• 2015 Master of Science in Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Master Thesis: The More the Merrier? Additive Effect of Cognitive Restructuring in an Internet-Based Treatment for PTSD in Arabic Speaking Countries. 

• 2013 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Konstanz
  • Bachelor Thesis: Komorbide Psychische Störungen bei Pseudoneurologischer Symptomatik.

Academic Career

since 2015 – now Ph.D. (Psychology), Freie Universität Berlin and Zentrum ÜBERLEBEN gGmbH, Berlin

• Topic: Web-based therapy for PTSD in conflict-affected countries located in the Middle East and North Africa; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christine Knaevelsrud
  
  

2015 – now Research Assistant,

Zentrum ÜBERLEBEN gGmbH Berlin, Professor Knaevelsrud and Professor Wagner, Berlin

06/2015 – 12/2015 Project Coordinator

Zentrum ÜBERLEBEN gGmbH Berlin

2014 – 2015 Student Assistant,

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Freie Universität Berlin

2014 – 2015 Intern

Zentrum ÜBERLEBEN gGmbH Berlin

2014 – 2015 Student Assistant

Department of Methods and Evaluation,Freie Universität Berlin

2013 – 2013 Student Assistant

Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Konstanz

2012 – 2013 Student Assistant

Department of Psychological Methods and Diagnostics, University of Konstanz

2011-2012 Clinical Internships

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University Clinic Würzburg

Center of Social Pediatrics, Berlin Charité

Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic, Berlin Charité

Treatment Center for Children and Adolescents “El Puente”, Córdoba (Argentina)

Scholarships

2015 – heute Ph.D. Graduation Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

2016 Young Researcher Award - Travel Grant for German-African Research Workshop on Refugees in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

2014 – 2015 Deutschlandstipendium, Freie Universität Berlin

Peer-reviewed articles

2021

Böttche, M., Wagner, B., Vöhringer, M., Heinrich, M., Stein, J., Selmo, P., Stammel, N., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Is only one cognitive technique also effective? Results from a randomised controlled trial of two different versions of an internet-based cognitive behavioural intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in Arabic-speaking countries. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 12:1. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1943870

Stein, J.*, Niemeyer, H.*, Meyer, C., Wirz, C., Eiling, A., Gruzman, R., Heeke, C., Stammel, N., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Posttraumatic Stress in Adult Civilians Exposed to Violent Conflict, War and Associated Human Rights Abuses in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.042

* shared first authorship

2019

Zagorscak, P., Heinrich, M., Bohn, J., Stein, J. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2019). How individuals change during internet-based interventions for depression: A randomized controlled trial comparing standardized and individualized feedback. Brain and Behavior, 10(1), e01484. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1484

Conference presentations

Stein, J., Knaevelrud, C., Böttche, M., Wagner, B. Internet-basierte Schreibtherapie für depressive Patienten aus arabischsprachigen Konfliktregion. 19. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie, Zurich, February 2017.

Stein, J., Wagner, B., Knaevelsrud, C. Internet-basierte Intervention zur Behandlung depressiver Symptome bei Patienten im arabischen Sprachraum. 34. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Bielefeld, May 2016.

Stein, J., Wagner, B., Knaevelsrud, C., Additive Effect of Cognitive Restructuring in a Web-based Intervention for War-Traumatized Arab People, German-African Research Workshop on Refugees Nairobi, Kenia, February 2016,.

Böttche, M., Wagner, B., Stein, J., Knaevelsrud, C. Smartphone-basierte Intervention zur Behandlung depressiver Symptome bei Patienten im arabischen Sprachraum. 29. DGVT-Kongress für Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Beratung, Berlin, February 2016.

Stein, J., Wagner, B., Knaevelsrud, C. Vergleichende Wirksamkeit von Prolongierter Exposition ohne versus mit kognitiver Umstrukturierung in der internetgestützten Behandlung von Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen. 29. DGVT-Kongress für Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Beratung, Berlin, February 2016.

Brand, J., Stein, J., Knaevelrud, C., Wagner, B. Wirksamkeit expositionsfokussierter Verfahren in der Online-Therapie zur Behandlung posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung. 33. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Dresden, May 2015.