Biography and CV
Brief biography
In my PhD, I applied a systematic psychotherapy research approach to examine the clinical effectiveness of computerized cognitive trainings given as an add-on to regular inpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder to support relapse prevention after treatment. Herein, among others, I focused on measurement and modification of automatic approach-avoidance tendencies.
I am interested in the measurement and modification of cognitive biases (including interpretation biases) in the area of emotional psychopathology (including PTSD and depression).
Furthermore, I am interested in the role of transdiagnostic processes (e.g., anhedonia, rumination) in the development and maintenance of disorders in the area of emotional psychopathology (including cognitive biases) and their modification through psychotherapy.
I am also a licensed psychological psychotherapist (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) with particular expertise the treatment of depressive disorders and prolonged grief disorder, both in the individual- and group setting.
Scientific and Clinical Career
November 2024- present |
Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology and Licensed Psychological Psychotherapist at the Therapie – and Beratungszentrum of the Georg-Elias-Mueller-Institute of Psychology, University of Göttingen. |
November 2024- present |
Licensed Psychological Psychotherapist (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) at the Therapie – and Beratungszentrum of the Georg-Elias-Mueller-Institute of Psychology, University of Göttingen. |
2021- present |
PhD-Student in Clinical Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment at the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2019-2023 |
Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Medical School Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Germany |
2019-2024 |
Psychological Psychotherapist at the Salus Klinik Lindow, Germany |
2019 |
Docent in the course „Bachelor Thesis “. Supervision of students in their bachelor thesis in Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2018-2019 |
Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2015-2016 |
Student Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Donders Institute Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
Academic and Clinical Qualifications
2021- present |
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment at the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2019-2023 |
Psychotherapist in Training focusing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the |
2016-2018 |
M.Sc. in Behavioural Science (cum laude), Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2014 -2016 |
M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology (bene meritum), Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
2014 |
Summer School, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
2011-2014 |
B.Sc. in Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
Other External Professional Activities
- Association for Cognitive Bias Modification
- Deutsche Psychotherapeuten Vereinigung