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Dr. Letizia Gauck serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Psychological Psychotherapist at the University of Ulm since March 2024, establishing the child and adolescent psychotherapy unit and giftedness diagnostics section at the university's psychotherapeutic clinic. Concurrently, she has led the Center for Developmental and Personality Psychology (ZEPP) at the University of Basel's Faculty of Psychology since 2013, specializing in systemic-behavioral therapeutic approaches for high-ability contexts.
Her academic foundation includes a doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2006) on behavioral disorders in gifted children, complemented by professional training as a Psychological Psychotherapist (behavioral therapy), hypnotherapy certification for youth, and dual supervisory qualifications from the University of Zurich and Swiss Association for Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Dr. Gauck's research critically examines gifted education through interdisciplinary lenses, with primary focus on twice exceptionality (2e), resilience factors in performance development, and teacher perceptions of giftedness. Her work bridges clinical psychology and educational settings, investigating underachievement prevention, mental health support systems, and evaluation methodologies for gifted programs. Key themes include differential diagnosis of giftedness versus psychological disorders and resource-oriented counseling frameworks.
Her publication trajectory (2004-2021) reveals evolving expertise from bipolar disorder interventions toward specialized giftedness research, with recent emphasis on diagnostic communication ethics and school development processes. The body of work consistently addresses practical implementation challenges in educational systems while maintaining clinical rigor.
As an educator, she designs and delivers Master's/Bachelor seminars on developmental counseling, giftedness diagnostics, and resource-oriented communication at Basel, while contributing to teacher training at Pädagogische Hochschule Nordwestschweiz since 2007. Her leadership in postgraduate training (2013-2018) and current Postdoc representation in Ulm's Faculty Committee demonstrate institutional commitment.
Dr. Gauck operates at the nexus of clinical practice and academic research through ZEPP at Basel and Ulm's emerging psychotherapeutic clinic, directing teams focused on evidence-based interventions for gifted youth and developing assessment protocols for twice-exceptional cases within university-affiliated clinical settings.
