Stephanie Spengler

Stephanie Spengler serves as a Researcher and teaching coordinator at the Institute of Medical Psychology within the Health and Human Sciences school at Charité - University Medicine Berlin's Campus Charité Mitte (CCM). She is additionally certified as a psychological psychotherapist specializing in behavioral therapy.

Her research program investigates the long-term neurological and psychological consequences of childhood maltreatment, with particular emphasis on emotional abuse and its causal pathways to adult mental illness. She examines how adverse childhood experiences disrupt social cognition frameworks and interpersonal interaction patterns, utilizing behavioral therapy approaches to develop targeted clinical interventions. Her work bridges developmental psychopathology with clinical neuroscience to address trauma-related cognitive deficits.

As teaching coordinator, she oversees academic programming within the institute while maintaining active clinical practice. Her institutional role integrates research, education, and patient care within Charité's academic medical framework.