Dr. phil. Kristina Eichel

Clinical Psychological Intervention
Research Assistant (externally funded project)
Room 2.08.04, Turm 8
12163 Berlin
- 2016 – Promotion at Universität zu Köln
- Mindfulness and error processing
- Mindfulness and error processing
- 2021 – Master in Cognitive Science at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 2012 – Dimploma in Psychology at Universität zu Köln
Career
Since December 2021: Research assistant
Freie Universität Berlin - Department Clinical Psychologial Intervention
2017 - 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA - The Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory -Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
2016: Research Assistant
Universität zu Köln - Social Cognition Center Cologne
2012 - 2015: Research assistant
Universität zu Köln - Differential Psychology and Psychological Diagnostic
2007 - 2011: Student research assistant
Universität zu Köln - Psychological Methods and Experimental Psychology
Psychotherapeutic practice
Since April 2021 Psychological Psychotherapist with limited treatment permit at Zentrum für Systemische Therapie an der GST
Research stays
June to December 2015 Visiting Researcher
Dr. Willoughby Britton, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA -The Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory
Grants
Balancing Hope and Fear: Resourcing Climate Activists for Sustainable Environmental Justice Work (Dr. Brooke D. Lavelle, Zack Walsh, Dr. Kristina Eichel, et. al), Mind & Life PEACE Grant (25.000$). Laufzeit: 2020-2021
Jealousy and Mindfulness, Center for Social and Economic Behavior C-SEB Junior Start-Up Grant (3000€), Universität zu Köln. Laufzeit: 2016
Scholarships
06/ 2015-09/ 2015: Scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Research stay at Brown University
10/ 2012 - 12/ 2015: Scholarship from the graduate school of the faculty of human sciences of the Universität zu Köln. Research stay at Brown University
Practice as expert for journals
Clinical Psychology Review
PLOS ONE
Mindfulness
Computers in Human Behavior
Participations in occupational organisations
Since 2021 elected delegate of the psychotherapists in training of the Psychotherapeutenkammer Berlin
Since 2019 member of Psychologists4Future
Reserach topics
- Effects of mindfulness and meditation on emotional and cognitive components
- Social and general impact factors of psychotherapy
- Systemic therapy, relationship and sexual counseling
- Philosophy of mind, emphasis on theory of mind and empathy
- Interdisciplinary research (philosophy, sociology and psychology)
- Neurophysiological methods (EEG, fMRI)
- Implementation research
- Diversity and publication bias in psychotherapy research
Peer-reviewed articles
2021
Cullen, B. H., Eichel, K., Lindahl, R. J., Rahrig, H., Kini, N., Flahive, J., & Britton, W. B. (2021). The contributions of focused attention and open monitoring in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for affective disturbances: a 3-armed randomized dismantling trial. PLOS One, 16(1), e0244838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244838
Eichel, K., Gawande, R., Acabchuk, R.L. (co-first author), … Britton, W. B. (2021). A Retrospective Systematic Review of Diversity Variables in Mindfulness Research, 2000–2016. Mindfulness, 12(5), 2573-2592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01715-4
Eichel, K., Canby, N. (co-first author), Lindahl, J. R., Chau, S., Cordova, J., & Britton, W. B. (2021). The Contribution of Common and Specific Therapeutic Factors to Mindfulness-Based Intervention Outcomes. Front. Psychol., 11, 603394. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.603394
Yamada, Y., Ćepulić, DB., Coll-Martín, T. [...], Eichel, K. et al. (2021). COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. Sci Data, 8(1), 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00784-9
2020
Brown, L., Rando, A., Eichel, K., Van Dam, N. T., Celano, C., Huffman, J., Morris, M. (2020). The effects of mindfulness and meditation on vagally-mediated heart rate variability: A meta-analysis. Psychosomatic Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000900
Canby, N., Eichel, K., Peters, S., Rahrig, H., & Britton, W. B. (2020). Predictors of out-of-class mindfulness practice adherence during and after a mindfulness-based intervention. Psychosomatic Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000873
Eichel, K. & Stahl, J. (2020). Error processing and mindfulness meditation in female students. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 147, 35-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.11.001
Kowal, M., Coll-Martín, T., Ikizer, G., Rasmussen, J., Eichel, K., Studzińska, A., Koszałkowska, K., Karwowski, M., Najmussaqib, A., Pankowski, D., & Ahmed, O. (2020). Who is the most stressed during COVID-19 isolation? Data from 26 countries and areas. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12234
2018
Kang, Y., Rahrig, H., Eichel, K., Niles, H. F., Rocha, T., Lepp, N. E., ..., Britton, W. B. (2018). Gender differences in response to a school-based mindfulness training intervention for early adolescents. Journal of School Psychology, 68, 163-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.03.004
2016
Eichel, K. & Stahl, J. (2016). The role of mindfulness and emotional stability in error detection. Mindfulness. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0601-1
2011
Klipp, S., Eichel, K., Billard, A., Chalika, E., Dabrowska, M., Loranc,. . . Assailly, J.P. (2011). European Demerit Point Systems: Overview of their main features and expert opinions. Organization.
Conference Presentations
Eichel, K., Cullen, B. H., Britton, W. B. (2018) Effects of focused attention and open monitoring meditation on error-related processing - Behavioral and neurophysiological changes. Vortrag bei der 4th International Conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Leiden, Niederlande
Eichel, K. (2018) Symposium Chair für “Critical and Social Perspectives on Mindfulness” bei der International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Eichel, K., Chao, S., Cheaito, A., Lipsky, J., Pham, A., Zhu, Z., … Britton, W. B. (2018). Exclusion by Omission: A Systematic Review of Diversity Variables in Mindfulness Based Interventions. Vortrag bei der International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Eichel, K. & Crusius, J. (2018). Mindfulness and Envy. Vortrag bei dem Consortium of European Research on Emotion, Glasgow, UK
Eichel, K. & Britton, W. B. (2017). Pay Attention to Focused Attention in Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Vortrag bei dem Mindfulness Symposium - Triangulations, Copenhagen, Dänemark
Eichel, K. & Sysalova, H. (2016). Critique on Measurements of “Trait” Mindfulness. Vortrag und Panel bei Theorising on Social and Embodied Aspects of Contemplative Practices, Tampere, Finnland
Eichel, K. & Stahl, J. (2015). The Role of Mindfulness and Emotional Stability in Performance Monitoring. Vortrag bei Mindfulness and Compassion, San Francisco, CA, USA
Eichel, K. & Stahl, J. (2014). The effect of mindfulness on error processing using a dispositional and an experimental approach. Vortrag bei der European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference, Dortmund