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Dr. Josephine Kliewer-Neumann serves as Lecturer and Head of the Baby and Toddler Consultation at Ruhr University Bochum's Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ), specifically within the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Since 2021, she has led specialized clinical services for infants and toddlers, while concurrently delivering lectures in child and adolescent psychotherapist training programs at Ruhr-Institut Bochum since 2022.
Her academic credentials include a Bachelor's (2008) and Master's (2010) in Psychology from Ruhr University Bochum, followed by licensure as a child and adolescent psychotherapist (2017) and PhD completion (2019).
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2008, Ruhr University Bochum)
- Master of Science in Clinical Psychology (2010, Ruhr University Bochum)
- Approbation as Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (2017, Ruhr-Institut Bochum)
- Doctor of Philosophy (2019, Ruhr University Bochum)
Her research critically examines infant mental health through dual lenses of attachment disorders in foster care systems and adolescent eating pathology. She pioneers assessment methodologies for attachment disturbance while investigating food addiction mechanisms in psychiatric populations. Her clinical approach integrates developmental psychopathology with transdiagnostic frameworks, emphasizing early intervention for vulnerable infants and evidence-based protocols for eating disorder comorbidities.
Analysis of her 2014-2018 publication record reveals methodological rigor in longitudinal foster care studies and innovative cross-diagnostic applications in eating disorder research. Key trends include gender-differentiated attachment representation analyses, foster parent stress predictors, and operationalization of food addiction constructs within adolescent psychiatry—demonstrating consistent translational focus from clinical observation to assessment tool development.
As leader of the Baby and Toddler Consultation, she directs specialized clinical services within FBZ's Team-KiJu structure. Her unit operates at the intersection of Ruhr University Bochum's Faculty of Psychology and clinical practice, maintaining close collaboration with LVR-Klinikum Essen while developing community-integrated mental health pathways for Bochum's youngest residents through the Baumhaus psychotherapy practice network.
