• 2021 Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Title masterthesis: Decentering as a Mediator in Mindfulness-Based Interventions
• 2018 Bachelor of Science Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin

Career

Since 2021 Research Assistant in an externally funded project about unintended pregnancies (https://elsa-studie.de/en/), Division of Clinical Psychological Interventions, Freie Universität Berlin

2019 – 2020 Student Research Assistant, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Universität Witten/Herdecke

2015 – 2017 Student Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Scholarships

Since 2023 – Doctoral grant from the state of Berlin (Elsa-Neumann Stipendium)

Information on Ms. Blecker’s research can be found here.

Peer-reviewed articles

2025

Blecker, M. K., Daehn, D., Engel, S., Steudte-Schmiedgen, S., Garthus-Niegel, S., Knaevelsrud, C., & Schumacher, S. (2025). Childbirth-related posttraumatic stress symptoms: exploring the predictive potential of intrapartum hotspots. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2025.2469290.

2024

Haering, S.*, Meyer, C.*, Schulze, L., Conrad, E., Blecker, M. K., El-Haj-Mohamad, R., Geiling, A., Klusmann, H., Schumacher, S., Knaevelsrud, C., & Engel, S. (2024). Sex and gender differences in risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(6), 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000918    *shared first authorship

Ricke, A.,* Klusmann, H.,* Heinrich, M., Haering, S., Blecker, M. K., Knaevelsrud, C.# & Schumacher, S.# (2024). Taube Menschen in Deutschland: Mental Health Literacy und Einschätzung der Angebote des psychiatrisch-psychotherapeutischen Versorgungssystem – eine Online Studie. [Deaf people in Germany: mental health literacy and perception of mental health services - an online study.] Verhaltenstherapie, 34(1), 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1159/000535009 *Shared first authorship, #Shared last authorship

2023

Klusmann, H., Luecking, N., Engel, S., Blecker, M. K., Knaevelsrud, C., & Schumacher, S. (2023). Menstrual cycle-related changes in HPA axis reactivity to acute psychosocial and physiological stressors-a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 150, 105212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105212

Conference presentations

2023

Blecker, M.K., Daehn, D., Engel, S., Knaevelsrud, C. & Schumacher, S. (2023): Traumatic childbirth experiences: intrapartum hotspots as a predictor for childbirth-related posttraumatic stress symptoms. 43^rd Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology Annual Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-8 September 2023.

Blecker, M.K., Daehn, D., Engel, S., Knaevelsrud, C. & Schumacher, S. (2023): Childbirth-related posttraumatic stress shortly after birth: Relating subjectively traumatic birth experiences to postpartum symptom severity. 17^th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, Belfast, UK, 14-17 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2197737

Blecker, M.K., Haering, S., Engel, S., Klusmann, H., Meyer, C., Schumacher, S. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2023): Traumatische Kindheitserfahrungen als Risikofaktor für Symptome psychischer Belastung im Kontext unbeabsichtigter Schwangerschaften. 2. Deutscher Psychotherapiekongress – Forum für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Berlin, Deutschland, 10. – 13.05.2023

Blecker, M.K., Klusmann, H., Engel, S., Haering, S., Schumacher, S. & Knaevelsrud, C. (2023): Traumatische Kindheitserfahrungen als Risikofaktor für PTBS Symptome und Stresserleben nach einer unbeabsichtigten Schwangerschaft - ein Studiendesign. Jahrestagung der DeGPT, Zürich, Schweiz, 16. – 18.02.2023.