معرفی
Prof. Svenja Taubner serves as Director of the Institute for Psychosocial Prevention and Research Group Leader for Competence Development of Healthcare Professionals at Heidelberg University Hospital. She holds a W3-Professorship in Psychosocial Prevention. Her career includes roles at Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, University Kassel, and Berlin's International Psychoanalytic University. She specializes in mentalization-based therapies, personality disorders, and competency development for healthcare professionals.
Education highlights include a PhD (Dr. phil.) and training as an analytical psychotherapist certified by the German Psychoanalytic Society. Her work focuses on improving therapeutic competencies through structured feedback and deliberate practice models like the DYNAMIC curriculum. She leads studies on MBT-CD for conduct disorders, trauma-focused therapies, and epistemic trust constructs.
Key initiatives include the Lighthouse Parenting Programme-Online, OSTE assessment tools for psychotherapy trainees, and validation of mentalization measurement instruments. She collaborates on S3 guidelines for borderline personality disorder and has pioneered pediatric skills labs for communication with psychosocially burdened families.
Her research bridges clinical practice with theoretical advancements in attachment theory, epistemic trust frameworks, and transdiagnostic mechanisms. She actively contributes to training programs for psychotherapists and has developed innovative screening instruments like the PFAM-Screen for pediatric practices.
