Main research interests
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Comparative thinking (e.g., social comparisons, counterfactual comparisons) and psychopathology
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Social comparison as an intervention
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Etiology and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Epidemiology of PTSD and depression in survivors of war
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Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2022
Coordinator of the trauma ambulance of the University of Münster
Specialized ambulance for trauma-related mental disorders
University of Münster, Münster, Germanysince 08/2020
Postdoctoral researcher
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Münster
since 03/2024 Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Health Psychology, University of Münstersince 08/2020
Local coordinator of the IREM-freq study (multi-center-RCT, PI: Prof. A. Arntz)2018 - 2023
Clinical training to become a CBT therapist, IPP Münster08/2017 - 06/2020
PhD (summa cum laude)
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Münster2016 - 2017
Master of Science, Clinical Psychology (cum laude)
Leiden University, the Netherlands2015 - 2016
Master of Science, Affective Disorders (distinction)
King's College London, UK2012 - 2015
Bachelor of Science, Psychology (cum laude)
University of Groningen, the NetherlandsPublications
Due to current technical problems the List of Publications cannot be presented.
Ad Hoc Reviewer
BMC Medicine; BMC Psychiatry; BMJ Open; Clinical Psychology Review; Current Psychology; Development and Psychopathology; Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences; European Journal of Psychotraumatology; Heliyon; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; Nature Medicine; Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Memberships
since 2024
Münster Center for Open Science (MüCOS)since 2023
Forum Friedenspsychologie / panel for peace psychologysince 2022
German Society of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (DGVT)2022-2023
German Association for Psychotherapists (DPtV)since 2020
German-speaking Society for Psychotraumatology (DeGPT)
European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)
German Psychological Society (DGPs) incl. Division for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy2016-2017
British Psychological Society (BPS)Prices
2023 - Teaching award - best clinical seminar (seminar on major depression)
2022 - Falk-von-Reichenbach research award (DeGPT)
2013 - 2020 - Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (SDV)
2019 - Short scholarship of the Sybille-Hahne-Stiftung
2018 - Scholarship of the DeGPT for the first DeGPT Autumn School for young scientists