Dr. Theresa Emser

As a licensed psychotherapist and researcher, my focus is on combining these two areas and therefore on applied clinical research.

Of special interest is a better understanding of psychotherapy processes and consequently improving treatment. Especially in times when practices lack the capacity to receive any new patients and outpatient clinics have waiting lists up to one year, it seems essential to create efficient, goal-oriented, and effective treatments. Analyzing routine data of extensive data sets as well as evaluating innovative treatment options like single-session-interventions can be promising approaches.

Academic Career

• since 06/2024 Postdoc, Chair for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Germany
• since 05/2021 lecturer at the Munich University training institute for psychotherapists for children and adolescents (MUNIK)
• since 10/2016 lecturer at the Marburg training institute for psychotherapists for children and adolescents (KJ-IPAM)
• 09/2014 – 08/2017 Pre-Doc at the department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Academic education

• 12/2017 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
• 06/2014 Diploma in psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Clinical education and career

• since 04/2024 Psychotherapist at a practice for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Würzburg, Germany
• 09/2017 - 03/2024 Clinical Psychologist with research activity at the Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Clinic Würzburg, Germany
• 10/2019 Licensed psychotherapist for children and adolescents (CBT)
• 12/2012 – 02/2017 Psychologist at a practice for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Marburg, Germany
• 11/2015 Accreditation as Triple-P Trainer

2022

Buerger, A., Emser, T., Seidel, A., Scheiner, C., Von Schoenfeld, C., Ruecker, V., Heuschmann, P.U., & Romanos, M. (2022). DUDE - a universal prevention program for non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in adolescence based on effective emotion regulation: study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23:97. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05973-4

2020

Emser, T. S. & Christiansen, H. (2020). Perceived social support in children and adolescents with ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities. DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103863

2018

Emser, T. S., Johnston, B., Steele, D. J., Kooji, S., Thorell, L., & Christiansen, H. (2018). Assessing ADHD symptoms in children and adults: evaluating the role of objective measures. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 14:11. DOI: 10.1186/s12993-018-0143-x

2016

Emser, T. S., Mazzucchelli, T. G., Christiansen, H., & Sanders, M. R. (2016). Child Adjustment and Parenting Efficacy Scale-Developmental Disability (CAPES-DD): Piloting of a new child and parenting assessment tool for children with a developmental disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 53-54, 158-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.006.

Other publications

Emser, T., Harbarth, S., Christiansen, H. (2015). Neurofeedback und Selbstmanagement-Training im ambulanten Setting für Kinder mit ADHS: Studienprotokoll und erste vorläufige Ergebnisse einer randomisiert kontrollierten Studie. Juvemus, 35, 16-20.