Dr. Milena Aleksic
Post-Doc
Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
Office hours:
by appointment via e-mail.
Postal address:
Leopoldstraße 13
80802 Munich
Research Focus & Expertise
My research interest is in the memory effects of trauma-focused psychotherapeutic treatments. I am investigating the extent to which interventions such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imaginative Exposure and Imagery Rescripting can specifically reduce distressing emotional aspects of autobiographical memories without impairing the retrieval of factual memory content. I consider this question from a clinical-psychological and cognitive-scientific perspective as well as with regard to its legal-psychological implications, particularly in the context of assessing the credibility of witness testimony.
Publications
Aleksic, M., Ehring, T., Kunze, A., & Wolkenstein, L. (2025). Does Treating Emotional Memories Come at a Price? Effects of Single-Session EMDR, Imaginal Exposure, and Imagery Rescripting on Forced-Choice Recognition of Event Details in Healthy Adults–a Laboratory Study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 104884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104884
Wolkenstein, L., Aleksic, M., Ganslmeier, M., Reineck, A., & Ehring, T. (2025). Replik zum Artikel von Niehaus und Sonnicksen. Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie, 19(3), 242-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11757-025-00897-0
Aleksic, M., Reineck, A., Ehring, T., & Wolkenstein, L. (2024). When does imagery rescripting become a double-edged sword?-Investigating the risk of memory distortion through imagery rescripting in an online Trauma film study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 174, 104495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104495
Academic Background
- 11/2020 - 05/2025
- Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment, LMU Munich
- since 04/2025
- Licensed as a psychological psychotherapist
- 05/2019 - 04/2025
- Psychotherapist in training at the outpatient clinic of the Vfkv Munich
- 04/2019 - 10/2020
- Psychotherapist in training at the Max-Planck-Institut Munich
- 11/2018 - 03/2019
- Psychotherapist in training at the psychosomatic department of the clinic Höhenried
- 07/2018
- Master of Science, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, LMU Munich
- 04/2016
- Bachelor of Science Psychologie, LMU Munich
Scholarships & Awards
- 12/2022 – 12/2023: LMU Mentoring Program of the Faculty of Psychology and Education
- 09/2015 - 05/2016: PROSA Scholarship