Dr. Anamaria Semm
Post-Doc
Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
Research Focus & Expertise
- (Early) parent-child interaction
- Mental illness in the peripartum period
- Non-verbal interaction and synchrony in dyadic interactions and in psychotherapy
- Child loss experiences and effects on family and partnership
Publications
Schröder, J., Kratzer, L., Karatzias, T., Semm, A., Tschöke, S., Biedermann, S., Schäflein, E., König, J., Knefel, K., Hyland, P., & Shevlin, M. (2026). International Depression Questionnaire and International Anxiety Questionnaire: validation of brief ICD-11 measures for depression and generalised anxiety disorder. BMJ Mental Health, 29(1). PDF (PDF, 260 KB)
Wittekind, C. E., Jäger, M., Semm, A., Stefanovic, M., Berberich, G., Krauseneck, T., Ehring, T., & Woud, M. L. (2026). Information processing biases in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): cross-sectional findings and exploratory investigation of bias changes following treatment. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 17(1), 2638717. PDF (PDF, 1,181 KB)
Semm, A., Kaubisch, L., Woll, C., Müller, M., Brenner, I., Steinmaßl, K., Zietlow, A.-L., & Reck, C. (2024). COMPARE P3: Risikobewertung bei Kindern psychisch kranker Eltern – Transmissionswege zwischen mütterlichen peripartalen Depressionen und komorbiden Angststörungen und der kindlichen sozio-emotionalen und kognitiven Entwicklung (TP3): Schlussbericht zu Nr. 3.2 BNBest-BMBF 98. Technische Informationsbibliothek. https://doi.org/10.34657/22057 PDF (PDF, 698 KB)
Semm, A., Sarubin, N. & Goerigk, S. (2018). Wie hängt subthreshold Depression mit dem Selbstwert zusammen? In C. Krinner, N. Sarubin, K. Wedlich, S. Schmidt, K. Schütz, N. Egold, D. Gansen-Ammann, I. Zobel (Hrsg.). Angewandt-wissenschaftliche Perspektiven der Psychologie: Abschlussarbeiten an der Hochschule Fresenius. München: CIP-Medien Verlag
Academic Background
- since 2022
- Clinical Training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, specializing in behaviour therapy, MUNIK
- since June 2021
- Post-Doc at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment, LMU Munich
- Sept. 2019 – March 2025
- Post-Doc at the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology & Counseling Psychology (e.g. in the COMPARE study), LMU Munich
- Sept. 2019 - Nov. 2022
- Doctorate at the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology & Counseling Psychology, LMU Munich
- May 2020 - June 2021
- Psychologist and head of the specialist service in a curative education day center of Lebenshilfe Munich
- Sept. 2018 - Feb. 2019
- Research assistant at the Institute for Didactics and Educational Research in Medicine, LMU Munich Hospital
- Jul. 2017- Jul. 2018
- Student assistant at the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Großhadern Hospital, LMU Munich
- 2014- 2019
- Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology
Scholarships & Awards
- 12/2023 - 12/2024: LMU Mentoring Program of the Faculty of Psychology and Education
- 2015-2019 Germany Scholarship for talented and high-achieving students