Stefanie Rita Balle, M.Sc.

Research assistant | Doctoral candidate

Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment

Licensed psychological psychotherapist (CBT)

Office address:

Leopoldstraße 13

Room 1312

80802 München

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Postal address:

Leopoldstraße 13

80802 München

Research Focus & Expertise

Psychopathology, relationship quality, and interactions with living children following pregnancy/child loss
Psychosocial care for parents following abnormal prenatal screening results or pregnancy/child loss
Psychopathology, social interaction, (self-)stigma, and help-seeking behavior following adverse childhood experiences

Academic Background

04/2025–present: PhD candidate at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
07/2022–present: Licensed Psychotherapist at the group practice of Prof. Dr. Fegg and colleagues
12/2022: Additional license a child and adolescent psychotherapist
05/2020–05/2022: Psychotherapist in training at the MUNIP outpatient training clinic

10/2018–04/2022: Postgraduate training in psychological psychotherapy with a specialization in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) at the Münchner Universitäres Institut für Psychologische Psychotherapieausbildung (MUNIP); licensure as a psychotherapist; additional license as a group psychotherapist
09/2019–07/2020: Psychotherapist in training at Klinikum Fünfseenland Gauting
03/2019–06/2020: Clinical Psychologist at ANAD e.V. in Munich
04/2019–03/2020: Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Therapist at Arbeitskreis Legasthenie Bayern e.V.
10/2018–05/2019: Psychotherapist in training at Marianne-Strauss-Klinik in Kempfenhausen
10/2017–10/2018: M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Tübingen
06/2017–09/2018: Working Student at Rösch Fashion GmbH & Co. KG
10/2013–09/2017: B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Tübingen
12/2016–07/2017: Italian Language Instructor at Lernstudio Barbarossa
05/2016–07/2017: Working Student at IC Consult in Stuttgart
10/2016–02/2017: Practical semester in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychosomatics at St. Anna-Virngrund-Klinik in Ellwangen
09/2016: Internship at the Social Pediatric Center, University Hospital Tübingen
08/2016–09/2016: Intern and Psychoeducation Instructor at the bwlv Specialized Addiction Treatment Clinic in Tübingen
02/2016–04/2016: Intern in the Psychological Services Department at Heimsheim Correctional Facility
10/2012–03/2015: Studies in International Business Administration, University of Tübingen
08/2014–10/2014: Intern in International Human Resources Development at TRW Automotive GmbH

Publications

Haim-Nachum, S., Oe, M., Seedat, S., Ahmed, F., Fisch, C. T., Lazarov, A., Jenkins, D., Carranza-Neira, J., Young, L., Balle, S. R., Sela, Y., Neria, Y., Şar, V., Ayas, G., Jansson, B., Schnyder, U., Pfaltz, M., & Amsalem, D. (2026). A brief video intervention targeting self-stigma among childhood maltreatment survivors: An international, multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. eClinicalMedicine, 100, 104201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104201

Porat-Butman, S., Ayas, G., Balle, S. R., Carranza-Neira, J., Fares-Otero, N. E., Hemi, A., ... & Levy-Gigi, E. (2025). From maltreatment to mistrust: Impaired belief updating as a mechanism linking childhood maltreatment to interpersonal and clinical outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 104902.

Balle, S.R.*, Nothelfer, C.*, Mergl, R., Quaatz, S.M., Hoffmann, S., Hoffmann, H., Allgaier, A.-K.*, & Eichhorn, K.* (2024). Depression after pregnancy loss: the role of the presence of living children, the type of loss, multiple losses, the relationship quality, and coping strategies. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2386827.

Fares-Otero, N.*, Sharp, T.*, Balle, S.R., Quaatz, S.M., Vieta, E., Ahs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A., Bachem, R., Belete, H., Belete Mossie, T., Berzengi, A., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Iqbal, N., Jobson, L., Levy-Gigi, E., Lüönd, A., ..., & Halligan, S.L. (2024). Social support and (complex) posttraumatic stress symptom severity: does gender matter? European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Haim-Nachum*, S., Sopp, R.*, Lüönd, M.R., Afzal, N., Ahs, F., Allgaier, A.-K., Arévalo, A., Asongwe, C., Bachem, R., Balle, S.R., Belete, H., Belete Mossie, T., Berzengi, A., Capraz, N., Ceylan, D., Dukes, D., Essadek, A., Fares-Otero, N., Halligan, S.L., Hemi, A., ..., & Pfaltz, M.C. (2024). Childhood maltreatment is linked to larger preferred interpersonal distances towards friends and strangers across the globe. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 339.

Other Roles

Member of the Child Trauma Network of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GCTS) https://www.global-psychotrauma.net/child-maltreatment

Stefanie Rita Balle, M.Sc.

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