• 2021 – Approbation zur Psychologischen Psychotherapeutin (Verhaltenstherapie)
• 2021 – Promotion (Dr. phil.) im Fach Psychologie an der Freien Universität Berlin

Titel der Dissertation: Transdiagnostic Internet-Based Interventions for Emotional Disorders

• 2015 – Diplom in Psychologie an der Technischen Universität Dresden

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

seit Juni 2017 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Freie Universität Berlin – Arbeitsbereich Klinisch-Psychologische Intervention

2011 – 2013 Studentische Hilfskraft

Technische Universität Dresden – Institut für Allgemeine Psychologie

Psychotherapeutische Ausbildung

2015 - 2021 – Institut für Verhaltenstherapie Berlin (IVB)

Forschungs- und Auslandsaufenthalte

August 2023 – Oktober 2023 Forschungsaufenthalt bei Prof. Dr. Shannon-Sauer Zavala, University of Kentucky, USA

August 2013 – Januar 2014 Erasmus Stipendium

Aarhus Universitet, Dänemark

Stipendien und Auszeichnungen

2023 - Fulbright Stipendium

2022 - Gender-Forschungspreis (GFP) in der Kategorie genderbezogene Gleichstellung

September 2018 - Reisestipendium des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD)

Veröffentlichungen in Fachzeitschriften mit Peer-Review

2025

Behr, S., Martinez Garcia, L., Lucas, J., Kohlhase, E., Puetz, M., Boettcher, J., Schaeuffele, C*., & Knaevelsrud, C.* (2025). The role of self-efficacy in internet-based interventions for mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Internet interventions, 40, 100821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2025.100821*shared last authors

Heinrich, M., Zagorscak, P., Kampisiou, C., Bohn, J., Schulze, L., Schaeuffele, C., Brose, A., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2025). A randomized controlled trial of a therapist-guided online intervention for depressed adults and its utility as an adjunctive to antidepressants and psychotherapy. BMC Psychiatry, 116(25). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06564-2

Jordan, S., Becker, P., Behr, S., Fenski, F., Knaevelsrud, C., Boettcher, J., & Schaeuffele, C. (2025). “Who blends in and why (not)?” A qualitative study on psychotherapists’ patient inclusion in blended care. Internet Interventions, 41, 100847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2025.100847

Schaeuffele, C., Zagorscak, P., Langerwisch, V., Wilke, J., Medvedeva, Y., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2025). A systematic review on personalization of treatment components in IBIs for mental disorders. Internet Interventions, 41, 100840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2025.100840

2024

Behr, S.*, Fenski, F.*, Boettcher, J., Knaevelsrud, C., Hammelrath, L., Kovacs, G., Schirmer, W., Petrick, H., Becker, P., & Schaeuffele, C. (2024). TONI - One for all? Participatory development of a transtheoretic and transdiagnostic online intervention for blended care. Internet interventions, 35, 100723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100723

Fenski, F., Behr, S., Schaeuffele, C., Boettcher, J., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2024). Blended Care: Stand der Forschung und Implementierungsmöglichkeiten. Nervenarzt, 95(3):216-222. doi: 10.1007/s00115-023-01579-0.

Schaeuffele, C., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2024). Understanding change from the patient perspective in a transdiagnostic Internet-based intervention for emotional disorders: a qualitative content analysis. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 54(2), 190–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2024.2399173

Schaeuffele, C.*, Meine, L. E.*, Schulz, A.*, Weber, M. C., Moser, A., Paersch, C., Recher, D., Boettcher, J., Renneberg, B., Flückiger, C., & Kleim, B. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapies for emotional disorders. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01787-3 *shared first authors

2023

Fenski, F.*, Behr, S.*, Schaeuffele, C., Boettcher, J.†, & Knaevelsrud, C. (2023)†. Blended Care: Stand der Forschung und Implementierungsmöglichkeiten. Der Nervenarzt, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-023-01579-0 *shared first authors †shared last authors Böttcher, J., 

Schäuffele, C., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2023). Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) – Nutzen für die Psychotherapie. PiD - Psychotherapie im Dialog, 24(02), 11–13. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1919-2923

