Contact

E-Mail: simon.guendelman@hu-berlin.de
Web: https://www.simonguendelman.com

Publications

2022

Guendelman S, Bayer M, Prehn K, Dziobek I. Regulating negative emotions of others reduces own stress: Neurobiological correlates and the role of individual differences in empathy. Neuroimage. 2022 Mar 26;254:119134. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119134. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35351648.

Guendelman S, Bayer M, Prehn K, Dziobek I. Towards a mechanistic understanding of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) using an RCT neuroimaging approach: Effects on regulating own stress in social and non-social situations. Neuroimage. 2022 Mar 5;254:119059. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119059. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35259523.

2021

Guendelman S. & Przyrembel M. (2021) Taking care of emotions – from within, from without. Constructivist Foundations 16(2): 224–226. https://constructivist.info/16/2/224

2016

2016 “Developmental Trauma from a Buddhist and Relational Intersubjective perspective” Int J Psychotherapy, Vol. 20. Special issue. pp. 94-113.

2016 “Varela and Contemporary Psychoanalysis, an epistemological gesture: from representations to co-emergence”. Studies in Gender & Sexuality. (In press).

2016 “Varela’s bio-philosophy of experience, from representation to co-emergence.” chapter in the book “Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Chile”. from the IARPP: International Association of Relational Psychoanalsis and Psychotherapy.

2015

2015 “Neurobiology of meditation and intersubjective process: from self to intersubjective attunement” chapter in the book Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Published by JC Saez Editores. (In press).

2014

2014 “Empathy and borderline personality disorder: controversies