As a psychologist of religion she combines concepts and theories from psychology with all kinds of religious phenomena. Besides an introduction to the psychology of religion, she published about religious experiences and emotions, faith healings and recently about leadership. The credibility of leadership is related – among other factors – to the match between the personality of the leader and important characteristics of the group. Van Saane provides a model and an online test to determine one’s credibility as a leader. For leaders in mom-religious contexts, spiritual concepts can be helpful to increase leadership credibility. Van Saane explores the value of concepts like moral, myths, rituals and metaphors for the practice of leadership.