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Stephan Heinzel

Professorship:

Clinical and Biological Psychology, since 1 April 2023

About the professorship

Department:

Educational Sciences and Psychology

Studies and doctorate:

  • 2013: PhD in Psychology at Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 2008: Diploma in Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Portrait of a man outside © Hesham Elsherif​/​TU Dortmund

Stages:

  • 2016-2023: Assistant professorship in Neurobiological Mechanisms of Therapeutic Interventions in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Freie Universität of Berlin
  • 2014-2016: Research associate (50%) in clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychology at Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 2013-2016: Research assistant (50%) in social and preventive medicine at the Department of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Potsdam
  • 2014: Licensed as a psychological psychotherapist with a focus on behavior therapy
  • 2009-2014: Psychotherapy training at the Center for Psychotherapy at the Institute of Psychology of Humboldt University of Berlin (Zentrum für Psychotherapie am Institut für Psychologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, ZPHU)

Focus in research:

  • Neurobiological foundations of mental disorders (depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders)
  • Mechanisms of therapeutic interventions (psychotherapy, sports, cognitive training)
  • Prediction of incidence of mental disorders and treatment success
  • Climate crisis and mental health (psychology of climate crisis, climate anxiety, climate-aware behavior, climate education)