My research is driven by the belief that “There is no health without mental health.” As a clinical psychologist, I am deeply interested in understanding how existing clinical psychological interventions can be adapted to better suit specific groups and made more accessible to diverse populations. Together with my research team, we explore key questions such as:
Research projects
1. Behavioral Medicine: How can psychotherapeutic approaches be tailored to address the needs of individuals primarily experiencing physical symptoms, such as tinnitus, endometriosis, or chronic pain?
2. Internet-Based Psychotherapy: How can new technologies, such as smartphone apps or browser-based programs, be leveraged to enhance the accessibility and availability of psychotherapy? This includes improving access for individuals who face barriers due to their geographic location, time constraints, or other obstacles that might hinder them from attending conventional psychological treatment.
3. Culture-Sensitive Clinical Psychology: What role do cultural factors play in psychological distress and the decision to seek (mental) health care? How can we better incorporate these factors when designing and implementing psychological interventions? Additionally, how should training for psychotherapists be structured to increase their awareness of culturally sensitive treatment and en-hance their ability to provide effective care in diverse cultural contexts?
Current projects
Belle-App: Efficacy of a CBT-based mobile application to reduce premenstrual complaints
(Own Funds)
This project is a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of a smartphone app with a cognitive-behavioral approach for women affected by premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Participants keep a symptom diary for two menstrual cycles and will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (app access for 8 weeks) or the control group. The app contains 16 mandatory modules, including cognitive strategies to deal with less helpful, symptom-related thoughts. Data will be collected four times to assess the impact of the app on the severity, impact and disability of PMDD.
Recent publications
2025
Barke, A., Doering, B., Forkmann, T., Ruhleder, M., Weise, C., & Korwisi, B. (2025, May). (Proper) practice helps: Results of a multicentre trial of Deliberate Practice for the acquisition of basic therapeutic skills .
Hajek Gross, C., Strobl, E., Schubert, K., Lohse, J., & Weise, C. (2025, April). Internetbasierte KVT bei Endometriose - Das Ed.iTh-Programm aus Sicht der Betroffenen .
Hajek Gross, C., Strobl, E., & Weise, C. (2025, August). Biofeedback for Endometriosis: A Study Protocol to Test a Novel Approach to Symptom Management .
Hajek Gross, C., Strobl, E., & Weise, C. (2025, April). Calm the Core: A Study Protocol Exploring Biofeedback for Endometriosis Relief .
Heuler, A., Hebel, I., Richer, R., Rohleder, N., Barke, A., & Weise, C. (2025). Sensor-based Measurement of Fear Avoidance in Chronic Primary Low Back Pain: A Study Protocol .
Hoppe, J.M., Weise, C., Kleinstaeuber, M., Skalkidou, A., Vegelius, J., Comasco, E.,... Buhrman, M. (2025). Emotion regulation-based internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Sweden . BMJ Open , 15 (1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091649
Nuhn, C., Studer, S., Kleinstaeuber, M., & Weise, C. (2025, May). Network Intervention Analysis of a Web-Based Training to Improve Clinical Psychologists' Transcultural Competence .
Nuhn, C., Studer, S., Kleinstäuber, M., & Weise, C. (2025, April). Photovoice zur Verbesserung der Verbalisierung emotionaler Erlebnisinhalte - Eine experimentelle Studie .
Steil, R., Herbstreit, R., Johow, J., Kuck, S., Lechner-Meichnser, F., Nater-Mewes, R.,... Ehring, T. (2025, April). Brief Imagery Rescripting vs. Usual care bei Geflüchteten mit Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung. Eine randomisierte kontrollierte Studie .
Strobl, E., Schubert, K., Lohse, J., & Weise, C. (2025, August). Improving Quality of Life in Endometriosis with Internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Randomised Controlled Trial .
Strobl, E., & Weise, C. (2025, April). Ein Fragebogen um Stigmatisierung bei Endometriose zu erfassen – die Endometriose Stigma Skala .
