Research Topics and Interests
- Social and cognitive mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorders, anxiety , and depression
- Efficacy of psychological interventions
- Comparison processes in judgment and well-being
- Impact of traumatic events and forced migration on mental health
- Psychological impacts of natural disasters and extreme weather events
- Psychological interventions to promote more climate-friendly behaviours
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Curriculum Vitae
since 2016
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (09/2016-02/2024)
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Health Psychology (since 03/2024)
University of Münster2009 – 2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2008 – 2009
Clinical Research Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Frankfurt
2004 – 2008
Resarch Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Jena
2004 – 2009
Postgraduate professional training in CBT, IPT, University of Leipzig
2008
Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Jena
2003 – 2004
Research Assistant, Institut für Traumatherapie Berlin
2000 – 2001
Study abroad, Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, USA
2003
Dipl.-Psych. (M. A.), Department of Psychology, University of LeipzigEditorial Activities
Editirial Board Member of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Editorial Board Member of Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Associate Editor for BMC Psychiatry from 2011 - 2017Ad hoc reviewer
American Journal of Psychiatry; Behaviour Research and Therapy; Behavior Therapy; BMC International Health and Human Rights; BMC Psychiatry; British Journal of Psychiatry; British Journal of Psychology; Child Development; Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Clinical Psychological Science; Clinical Psychology in Europe; Clinical Psychology Review; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Therapy and Research; Comprehensive Psychiatry; Depression & Anxiety; European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; European Journal of Psychotraumatology; European Journal of Social Psychology; Frontiers in Psychiatry; Frontiers in Psychology; Health Psychology; International Journal of Social Psychiatry; JAMA-Psychiatry (formerly: Archives of General Psychiatry); JMIR Formative Research; Journal of Affective Disorders; Journal of Anxiety Disorders; Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychopathology; Journal of Health Psychology; Journal of Medical Internet Research; Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders; Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment; Journal of Psychosomatic Research; Journal of Traumatic Stress; Lancet-Psychiatry; Memory; Mindfulness; Motivation & Emotion; Nature Human Behavior; Neurological Sciences; New England Journal of Medicine; PLOS Medicine; PLOS ONE; Personality and Individual Differences; Personality and Mental Health; Perspectives on Psychological Science; Psychiatry Research; Psychological Bulletin; Psychological Medicine; Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy; Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice; Psychology of Violence; Psycho-Oncology; Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics; Psychotherapy Research; Quality of Life Research; Science; Scientific Reports; Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; Social Psychology of Education; Stress and Health; Trauma und Gewalt; Verhaltenstherapie; Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie.