Luzia Heusler, M.Sc.

Research Associate | PhD Student

Office address:

Leopoldstraße 13

Room 3310

80802 Munich

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Leopoldstraße 13

80802 Munich

Research Interests and Expertise

· Effects of early traumatic experiences on psychopathology in adulthood

· Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

· Processes of change in psychotherapy

CV

11/2026 – present: PhD Student in the MUC-1 project of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) and at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
10/2026 – present: Lecturer at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
09/2025 – 09/2026: Psychotherapist in Training, KIRINUS Schlemmer Klinik, Bad Tölz
09/2025 – heute: Postgraduate Training in Psychological Psychotherapy, specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), KIRINUS CIP Akademie

05/2025 – 08/2025: Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich
08/2024 – 03/2025: Student Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
03/2021 – 07/2024: Student Research Assistant, Chair of Social Psychology, LMU Munich
05/2023 – 09/2023: Student Research Assistant, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
08/2023 – 12/2023: Study Abroad Semester (Erasmus), University of Galway, Ireland
02/2023 – 04/2023: Research Internship, Chair of Psychological Methods and Assessment and Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
10/2022 – 03/2025: MSc in Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, LMU Munich
03/2022 – 04/2022: Clinical Internship, Helios Klinik Bad Grönenbach
02/2021 – 04/2021: Clinical Internship, kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum Haar
10/2019 – 07/2022: BSc in Psychology, LMU Munich

External Collaborations and Affiliatons

· https://www.dzpg.org/ German Center for Mental Health (DZPG)

Publications

Leithner, C., Gerst, S., Niyaz, R., Heusler, L., Terhorst, Y., Ehring, T., & Semmlinger, V. (2026). Psychosocial interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder in low- and middle-income countries: a Bayesian meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 56, e280, 1–11 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291726105807

Heusler, L., & Altenmüller, M. S. (2026). Threatened by science: Can affirmations alleviate motivated science rejection? Public Understanding of Science, 35(7), 802-821. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261445597

Luzia Heusler, M.Sc.

Research Interests and Expertise

CV

External Collaborations and Affiliatons

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