Studer, S., Nuhn, C., Kleinstäuber, M., & Weise, C. (2025). The impact of photovoice on the report of emotions in individuals with persistent physical symptoms: Results of an experimental trial . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 191 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112069
Weise, C., Herbstreit, R., Kip, A., Semmlinger, V., Al Sari, S., Grupp, F.,... Mewes, R. (2025, August). Culturally Adapted, Low-Threshold Psychoeducational Intervention for Asylum Seekers (LoPe-study): Results of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial .
Weise, C., Herbstreit, R., Kip, A., Semmlinger, V., Al Sari, S., Grupp, F.,... Mewes, R. (2025, April). Effektivität einer niedrigschwelligen, kultursensitiven Psychoedukation für Asylsuchende (LoPe-Studie): Ergebnisse einer multizentrischen, randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie .
Weise, C., Strobl, E., Schubert, K., & Lohse, J. (2025, April). Kann man die Lebensqualität bei Endometriose mit CBT verbessern: Ergebnisse einer randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie .
2024
Atzor, M.C., Andersson, G., von Lersner, U., & Weise, C. (2024). Effectiveness of Internet-Based Training on Psychotherapists’ Transcultural Competence: A Randomized Controlled Trial . Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology , 55 (3), 260-277. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221231221095
Giesebrecht, J., Reich, H., Weise, C., Nater, U.M., & Mewes, R. (2024). Links between ethnic discrimination, mental health, protective factors, and hair cortisol concentrations in asylum seekers living in Germany . European Journal of Psychotraumatology , 15 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2400835
Hajek Gross, C., Strobl, E., Schubert, K., Lohse, J., & Weise, C. (2024). Akzeptanz eines psychologischen Online Trainings (Ed.iTh) zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität bei Endometriose. In Proceedings of the 19. Kongress der DGVM 2024 . Freiburg, DE.
Hoppe, J.M., Kleinstaeuber, M., Andersson, G., Skalkidou, A., Vegelius, J., Comasco, E.,... Weise, C. (2024, March). Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder targeting emotion dysregulation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial .
Nuhn, C., Studer, S., Kleinstäuber, M., & Weise, C. (2024, October). Photo-Voice als Interviewmethode zur Förderung der Verbalisierung emotionaler Erlebnisinhalte: eine randomisiert-kontrollierte Studie .
Rinn, A., Goetsch, S., Hannibal, S., Lehr, D., & Weise, C. (2024, June). Wie wirken Apps gegen Tinnitus? Übersichtsarbeit zu Interventionskomponenten und Behavior Change Techniques .
Rinn, A., Hannibal, S., Goetsch, S., Weise, C., & Lehr, D. (2024). Apps for tinnitus? A systematic review on quality, intervention components, and behavior change techniques Mit Apps gegen den Tinnitus? Ein systematisches Review zu Qualität, Interventionselementen und Techniken der Verhaltensänderung . Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz , 67 (2), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-023-03805-1
Sophia, A., Kleinstäuber, M., & Weise, C. (2024, June). Eine Selbsthilfe-App bei Prämenstrueller Dysphorischer Störung? - Eine Pilotstudie zur Wirksamkeit eines kognitivverhaltenstherapeutischen App-basierten Programms .
Strobl, E., Lohse, J., Schubert, K., & Weise, C. (2024). Health related quality of life in endometriosis: Associated with depression, anxiety and stress, and predicted by psychological flexibility .
Strobl, E., Lohse, J., Schubert, K., & Weise, C. (2024). Mit internetbasierter kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität von Endometriosebetroffenen verbessern: Ergebnisse einer randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie . In Proceedings of the 19. Kongress der DGVM 2024 . Freiburg, DE.