2022

Schaeuffele, C., Heinrich, M., Behr, S., Fenski, F., Hammelrath, L., Zagorscak, P., Jansen, A., Pohl, S., Boettcher, J., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2022). Increasing the effectiveness of psychotherapy in routine care through blended therapy with transdiagnostic online modules (PsyTOM): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23(1), 830. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06757-0

Schaeuffele, C., Homeyer, S., Perea, L., Scharf, L., Schulz, A., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2022). The unified protocol as an internet-based intervention for emotional disorders: Randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0270178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270178

2021

Bär, J., Ziehn, P., Ewert-Altenhain, D., Seidl, L., Schaeuffele, C., & Boettcher, J. (2021). Behandlungsschwierigkeiten bei geleiteter Online-Therapie. Psychotherapeut. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-021-00522-5

Kerber, A., Schauffele, C., Krieger, T., Urech, A., Riper, H., Berger, T., Boettcher, J., Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Differential Effects of Psychological Interventions in Online and Face-to-Face Settings on DSM-5 and ICD-11 Maladaptive Trait Domains: An Exploratory Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.648367

Schaeuffele, C., Bär, J., Buengener, I., Grafiadeli, R., Heuthaler, E., Strieder, J., Ziehn, P., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2021). Transdiagnostic Processes as Mediators of Change in an Internet-Delivered Intervention Based on the Unified Protocol. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-021-10272-y

Schaeuffele, C., Homeyer, S., Perea, L., Scharf, L., Schulz, A., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2022). The unified protocol as an internet-based intervention for emotional disorders: Randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0270178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270178 

Schaeuffele, C., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2021). Psychometric Properties of the German Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ). Assessment, 10731911211010955. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211010955

2020

Böge, K., Schaeuffele, C., Jacobsen, P., Chadwick, P., Ergen, E., Hahne, I., Bergmann, N., Boettcher, J., Wingenfeld, K., Bajbouj, M., & Hahn, E. (2020). Validation of the German Version of the Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ). Mindfulness, 11(9), 2219–2234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01447-x

Schaeuffele, C., Schulz, A., Knaevelsrud, C., Renneberg, B., & Boettcher, J. (2020). CBT at the Crossroads: The Rise of Transdiagnostic Treatments. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-020-00095-2

2018

Böttcher, J., Schaeuffele, C. & Renneberg, B. (2018). Das Unified Protocol zur Behandlung emotionaler Störungen: One size fits all? Psychotherapeut, 63(3), 182-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-018-0282-4

2016

Duesenberg, M., Weber, J., Schulze, L., Schaeuffele, C., Roepke, S., Hellmann-Regen, J., Otte, C., & Wingenfeld, K. (2016). Does cortisol modulate emotion recognition and empathy? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 66, 221–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.01.011

Duesenberg, M., Weber, J., Schaeuffele, C., Fleischer, J., Hellmann-Regen, J., Roepke, S., Moritz, S., Otte, C., & Wingenfeld, K. (2016). Effects of hydrocortisone on false memory recognition in healthy men and women. Behavioral Neuroscience, 130(6), 635–642. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000170

Veröffentlichungen in Büchern und Fachzeitschriften

Schaeuffele, C., & Boettcher, J. (2023). Online-Therapie. In A. Ströhle, J. Hoyer, & J. Plag (Hrsg.), Praxishandbuch Angsterkrankungen. Elsevier.

Schaeuffele, C., Knaevelsrud, C., & Boettcher, J. (2022). Das Beste aus zwei Welten? Zum Potenzial von digitalen Angeboten für die psychotherapeutische Praxis. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 2/2022, 111-116

Kongressbeiträge

Kerber, A., Schäuffele, C., Krieger, T., Urech, A., Riper, H., Berger, T., Boettcher, J., Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Differential Effects of Psychological Interventions in Online and Face-to-Face Settings on DSM-5 and ICD-11 Maladaptive Trait Domains: An Exploratory Pilot Study. Presentation at the 52th annual international meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) in Heidelberg, Germany.

Kerber, A., Schäuffele, C., Krieger, T., Urech, A., Riper, H., Berger, T., Boettcher, J., Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Differential Effects of Psychological Interventions in Online and Face-to-Face Settings on DSM-5 and ICD-11 Maladaptive Trait Domains: An Exploratory Pilot Study. Presentation at the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD) congress.