Contact:

Dr. Maria Kleinstäuber
Dep. of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Email: kleinsta@uni-mainz.de
Phone: (0049) 6131/39 39201
Fax: (0049) 6131/39 39102

University Education

24.06.2010: Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany. Title of Ph.D. thesis: Efficacy of Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacotherapy for Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis (magna cum laude); Advisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller
2004-2007: Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany: Diploma in psychology (summa cum laude.Title of Diploma thesis: Ability of discriminating facial aesthetic defects of women with eating disorders symptoms
2002-2004: University of Darmstadt, Germany: Prediploma in psychology
06/2002: School leaving examination (Abitur), Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere in Weimar, Germany

Affiliations

since 2010: Post-doc research fellow and lecturer at Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
2005-2008: Student assistant, Outpatient Clinic of Psychotherapy (Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller), Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
2003-2004: Research assistant, Institute for Educational Psychology (Chair: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmitz) and Institute of Experimental Psychology (Chair: Prof. Dr. Rainer Schmidt), University of Darmstadt, Germany

Psychotherapy Education

2007 - 2010: Trainee in the Postgraduate Program for Psychological Therapists (Cognitive-Behavior Therapy) at the Institute for Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
2010: Licence to practice Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Clinical Experience

since 2008: Psychotherapist (CBT) at the Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
05/2007-20/2008: Psychotherapist (CBT) at the Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt a.M., Germany
07/2006-10/2006: Traineeship, Neuropsychology Service of the Community Health Clinic in Poole, UK
03/2005-04/2005: Traineeship, Rehabilitation Clinic Bingert in Wiesbaden, Germany

Scholarhips/Awards

2004-2007: Scholarship awarded by Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.
2008-2010: Dissertation scholarship by Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany

Clinical and Research Interests

Aetiology and treatments for somatoform symptoms
CBT for chronic tinnitus
Aetiology and CBT for premenstrual syndrome
Aetiology of eating disorders
Evaluation of psychotherapeutic treatments and meta-analyses
Evaluation of internet therapy

Cooperations

Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D., Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University (Sweden)
Birgit Gurr, DClinPsych, Poole Community Health Clinic, UK
Tanja Legenbauer, Ph.D., Dep. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-Clinic Dortmund, Ruhr-University of Bonn, Germany
Cornelia Weise, Ph.D., Dep. of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University (Sweden)

Publications/Congress Abstracts

Kleinstäuber, M., Witthöft, M., & Hiller, W. (in press). Efficacy of short-term psychotherapy for multiple medically unexplained physical symptoms: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review.

Kleinstäuber, M., Witthöft, M., & Hiller, W. (2010). Psychotherapy versus psychopharmacotherapy for premenstrual syndrome: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17 (Suppl. 1), S111-S112.

Kleinstäuber, M., Witthöft, M., & Hiller, W. (2010). Wie effektiv ist Psychotherapie im Vergleich zu Psychopharmakotherapie in der Behandlung des Prämenstruellen Syndroms (PMS)? Eine Meta-Analyse. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 39 (Suppl. 1), 18.

Legenbauer, T., Maul, B., Rühl, I., Kleinstäuber, M., & Hiller, W. (2010). Memory bias for schema-related stimuli in individuals with bulimia nervosa. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66, 1-15.

Kleinstäuber, M., Witthöft, M., & Hiller, W. (2009). Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer Kurzzeitinterventionen bei der Polysymptomatischen Somatoformen Störung: Eine Meta-Analyse. Verhaltenstherapie, 19 (Suppl. 1), 3.

Kleinstäuber, M., Witthöft, M., & Hiller, W. (2009). Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer und psychopharmakologischer Behandlungskonzepte bei der Polysymptomatischen Störung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 38 (Suppl.1), 12-13.

Legenbauer, T., Kleinstäuber, M., Müller, T., & Stangier, U. (2008). Are individuals with an eating disorder less sensitive to aesthetic flaws than healthy controls? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65, 87-95.

Legenbauer, T., Kleinstäuber, M., Müller, T., & Stangier, U. (2007). Können Frauen mit Essstörungen ästhetische Mängel bei anderen Menschen besser erkennen al gesunden Kontrollpersonen? Verhaltenstherapie, 17 (Suppl.1), 42-43.