Studer, S., Kleinstäuber, M., von Lersner, U., & Weise, C. (2024). Increasing transcultural competence in clinical psychologists through a web-based training: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial . Trials , 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07878-w
Weise, C., & Hajek Gross, C. (2024). Why we need a stronger focus on women’s health in clinical psychology and psychological treatment . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 6 . https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.15683
2023
Jensen, M., Garcia Alanis, J.C., Hüttenrauch, E., Winther-Jensen, M., Chavanon, M.L., Andersson, G., & Weise, C. (2023). Does it matter what is trained? A randomized controlled trial evaluating the specificity of alpha/delta ratio neurofeedback in reducing tinnitus symptoms . Brain Communications , 5 (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcad185
Pontén, M., Jonsjö, M., Vadenmark, V., Moberg, E., Grannas, D., Andersson, G.,... Jensen, K. (2023). Association between expectations and clinical outcomes in online v. face-to-face therapy - an individual participant data meta-analysis . Psychological Medicine . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003033
Schumm, H., Steil, R., Lechner-Meichsner, F., Morina, N., Weise, C., Mewes, R.,... Ehring, T. (2023). Associations between sleep problems and posttraumatic stress symptoms, social functioning, and quality of life in refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder . Journal of Traumatic Stress , 36 (6), 1176-1183. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22983
Weise, C., & Rief, W. (2023). Clinical Psychology in Transition: Taking Responsibility and Broadening the Scope . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 5 (4). https://doi.org/10.32872/CPE.13465
van Stein, K., Schubert, K., Ditzen, B., & Weise, C. (2023). Understanding Psychological Symptoms of Endometriosis from a Research Domain Criteria Perspective . Journal of Clinical Medicine , 12 (12). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124056
2022
Giesebrecht, J., Grupp, F., Reich, H., Weise, C., & Mewes, R. (2022). Relations between criteria for somatic symptom disorder and quality of life in asylum seekers living in Germany . Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 160 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110977
Hüttenrauch, E., Jensen, M., Ivanšić, D., Dobel, C., & Weise, C. (2022). Improving the assessment of functional impairment in tinnitus sufferers: validation of the German version of the Tinnitus Functional Index using a confirmatory factor analysis . International Journal of Audiology , 61 (2), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1919766
Kananian, S., Kip, A., Schumm, H., Giesebrecht, J., Nicolai, A., Schade-Brittinger, C.,... Stangier, U. (2022). Culturally adapted cognitive behavioural group therapy for mental disorders in refugees plus problem solving training (ReTreat): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open , 12 (11). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061274
Rief, W., Kopp, M., Awarzamani, R., & Weise, C. (2022). Selected Trends in Psychotherapy Research: An Index Analysis of RCTs . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 42 (2). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.7921
Schubert, K., Lohse, J., Kalder, M., Ziller, V., & Weise, C. (2022). Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for improving health-related quality of life in patients with endometriosis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial . Trials , 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06204-0
2021
Heim, E., Mewes, R., Ramia, J.A., Glaesmer, H., Hall, B., Shehadeh, M.H.,... Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Reporting cultural adaptation in psychological trials - The recapt criteria . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 3 . https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.6351
Heim, E., & Weise, C. (2021). Special issue editorial: Cultural adaption of psychological interventions . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 3 . https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.7627
Jensen, M., Hüttenrauch, E., Müller-Mazzotta, J., Stuck, B.A., & Weise, C. (2021). On the impairment of executive control of attention in chronic tinnitus: Evidence from the attention network test . Behavioural Brain Research , 414 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113493
Kleinstäuber, M., & Weise, C. (2021). Psychosocial Variables That Predict Chronic and Disabling Tinnitus: A Systematic Review . In (pp. 361-380). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
Mewes, R., Giesebrecht, J., Weise, C., & Grupp, F. (2021). Description of a culture-sensitive, low-threshold psychoeducation intervention for asylum seekers (tea garden) . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 3 . https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4577
