Research Interests and Expertise

  • Depression and interpersonal processes
  • Modular and personalized psychotherapy
  • Efficacy of psychotherapy for refugees with PTSD
  • Impact of post-migration stressors

CV

09/2026 – present
Research assistant and doctoral candidate in the POSIDONIA project of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) and the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
08/2026 – present
Psychotherapist in Training,
kbo-Lech-Mangfall-Klinik Garmisch-Partenkirchen
05/2025 – 07/2026
Psychologist and Psychotherapist in Training,
Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land
04/2025 – present
Postgraduate Training in Psychological Psychotherapy, specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), vfkv München
10/2022 – 07/2024
M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, LMU Munich
05/2023 – 08/2024
Student Research Assistant at Refugio Munich
02/2022 – 03/2023
Research Intern and Student Research Assistant at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, LMU Munich – Research Group on Eating Disorders
10/2019 – 07/2022
B.Sc. in Psychology, LMU Munich

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2019 – 2024 Scholarship Recipient, Max Weber Program

External Collaborations and Affiliatons

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

Publications

Kellermann, V., Koch, T., Nesterko, Y., Böhm, M., Dumser, B., & Geiling, A. (2026). Despite the obstacles: consistent treatment effects for traumatized refugees regardless of asylum status change. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 17(1), 2692170. doi:10.1080/20008066.2026.2692170

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