Caroline Wanza

Caroline Wanza

Doctoral Candidate, IPAM-Therapeutin

Contact information

+49 6421 28-23700 caroline.wanza@ 1 Gutenbergstraße 18
35032 Marburg
G|01 Institutsgebäude (Room: 03014 resp. +3014)

I joined the Department of Psychology and the PAM in July 2021. My research focuses on grief research, specifically looking at dysfunctional social cognitions and loneliness in bereaved people.

Research Interests

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)
  • Social expectations and loneliness as correlates of grief

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Curriculum Vitae

  • Education

    Since 08/2021 PhD in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
Advisor: Dr. Bettina Doering
    Since 07/2021 Postgraduate training as a psychological psychotherapist (cognitive-behavioral therapy), Institute for Psychotherapy Training Marburg (IPAM)
    10/2019 – 06/2021 Master in Psychology (M.Sc.), Philipps University of Marburg
    Thesis: „Nothing happens until something moves: The effect of motion and disgust sensitivity on the emotional evaluation of phobic stimuli“
    10/2015 – 09/2019  Bachelor in Psychology (B.Sc.), Philipps University of Marburg

  • Professional Experience

    Since 02/2022 Doctoral scholarship, AE Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Philipps University Marburg
    08/2021 – 02/2022 Research Fellow, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
    Since 07/2021 Clinical Psychologist, Outpatient Clinic for Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapie Ambulanz Marburg (PAM)
    11/2020 – 06/2021 Student Research Associate, Project Gamification, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment, Philipps University of Marburg, Dr. Anke Haberkamp

Teaching

  • M-KPb – „Different Approaches to Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice“
  • MKPPT-AP- Seminar: „Complicated Grief“
  • M-KPS 2 – Seminar: „Interventionspraktikum 2“

Selected Publications

Wanza, C., Gonschor, J., Smith, K. V., Ehlers, A., Barke, A., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2023). Feeling Alone in one's Grief: Investigating Social Cognitions in Adaption to Bereavement using the German Version of the Oxford Grief-Social Disconnection Scale. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7(2), 100327.

Wanza, C., Rief, W., & Doering, B. K. (2024). The Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement: Development and psychometric validation of a new instrument. Death Studies, 1-11.

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