• 2021 – Approbation as Psychological Psychotherapist (Behavioral Therapy) 
• 2021 – PhD (Dr. phil.) in Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin

Title of the dissertation: Transdiagnostic Internet-Based Interventions for Emotional Disorders

• 2015 – Diploma in Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden

Academic Career

Since June 2017 Research Assistant

Freie Universität Berlin - Division of Clinical Psychological Intervention

2011 – 2013 Student Research Assistant

Technische Universität Dresden – Institut of General Psychology

Psychotherapeutic Training

2015 - 2021 – Institute for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Berlin (IVB)

Study abroad

August 2023 – Oktober 2023 research stay with Prof. Dr. Shannon-Sauer Zavala, University of Kentucky, USA

August 2013 – Januar 2014 Erasmus programme

Semester abroad, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

Scholarships and Awards

2023 - Fulbright Scholarship

2022 - Genderforschungspreis (GFP) in the category of gender equality

September 2018 – Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Peer-reviewed articles

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

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, 1–18. 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., 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. 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

Publications in books and journals

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

Conference presentations

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