Dr Karolina Krysinska completed her PhD in psychology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland in 2001. She worked as Post-doc Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KUL-University of Leuven, Belgium (2011-2014), psychologist at Tele-Onthaal (Tele-Help), Belgium (2011-2013), Research Officer at the Centre for Suicide Prevention Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane (2008-2009), Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), Griffith University, Brisbane (2004-2007) and Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland (1995-2004). Her research interests include risk and protective factors in suicide, suicide prevention, thanatology, psychology of trauma, and psychology of religion. She is an author and co-author of book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on various aspects of suicide, trauma, and bereavement.