Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Christiane Eichenberg
Academic Experience
05/2001
Graduate degree in Psychology (Diplom), University of Cologne, Germany
09/2001 – 08/2005
Freelance member of staff at the Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
07/2002 – 10/2005
Doctoral Scholarship from the German Student Foundation
09/2005 – 10/2012
Member of research staff at the Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
02/2006
Graduation to Dr. phil. at the Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne
03/2007 – 04/2010
Member of research staff at the Department for Medical Psychology, Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
10/2010
Habilitation (post-doctoral qualification) in Psychology, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
10/2012 – 01/2013
Associate Professor at the Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria
02/2013 – 11/2016
University Professor for Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Media at the Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria
12/2016 – current
University Professor and Leader of the Institute for Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria
Scholarships and Prizes
2002 – 2005
Doctoral Scholarship from the German Student Foundation
2013
Marianne-Ringler Prize for psychotherapeutic research
2014
Research Development Prize from the City of Vienna
Academic and Professional Development
10/2017
Seminar for external funding and funding administration, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers
2007-current
Mid-level faculty representative for the doctoral board, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne
2008
Mid-level faculty representative for the appointment commission, University of Cologne
Honorary Positions
Member of the selection board for the German Student Scholarship Foundation
Mentor at the University of Lüneburg for the Scientific Qualification Pathways Program
Consultancy and Expert Services
For Institutions
Member of the advisory board for Online Counselling, pro familia
Evaluation of various projects for the prevention and treatment of (sexual) violence for the UBS Optimus Foundation Zurich, including: Child Victim Advocate for the Nobody’s Foundation, Warsaw; Child Assault Prevention for the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre, Canada; Safe Horizon Child Advocacy Centre, New York
Member of the advisory and complaints board, The German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media service providers (FSM e. V.)
Evaluation of research proposals, e.g. for Technology Foundation STW, Netherlands; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF); Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
For academic journals and Conferences
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Medical Internet Research
Editorial Board Member of Advances in Precision Medicine
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Autonomous Intelligence
Editorial Board Member of EC Psychology and Psychiatry
Editorial Board Member of psychotherapie forum
Mitglied des wiss. Beirats der Online-Zeitschrift e-beratungsjournal
Mitglied des wiss. Beirats der Zeitschrift Psychologie in Österreich
Member of the International Board of Reviewers for GOR 2010, GOR 2011, GOR 2012, GOR 2013, GOR 2014
Ad hoc consultancy/review services including: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Media Psychology, International Psychogeriatrics, GMS Psycho-Social-Medicine, Death Studies, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Telemedicine & E-Health; Internet Interventions, JAMA Psychiatry, Computers in Human Behavior, Games for Health Journal, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Digital Psychology, Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie, as well as international conferences (e.g. International and European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
Editorial Experience
1996 – current
Freelance Author for various publications (including Deutsches Ärzteblatt)
2001 – 2003
Editorial Assistant for the Online-Journal of Psychotraumatology, Thieme
2002 – current
Editor for “PsychLinker”, catalogue of annotated links for relevant psychology information on the Internet, Centre for Psychology Information and Documentation (ZPID)
2003 – 2013
Editor for the Journal of Psychotraumatology, Psychotherapeutic Sciences and Psychological Medicine (ZPPM), Asanger Publications
Psychotherapy Qualification and Experience
2003 – 2011
Online Counsellor: psychologe.de for trauma, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders
06/2006 – 03/2007
Employee at the IPFMW training clinic and counselling services for victims of violence and accidents, German Institute for Psychotraumatology
09/2007 – 06/2009
Employee at the Alexianer Hospital Centre for Psychotraumatology, Krefeld
2012
Licence to practice as a certified Psychological Psychotherapist (specialism: psychodynamic)
2012
Specialist Psychotherapist for psychodynamic trauma therapy (German Institute for Psychotraumatology, Cologne)
2014
Lecturer for Psychotherapy, Trauma and Resilience, ARGE Bildungsmanagement, Vienna, Austria
Specialist Psychotherapist for psychoanalysis