Charlotte Walbaum

Charlotte Walbaum is a Research Fellow at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Medical Psychology. Her work focuses on existential and psychosocial aspects of severe physical illnesses, particularly in cancer patients and their caregivers. She contributes to developing evidence-based psychodynamic therapies tailored for medically ill populations.

Her research emphasizes existential distress management, death anxiety in terminal patients, and caregiver mental health. Key projects include the ORPHYS therapy manual for short-term psychodynamic interventions in serious medical conditions. She collaborates on international studies assessing mental health outcomes in oncology settings.

Contact: W26 Building 2nd Floor | c.walbaum@uke.de | +49 40 7410-53174