Dr. Lukas Kirchner

Lukas Kirchner

Research Fellow, IPAM-Therapeut

Contact information

+49 6421 28-24076 lukas.kirchner@staff 1 Gutenbergstraße 18
35032 Marburg
G|01 Institutsgebäude (Room: 03057 resp. +3057)

Research interests

  • Social inference and social decision making in depression and other mental disorders
  • Optimization of social expectations
  • Cognitive immunization

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education & Training

    0/2017 - 05/2022
    Postgraduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Institut für Psychotherapie Ausbildung Marburg (IPAM)

    10/2017 - 04/2021
    PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg
    Thesis: “On the relevance, acquisition, and modification of disorder-specific expectations in the context of depressive disorders.“

    10/2015 - 07/2017
    Master’s degree in psychology (M.Sc.), Department of Psychological Methods, Philipps-University of Marburg
    Thesis: “The power of the situation in violent computer games -a meta-analytic examination of situational strength.”

    11/2013
    Licensed trainer of the “Affect Regulation Training” sensu Prof. Dr. Matthias Berking, Praxis für Psychotherapie und Beratung, Gießen 

    08/2011 - 09/2015
    Bachelor’s degree in psychology (B.Sc.), Department of Psychological Methods, Philipps-University of Marburg
    Thesis: “Situational strength in mood induction methods - a meta-analytic investigation.”

    08/2002 - 07/2011
    High school diploma, Christophorusschule Königswinter

  • Professional Positions

    Since 01/2022
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the cluster initiative “The Adaptive Mind” ( https://www.theadaptivemind.de/ )  funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts, Department of clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg

    Since 10/2017
    Therapist (outpatient clinic), Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg (PAM)

    01/2021 - 12/2021
    Therapist (inpatient clinic), Asklepios Fachklinik Fürstenhof Bad Wildungen

    01/2018 - 12/2020
    Diagnostician in a multicenter study on persistent grief disorder (PROGRID) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Department of clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg

    10/2017 - 03/2021
    PhD Scholarship, Department of Psychological Methods, Philipps-University of Marburg

    10/2015-01/2016
    Student assistant in the course “Psychodiagnostic Interview and Behavioral Observation”, Department of Personality and Diagnostics, Philipps-University of Marburg

    08/2013 - 12/2013
    Student assistant in a multicenter study on emotion regulation in binge eating disorder funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Department of clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg

  • Further Activities

    Teaching (Philipps-University of Marburg):
    M-KPb – „Different Approaches to Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice“
    B-KP1a – Recognition of Mental Disorders: “Affective Disorders” 

    Supervision (Philipps-University of Marburg):
    More than 20 bachelor and master theses

    Academic self-administration (Philipps-University of Marburg):
    Member of the local ethics committee 

    Reviewer:
    Journal of Clinical Psychology in Europe
    Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Publications

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