Dr. Anja Feneberg

Dr. Anja Feneberg
Research Scientist
Department of Psychology
Research group of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

Room FL 310a
Fliednerstr. 21
48149 Münster

T: 0251 83-31305
anja.feneberg@uni-muenster.de
Consultation hours: upon agreement

• Curriculum Vitae

  Professional career

  Since 03/2023	Postdoctoral Scholar, Work unit of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, Germany
  2022 -  2023	Clinical Psychologist, Vitos Clinic for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Kassel, Germany
  2017 -  2021	Doctoral scholar, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria
  2016 -  2017	Research Assistant, Clinical Biopsychology, University of Marburg, Germany
  2015	Student Research Assistant, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Canada
  2012 -  2014	Student Research Assistant, Developmental Psychology, Trier University, Germany

   

     Academic education

  2022	PhD, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria
  Since 2016	Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (CBT), Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Germany
  2016	Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, Trier University, Germany
  2013	Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology, Trier University, Germany

  
        

• Research interest

  • Interoception and mental health in parents and children

  • Stress and stress-related disorders

  • Transdiagnostic processes in the development and maintenance of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence

  • Development and evaluation of digital tools and interventions (Ecological Momentary Assessment & Intervention)

  • Psychobiology of music

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  Teaching

  Winter Term 2025/26

  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe C [072128]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Ariane Gernhardt, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
    • [24^th Oct 2025 – 6^th Feb 2026 | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | FL/P/25b]
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe A [072126]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Ariane Gernhardt, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
    • [20^th Oct 2025 – 2^nd Feb 2026 | Mon, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | FL/P/25b]
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe D [072129]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Ariane Gernhardt, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
    • [24^th Oct 2025 – 6^th Feb 2026 | Fri, 12.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | FL/P/25b]
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe B [072127]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Ariane Gernhardt, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
    • [21^st Oct 2025 – 3^rd Feb 2026 | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | FL/P/17a]

  Summer Term 2025

  • Practical/Seminar: Experimentelles Forschungspraktikum A+B: Transdiagnostische Prozesse über die Lebensspanne [070057]
    (in cooperation with Anna-Lena Jesussek)
    • [9^th Apr – 16^th Jul 2025 | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | Fl 129]
    • [Sat, 26^th Apr 2025, 10.00 a. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | Fl 129]
    • [Sun, 27^th Apr 2025, 10.00 a. m. – 4.00 p. m. | Single Course | Fl 129]
    • [Sat, 28^th Jun 2025, 10.00 a. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | Fl 129]
    • [Sun, 29^th Jun 2025, 10.00 a. m. – 4.00 p. m. | Single Course | Fl 129]

  Winter Term 2024/25

  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe A [078137]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe B [078138]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe C [078139]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder & Jugendliche, Gruppe D [078140]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Lisa Hahn and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)

  Summer Term 2024

  • Practical/Seminar: Experimentelles Forschungspraktikum A+B: Kinder & Jugendliche [076062]
    (in cooperation with Anna-Lena Jesussek)

  Winter Term 2023/24

  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder und Jugendliche [074138]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Anna-Lena Jesussek and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder und Jugendliche [074139]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Anna-Lena Jesussek and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder und Jugendliche [074140]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Anna-Lena Jesussek and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)
  • Seminar: Praxis der Psychotherapie Teil 2: Kinder und Jugendliche [074141]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Sarah Jurga, Anna-Lena Jesussek and Dr. Judith Silkenbeumer)

  Summer Term 2023

  • Practical/Seminar: Experimentelles Forschungspraktikum A+B: Kinder & Jugendliche [072046]
    (in cooperation with Dr. Thomas Monninger)
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  Research Articles (Journals)

  2025

  • Hirsch, S., Feneberg, AC., Skoluda, N., Nater, UM., & Mewes, R. (2025). Pilot study of an ecological momentary music intervention for stress reduction in Turkish immigrant women perceiving chronic ethnic discrimination. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), Article 12274. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-96998-1.
  • Mües, HM., Markert, C., Feneberg, AC., & Nater, UM. (2025). Bidirectional associations between daily subjective stress and sexual desire, arousal, and activity in healthy men and women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 59 (1). doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaf007.
  • Stijovic, A., Forbes, P., Pronizius, E., Feneberg, AC., Piperno, G., Nater, UM., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2025). Affective and Social Predictors of Food Consumption During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Biological Psychiatry, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.007.
  • Feneberg, AC., Fischer, S., & Skoluda, N. (2025). Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 78 (101199). doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2025.101199.

  2024

  • Pronizius, E., Forbes, PAG., Feneberg, AC., Miculescu, B., Nater, UM., Piperno, G., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Lamm, C. (2024). Everyday helping is associated with enhanced mood but greater stress when it is more effortful. Scientific Reports, 14 (24120). doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-75261-z.
  • Zakreski, E., Juster, RP., Feneberg, AC., Cooperman, C., & Pruessner, JC. (2024). Inducing Death Thoughts Reduces the Cortisol Response to Psychosocial Stress Similar to the Effects of Early-life Adversity: A Life-history Perspective. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 10, 182–210. doi: 10.1007/s40750-024-00242-5.

  2023

  • Stijovic, A., Forbes, PAG., Tomova, L., Skoluda, N., Feneberg, AC., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Nater, UM., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2023). Homeostatic Regulation of Energetic Arousal During Acute Social Isolation: Evidence From the Lab and the Field. Psychological Science, 34 (5), 537–551. doi: 10.1177/09567976231156413.
  • Forbes, PAG., Pronizius, E., Feneberg, AC., Nater, UM., Piperno, G., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Lamm, C. (2023). The effects of social interactions on momentary stress and mood during COVID-19 lockdowns. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28 (2), 306–319. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12626.
  • Feneberg, AC., Stijovic, A., Forbes, PAG., Lamm, C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Silani, G., & Nater, UM. (2023). Perceptions of Stress and Mood Associated With Listening to Music in Daily Life During the COVID-19 Lockdown. JAMA network open, 6 (1), e2250382–e2250382. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50382.

  2022

  • Feneberg, AC., & Nater, UM. (2022). An ecological momentary music intervention for the reduction of acute stress in daily life: A mixed methods feasibility study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 927705–927705. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.927705.
  • Fischer, S., Ali, N., Feneberg, AC., Mewes, R., & Nater, UM. (2022). Does childhood trauma impact daily psychobiological stress in somatic symptom disorder? An ambulatory assessment study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 954051–954051. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954051.
  • O'Rourke, T., Vogel, C., John, D., Pryss, R., Schobel, J., Haug, F., Haug, J., Pieh, C., Nater, UM., Feneberg, AC., Reichert, M., & T, P. (2022). The Impact of Coping Styles and Gender on Situational Coping: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study With the mHealth Application TrackYourStress. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 913125–913125. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913125.
  • Feneberg, A., Forbes, P., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Stijovic, A., Skoluda, N., Lamm, C., Nater, U., & Silani, G. (. (2022). Diurnal dynamics of stress and mood during COVID-19 lockdown: a large multinational ecological momentary assessment study. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289 (1975), 20212480–20212480. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2480.
  • Mewes, R., Feneberg, AC., Doerr, JM., & Nater, UM. (2022). Psychobiological Mechanisms in Somatic Symptom Disorder and Depressive Disorders: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84 (1), 86–96. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001006.

  2021

  • Grebosz-Haring, K., Schuchter-Wiegand, AK., Feneberg, AC., Skoluda, N., Nater, UM., Schütz, S., & Thun-Hohenstein, L. (2021). The Psychological and Biological Impact of "In-Person" vs. "Virtual" Choir Singing in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study Before and After the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Austria. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 773227–773227. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.773227.
  • Feneberg, AC., Mewes, R., Doerr, JM., & Nater, UM. (2021). The effects of music listening on somatic symptoms and stress markers in the everyday life of women with somatic complaints and depression. Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 24062–24062. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03374-w.
  • Doerr, JM., Nater, UM., Feneberg, AC., & Mewes, R. (2021). Differential associations between fatigue and psychobiological stress measures in women with depression and women with somatic symptom disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 132, 105343–105343. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105343.

  2020

  • Feneberg, A., Kappert, M., Maidhof, RM., Doering, BK., Olbrich, D., & Nater, UM. (. (2020). Efficacy, Treatment Characteristics, and Biopsychological Mechanisms of Music-Listening Interventions in Reducing Pain (MINTREP): Study Protocol of a Three-Armed Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 518316–518316. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.518316.