Prof. Dr. Tanja Hechler
Curriculum Vitae
Education and academic degrees
Since 01/2019 Recognized supervisor in psychotherapy for children and adolescents Since 06/2013 Approbation, Licensed Psychotherapist for Children and Adolescents (cognitive-behavioural therapy) 2012 Habilitation & venia legendi in Clinical Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen 2006 PhD-degree in Psychology, University of Trier & University of Sydney, Australia 2000 Diploma in Psychology, University of Trier Current clinical position
Since 10/2022
Head of the university outpatient psychotherapy clinic, University of Muenster Previous and current scientific positions
Since 10/2022 Full professor (W3) of Clinical Psychology in Children and Adolescents and head of the university outpatient psychotherapy clinic, University of Muenster 08/2015 - 09/2022 Full professor (W2) of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents and head of the university outpatient psychotherapy clinic and postgradual training, University of Trier 2006 - 2015
Postdoctoral student and head of the research team German Pediatric Pain Center, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln 2004 - 2006 Research and clinical position at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Aachen 2001 - 2003 PhD Fellowship (DAAD, Christina Barz research grant, Europe-Australia scholarship), Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia Academic honors and awards
2020 Best thesis award of the German Psychological Association, Interest Group Clinical Psychology in Children and Adolescents for the thesis of Maren Katharina Wallrath (MSc); supervised by T. Hechler 2018, 2020, 2022, 2019 Teaching award of the Fachschaft Psychologie, University of Trier
2019
Best master thesis award of the German Association for Psychological Pain Research and Treatment (DGPSF) for the master thesis of Kim Daniela Opdensteinen, supervised by T. HechlerManagement (experience with project/research leadership)
PI or CO-PI on several (third-party funded) research projects (selection) - PI, DFG (HE5941/4-1; SCHN415/5-1) “Defence response mobilization via interoceptive sensations in children with chronic pain”
- PI, Witten/Herdecke University Internal research fund “The threat from inside:
Interoceptive fear and its treatment in children and adolescents with chronic pain“ - CO-PI, Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH “New ways out of pain“
- Member and applicant of the University Research Priority Program “Psychobiology of
Stress”, Ministry for Science, Rhineland-Palatinate - CO-PI Scientific Research Network PAIN (Pain, Action, Interference); Principal
investigator: Prof. Dr. Geert Crombez, Prof. Dr. Liesbet Goubert (Ghent, Belgien); FWO
Scientific focus areas
Translational Experimental psychophysiological research on interoception in preschoolers,
children and adolescentsTransdiagnostic & psychometrics Experimental psychophysiological research on shared mechanisms between chronic (primary) pain and mental health disorders. Development of new measures, translation and validation studies on existing measures Clinical Randomised controlled trial on interdisciplinary pain treatment for children; (planned) single-case experimental design on transdiagnostic interventions International collaborations
Research collaboration within the Scientific Research Network PAIN (Pain, Action, Interference) with researchers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada and the USA, in Luxemburg (Priv.-Doz. Dr. André Schulz, Dr. Angelika Dierolf), and the USA (associate professor Dr. Laura Simons).
Supervision of students, PhD-students, post-doc candidates
Supervisor of more than 100 bachelor and master theses (psychology), main supervisor of 8 PhD projects (4 finalized, 4 ongoing), mentor of two postdoc researchers.
Teaching
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Publications
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