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Anke Haberkamp is a Professor of Experimental Pathopsychology at the University of Witten/Herdecke since 2024. She chairs the Committee for Science and Research of the State Chamber of Psychotherapists of Hesse and previously held the Acting Chair for Psychotherapy Research at Justus Liebig University Giessen (2023–2024). Her research integrates Experimental Psychology, Computer Graphics, and Clinical Psychology to investigate mental disorder mechanisms and improve treatments, with a focus on specific fears, OCD, and digital mental health applications.
- Education: Dipl.-Psych. in Psychology (2003–2009, Justus Liebig University Giessen), Doctorate (2014, TU Kaiserlautern)
- Research: Biological motion in phobias, virtual reality BAT validation, metacognitive therapy for OCD, e-mental health gamification
Key Projects:
- vBATon: Virtual reality BAT for spider fear
- ArachnophobiaRelief: Gamified app for spider phobia
- PsyChange: Network for psychotherapy innovation
Scientific Contributions:
- 2024: Award for doctoral supervision
- 2024: Co-developed open-access vBATon
Research Trends: Recent work emphasizes translational psychotherapy, OCD treatment comparisons (MCT vs. ERP), biological motion processing in phobias, and digital interventions like gamified apps. Earlier studies explored disgust stimuli databases, visual processing in phobias, and age-related cognitive activation patterns.
