Rabea Derhardt

Rabea Derhardt is a Research Associate at the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ) at Ruhr University Bochum. She is a licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist specializing in behavioral therapy, with a focus on diagnostics in childhood and adolescence, transmission of mental illness between parents and children, and early childhood temperament.

• Education
  • Bachelor of Science (2014) in Clinical Psychology with focus on Counseling and Intervention, Ruhr University Bochum
  • Master of Science (2016) in Clinical Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum
• Current Roles
  • Research associate and doctoral student in the ProChild project (since 2019)
  • Therapeutic assistant at the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (since 2017)
  • Tutor for the Case Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychology (since 2018)

Her research examines how legal frameworks and bureaucratic processes impact mental health treatment accessibility for children, adolescents, and caregivers. She contributes to developing diagnostic assessments and screening tools at FBZ. Her work intersects with intervention research, trauma studies, and transdiagnostic approaches to mental disorders.

Publications: Her 2025 co-authored paper on data protection barriers in youth mental health highlights systemic challenges in clinical research and treatment delivery.

Labs & Teams: Works within the FBZ infrastructure at Ruhr University Bochum, contributing to crisis services and diagnostic tool development projects.