Renata Wacker

I am a clinical psychologist with a background in social psychology and current research focus on the abilities to understand as well as communicate mental states (feelings, intentions, thoughts) in relation to interpersonal functioning. I am passionate about evidence-based psychodynamic perspectives on mental health and integrative psychotherapeutic strategies. At the Outpatient Clinic for Social Interaction, I am currently developing and evaluating a new transdiagnostic group therapy approach that integrates transference processes with cognitive-behavioral strategies to target interpersonal difficulties in patients on the autistic spectrum, with social anxiety, or chronic depression. Furthermore, I am seeing patients at the Institut für Psychoanalyse, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik as part of my advanced clinical training. Outside the academic realm, I am fascinated by non-western traditions that include body-based, artistic and mystical practices exploring consciousness.

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