Education
Apr 2017 | Licensure for psychological psychotherapy (CBT) |
Dec 2016 | Ph.D. in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) Dissertation: "Acceptance and implementation of eHealth interventions in medical inpatient rehabilitation" |
Oct 2012 - Apr 2017 | Professional training in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
July 2012 | Diploma in Psychology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main |
Sept 2010-Feb 2011 | Semester abroad, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
Academic and Clinical Positions
since June 2016 |
Research assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy & experimental Psychopathology (Prof. Dr. Witthöft), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
July 2013-May 2016 | Doctoral candidate, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz |
Oct 2012- Mar 2013 |
Clinical training, Inpatient Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz |
Oct 2013-Sept 2014 | Clinical training, Inpatient Clinic of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Agaplesion Elisabethenstift, Darmstadt |
Certificates, Scholarships, and Awards
Aug 2023 | Early Career Award International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) [LINK] |
March 2022 | Young Investigator Award European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM) [LINK] |
Nov 2021 | Certificate "Digital Psychotherapy" German Association for Psychiatry,Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) and German Association for Psychology (DPGs) |
Feb 2021 | Certificate "Digital Health & Education" Robert Bosch Stiftung and Careum Foundation |
Sept 2018 | Poster Prize 6th meeting of the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII), Copenhagen, Denmark Poster-Title: Effectiveness, acceptability, and safety of Internet-delivered psychological therapies for somatoform disorders and functional somatic syndromes: a narrative overview and recommendations for future research |
Mar 2018 | Research funding University of Mainz (13.000€) for the iSOMA project |
June 2017 | Teaching award (2nd place), "Neue Wege in der Lehre", University of Mainz (Germany) Seminar title: Development of modular web-based self-help for somatic symptom disorders and medically unexplained physical symptoms |
Mar 2017 | Poster Prize 26th Congress on Rehabilitation Sciences, Frankfurt (Germany) Poster title: Internet-based interventions for work-related stress: Acceptance and barriers to utilization in employees with a high risk of health-related early retirement |
July 2013- May 2016 | Ph.D. scholarship Illa and Werner Zarnekow Foundation |
Mar 2106 | Travel grant 67th German Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (03/16-19/2016) by the DKPM, DGPM, MediClin, DGPPR |
Sept 2010-Feb 2011 | Student scholarship ERASMUS program for academic mobility |
Publications
Featured publication
Hennemann, S., Wenzel, M., Van den Bergh, O., Wessels, M., & Witthöft, M. (2023). Emotion dynamics and somatic symptoms in everyday life: Ecological momentary assessment in somatic symptom disorder and healthy controls. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 172, 111429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111429
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Hennemann, S., Killikelly, C. Hyland, P., Maercker, A., Witthöft, M. (in press). Somatic symptom distress and ICD-11 prolonged grief in a large intercultural sample. European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Hennemann, S., Böhme, K., Witthöft, M. (2023). Somatische Belastungsstörung und verwandte Störungen. In: Ebert, D.D., Baumeister, H. (eds) Digitale Gesundheitsinterventionen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65816-1_9
Apolinário-Hagen, J., Drüge, M., Hennemann, S., Breil, B. (2021). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder: Insights into a New Generation of Face-to-Face Treatment and Digital Self-Help Approaches. In: Kim, YK. (eds) Major Depressive Disorder. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1305. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6044-0_17
Research projects
PROKI - Vergleich von Chatbot (ChatGPT) und menschlichem Coaching bei Prokrastination
KLER - Klimagefühle und Emotionsregulation mit Bilderparadigma
DIADEM - Diagnostik und Intervention bei Emetophobie (Angst vor dem Erbrechen)
iSOMA – Wirksamkeit einer Online-Intervention für anhaltende körperliche Beschwerden
KOWA– Körperbeschwerden und Wahrnehmungsprozesse im Alltag
Research Interests
- e-mental-health
- iCBT
- Online-aftercare
- Acceptance and adoption of e-mental-health
- Somatoform disorders / Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Health anxiety
- Grief
- Emetophobia
- Ambulatory assessment
- Digital diagnostics
- Psychotherapy process research
Teaching (German)
Bachelor and Master of Psychology
- Seminare zu Störungs- und Verfahrenslehre (u.a. "Therapeutische Techniken", "Depression und Suizidalität", "Somatoforme Störungen", "Mythen der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie", "Angststörungen")
- Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum
- BQT1
- Projektarbeitsseminare (u.a. "Entwicklung internetbasierter Interventionen für funktionelle Körperbeschwerden", "Validierung eines Fragebogens zur interozeptiven Sensibilität")
- Klinische Modelle und Psychotherapieforschung
- Erstgespräch und Probatorik in der Psychotherapie
Externe Dozententätigkeit
Seminare für Ausbildungsinstitute und Fortbildungsveranstaltungen zu den Themen „Somatoforme Störungen" und „E-Mental-Health“
Peer review activities (adhoc reviewer)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- BMJ open
- Internet Interventions
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Systematic Reviews
- Frontiers
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
- Verhaltenstherapie
- Journal of Sleep Research
- International Journal of Information Management
- Journal of Psychiatry Research
- Psychology, Health & Medicine
- Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
- Clinical Psychology in Europe
- PLOS One
- Scientific Reports
Media
"Wie wir Krankheitsängste überwinden" - Interview im SWR2 (Do, 29.10.2020 19:05 Uhr, SWR2 Tandem)
"Onlinetraining bei anhaltenden körperlichen Beschwerden" - Beitrag im JGU Magazin der Universität Mainz über Forschungsprojekt iSOMA
"Psychotherapie per App?" - Beitrag in ZDF heute via Instagram (Juli 2022)
Professional Affiliations
- Indikationsspezifische Arbeitsgruppe Psychotherapie im "Trusted Health Apps" Projekt der Bertelsmann Stiftung
- German Psychological Society (DGPs; section eHealth)
- Arbeitsgruppe „E-Health in der Rehabilitation“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rehabilitationswissenschaften e. V. (DGRW)
- Deutsche PsychotherapeutenVereinigung (DPtV)