Tertiary Education
| Since 10/2018 | Professional training in cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
| 10/2016-08/2018 |
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Work, Organizational and Clinical Psychology supervised by Dr. Stephan Braun (grade: very good), Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M. Thesis title: “Validierung des Frankfurt Leadership Inventory“ |
| 10/2013- 07/2016 |
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology supervised by Dr. Clemens Draxler (grade: very good), UMIT University, Austria Thesis title: “Eine psychometrische Analyse wirtschaftspädagogischer Daten“ |
Academic and Clinical Positions
| Since 02/2020 | PhD Student in Psychology supervised by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefanie M. Jungmann and Prof. Dr. Michael Witthöft, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychology, preliminary title of PhD thesis: “Überprüfung und Anpassung des Interoceptive Predictive Coding- Modells für das Kindesalter“ |
| 08/2018-09/2019 | Psychological Training, Day-Care Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics “Rheinhessen Fachklinik“, Alzey |
| 01/2018-04/2018 | Arbeitsstelle für Diagnostik und Evaluation Frankfurt: internship in forensic psychology, family law: children at risk of harm, parenting ability, providing of evaluations and expert opinions in the area of family law |
| 02/2017-06/2017 | Internship in clinical psychology research into psychotherapy of social anxiety disorder and dysmorphophobia, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 09/2015 | Internship at pain center, Frankfurt Rossmarkt |
| 07/2014-08/2014 | Neuropsychological internship on a neurological ward, in a stroke unit and neuroradiology at Krankenhaus-Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany, (for about seven weeks) |
Scholarships and Awards
| Since 02/2020 | PhD scholarship awarded by Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 02/2016 | Merit-based scholarship for excellent academic achievements awarded by the University Hall, Tirol (Austria) |
Current Projects
- Characteristics of children’s somatic symptom disorder depending on their medical explanation
Research Interests
- Interoception
- Predictive coding model & constructed emotion theory
- Emotions & emotion regulation
- Dimensional psychopathology
- Personality disorders and intersubjectivity
- Association, dissociation and memory
- False memory, plausibility, complaint validation
- Psychotherapy process research, evaluation of psychotherapy
- Dark triad and charismatic leadership
- Delinquent behaviour
- The power of conformity, diffusion of responsibility, bystander-nonintervention & pluralistic ignorance
- Cognitive dissonance