Markus Boeckle is a psychotherapy researcher and clinician based at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, and University Hospital Tulln, Austria. He holds degrees in zoology and philosophy, a PhD in cognitive biology (University of Vienna, 2012) and an MSc in Integrative Therapy, and works as a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. His research asks how therapeutic change comes about, and follows that question across four connected lines: meta-analytic evidence synthesis on somatoform and conversion disorders, chronic pain and sleep; embodiment, body-oriented interventions and self-touch; low-threshold digital and online mental health care, particularly for adolescents; and the organisation and equity of psychotherapeutic care in Austria. A conceptual thread running through this work is the lived body (Leib) as a bridging concept between neurobiological, psychological and phenomenological accounts of change. Before moving fully into psychotherapy science, he studied vocal communication and cognition in corvids at the University of Vienna and, as a postdoctoral researcher, at the University of Cambridge. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, serves on several editorial boards, and heads the Department for Science and Research of the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP).