M.Sc. Josefine Gehlenborg
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M.Sc. Josefine Gehlenborg
Associated Researcher

Consultation hours: By arrangement

  • Research Topics and Interests

    • Imaginal self-help in substance use disorders and behavioral addictions
    • Metacognitive training for problem and pathological gambling
    • E-Mental Health interventions

  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 04/2020
    postgraduate professional training in cognitive behavioral therapy , Institute for Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf


    since 04/2019
    research psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychology Working Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf


    10/2016 – 03/2019
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, WWU Münster


    10/2013 – 09/2016
    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Psychology, Medical School Hamburg

  • Publications

    Moritz, S., Gehlenborg, J., Bierbrodt, J., Wittekind, C. E. & Bücker, L. (in press). A ghost in the machine? The predictive role of metacognitive beliefs, cognitive biases, and machine-related features in the severity of problematic slot machine gambling. Personality and Individual Differences.


    Gehlenborg, J., Bücker, L., Berthold, M., Miegel, F., & Moritz, S. (2020). Feasibility, acceptance and safety of metacognitive training for problem and pathological gamblers (Gambling-MCT): A pilot study. Journal of Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09975-w


    Moritz, S., Bücker, L., Wittekind, C., Gaweda, Ł. & Gehlenborg, J. (2020). The dimensional structure of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for Pathological Gambling: Functional differences between true compulsions and compulsive behavior. International Gambling Studies.https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2020.1808045


    Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S., Kraj, M., Gehlenborg, J. ,Hottenrott, B., Tonn, P., Ascone, L., Pedersen, A. & Kühn, S. (2020). Imaginal retraining reduces cigarette smoking: A randomized controlled study. European Addiction Research.https://doi.org/10.1159/000509823


    Miegel, F., Gehlenborg, J., Bücker, L., Lion, D., & Moritz, S. (2019). Kann eine Online-Intervention für Depressionen emotionale Probleme und Schmerzen lindern? Eine randomisiert-kontrollierte Studie. Verhaltenstherapie, 29 (3), 166-181.


    Moritz, S., Göritz, A. S. Schmotz, S., Weierstall-Pust, R., Gehlenborg, J., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2019). Imaginal retraining decreases craving for high-calorie food in overweight and obese women: A randomized controlled trial. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (319), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0655-7