Mewes, R., Giesebrecht, J., Weise, C., & Grupp, F. (2021). Description of a culture-sensitive, low-threshold psychoeducation intervention for asylum seekers (tea garden) . Clinical Psychology in Europe , 3C7 - e4577 . https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4577
Rief, W., & Weise, C. (2021). Make a Wish – What Are the Wishes for Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment? Clinical Psychology in Europe , 3 (4). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.7957
Searchfield, G.D., Zhang, J., Biswas, R., De Ridder, D., Deutsch, B., Hall, D.A.,... Zheng, Y. (2021). Correction to: Emerging Topics in the Behavioral Neuroscience of Tinnitus (10.1007/7854_2020_217) . In Grant D. Searchfield, Jinsheng Zhang (Eds.), The Behavioral Neuroscience of Tinnitus. (pp. 487-). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
Searchfield, G.D., Zhang, J., Biswas, R., De Ridder, D., Deutsch, B., Hall, D.A.,... Zheng, Y. (2021). Emerging Topics in the Behavioral Neuroscience of Tinnitus . In Grant D. Searchfield, Jinsheng Zhang (Eds.), The Behavioral Neuroscience of Tinnitus. (pp. 461-483). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
Steil, R., Lechner-Meichsner, F., Johow, J., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Mewes, R., Reese, J.P.,... Ehring, T. (2021). Brief imagery rescripting vs. usual care and treatment advice in refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: study protocol for a multi-center randomized-controlled trial患有创伤后应激障碍的难民中简短意向重构与常规护理和治疗建议的对比：一项多中心随机对照试验的研究方案Breve Reescritura de imágenes vs. Cuidado habitual y consejería de tratamiento en refugiados con trastorno de estrés postraumático: Protocolo de estudio para un ensayo multicéntrico controlado y aleatorizado . European Journal of Psychotraumatology , 12 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1872967
Weise, C., Grupp, F., Reese, J.-P., Schade-Brittinger, C., Ehring, T., Morina, N.,... Mewes, R. (2021). Efficacy of a Low-threshold, Culturally-Sensitive Group Psychoeducation Programme for Asylum Seekers (LoPe): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open , 11 (10C7 - e047385). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047385
Weise, C., Grupp, F., Reese, J.P., Schade-Brittinger, C., Ehring, T., Morina, N.,... Mewes, R. (2021). Efficacy of a Low-threshold, Culturally-Sensitive Group Psychoeducation Programme for Asylum Seekers (LoPe): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open , 11 (10). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047385
2020
Eisenlohr-Moul, T.A., Kaiser, G., Weise, C., Schmalenberger, K.M., Kiesner, J., Ditzen, B., & Kleinstäuber, M. (2020). Are there temporal subtypes of premenstrual dysphoric disorder?: Using group-based trajectory modeling to identify individual differences in symptom change . Psychological Medicine , 50 (6), 964-972. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719000849
Jensen, M., Hüttenrauch, E., Schmidt, J., Andersson, G., Chavanon, M.L., & Weise, C. (2020). Neurofeedback for tinnitus: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the specificity of an alpha/delta neurofeedback training protocol in alleviating both sound perception and psychological distress in a cohort of chronic tinnitus sufferers . Trials , 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04309-y
Smoktunowicz, E., Barak, A., Andersson, G., Banos, R.M., Berger, T., Botella, C.,... Carlbring, P. (2020). Consensus statement on the problem of terminology in psychological interventions using the internet or digital components . Internet Interventions , 21 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2020.100331
Weise, C., & Rief, W. (2020). This is not a christmas editorial! Clinical Psychology in Europe , 2 (4). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v2i4.5433
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My research is driven by the belief that “There is no health without mental health.” As a clinical psychologist, I am deeply interested in understanding how existing clinical psychological interventions can be adapted to better suit specific groups and made more accessible to diverse populations. Together with my research team, we explore key questions such as:
Research projects
Belle-App: Efficacy of a CBT-based mobile application to reduce premenstrual complaints
(Own Funds)
URL: https://bellehealth.co/
This project is a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of a smartphone app with a cognitive-behavioral approach for women affected by premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Participants keep a symptom diary for two menstrual cycles and will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (app access for 8 weeks) or the control group. The app contains 16 mandatory modules, including cognitive strategies to deal with less helpful, symptom-related thoughts. Data will be collected four times to assess the impact of the app on the severity, impact and disability of PMDD.
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