Dipl.-Psych. | Psychologische Psychotherapeutin (VT) Jessica Schlünzen
Office address:
Leopoldstraße 13
Room 1312
Research and Expertise
- Effects and mechanisms of imagery rescripting (Mervin Schmucker) compared to imaginal exposure (Edna B. Foa)
- On event-related emotions
- On analogue PTSD symptoms and memory distress
- On heart rate and heart rate variability
- Development of a questionnaire for the assessment of event-related shame and guilt (FESS)
- Effects of imagery rescripting and imaginal exposure on event-related shame and guilt
Career
- 05/2025 – present
- Course Coordinator Master KLIPPT and KPKN, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
- 01/2018 – present
- Research Assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Trauma Therapy, and Therapist at the Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
- 10/2014 – 08/2019
- Training as Psychological Psychotherapist in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the VfkV e.V.; Licensed as Psychological Psychotherapist
- 03/2017 – 10/2018
- Psychologist at the Day Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry
- 10/2014 – 02/2017
- Therapist and Skills Trainer in a Dialectic Behavioral Psychotherapy program for Borderline-Personality Disorder, Danuvius Clinic Pfaffenhofen
- 04/2009 – 08/2014
- University course (Diplom) in Psychology at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
- 09/2011 – 01/2012
- Semester abroad in the B.Sc. Forensic Psychology program at the University of Portsmouth, England, UK
- 2010 – 2014
- Student Assistant and Tutor at the University of Würzburg, Department of Social Psychology, Prof. Dr. Fritz Strack
External Collaborations
Collaboration with the Institute of Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry at Saarland University (http://www.forensik-homburg.de/) in the development of a questionnaire for the assessment of event-related shame and guilt in the context of criminal offenses
Publications
Kulla, P., Grabow (Schlünzen), J.M., Bleiziffer, U., Kratzer, L. & Kruse, J. (2021). Fragebogen zu ereignisbezogenen Scham- und Schuldgefühlen: Ein reliables und valides Instrument für Forschung und Praxis [Poster] [Development and Initial Validation of the Event-Related Shame and Guilt Scale]. Würzburg. Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie.
Schlünzen, J., Kulla, P. & Kruse, J. An analogue approach to investigate non-fear emotions and working mechanisms in imagery rescripting and imaginal exposure: Preliminary findings. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. 2025;16(1). doi:10.1177/20438087241311075
Schlünzen, J., Kulla, P., Diemerling, H. & Kruse, J. (May 2023). Imagery rescripting as a smartphone app might reduce post-traumatic stress: Challenges due to dropout and data noise [Poster]. Berlin. 2nd German Psychotherapy Congress.
Schlünzen, J. (2022). Effects and working mechanisms of Imagery Rescripting and Imaginal Exposure on image distress and event-related emotions [Preregistration]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PCFA6