Lena Waltemate
Lena Waltemate is a licenced psychotherapist (cognitive-behavioral therapy) and has been employed as a research assistant at the Department of Translational Psychotherapy since April 2023.
Research and clinical experience
| since 2023 | Research Assistant Department of Translational Psychotherapy Institute of Psychology University of Göttingen |
| 2019 - 2022 |
Research Assistant |
| 2018 - 2022 | Postgraduate Trainee as a Psychological Psychotherapist Out-patient treatment University Outpatient Clinic University of Münster |
| 2017 - 2018 | Postgraduate Trainee as a Psychological Psychotherapist In-patient treatment St. Rochus-Hospital Telgte - Specialty Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine |
| 2014 - 2017 | Student Research Assistant Clinical diagnostics and psychotherapy research University Outpatient Clinic University of Münster |
Education
| Since 2020 | Additional qualification for specialized psychotraumatherapy for adults Training Institute for Psychological Psychotherapy (IPP), Münster |
| Since 2019 | PhD studies Institute for Translational Psychiatry University of Münster |
| 2017 - 2022 | State-certified postgraduate training for psychological psychotherapists Licenced in 2022, cognitive-behavioral therapy Training Institute for Psychological Psychotherapy (IPP), Münster |
| 2015 - 2017 | Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Psychology Clinical psychology and experimental psychopathology University of Münster |
| 2012 - 2015 | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology University of Münster |
Awards, honors and scholarships
| 2021 | ECNP Excellence Award |
Research interests
- Foundational and translational research regarding psychological and neurobiological associations of adverse childhood experiences and life-time trauma in the context of precision mental health and personalized psychotherapy
- Experimental psychopathology and psychotherapy and translation into psychotherapeutic interventions
- Optimization and dissemination of evidence-based psychotherapy
Latest publications
A complete list of all publications can be found on Google Scholar, Research Gate or under the following ORCID.
2023
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Schmitt, S., Ringwald, K. G., Meller, T., Stein, F., Brosch, K., Pfarr, J.-K., ... Kircher, T.
(2023).
Associations of gestational age with gyrification and neurocognition in healthy adults.
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience,
273,
467–479.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01454-0.
- Stein, F., Schmitt, S., Brosch, K., Meller, T., Pfarr, J.-K., Ringwald, K., ... Krug, A. (2023). State of illness-dependent associations of neuro-cognition and psychopathological syndromes in a large transdiagnostic cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 589–599. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.129.
2020
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Enneking, V., Dzvonyar, F., Dück, K., Dohm, K., Grotegerd, D., Förster, K., ... Redlich, R.
(2020).
Brain functional effects of electroconvulsive therapy during emotional processing in major depressive disorder.
Brain Stimulation,
13,
1051–1058.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.03.018.
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Struck, N., Krug, A., Feldmann, M., Yuksel, D., Stein, F., Schmitt, S., ... Brakemeier, E.-L.
(2020).
Attachment and social support mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms.
Journal of Affective Disorders,
273,
310–317.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.04.041.