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Professor

Prof. Dr. Jan Spies

Professorship in Psychology

E-Mail: jan.spies@mobile-university.de
Phone: +49 7371 9315-0
About me

About me

Academic Career

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the field of "Treatment and Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Soldiers of the German Armed Forces" at the University of Cologne.
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Psychotherapy at the Psychologische Hochschule Berlin
Magister rerum naturalium (Mag. rer. nat.) in Psychology at the University of Vienna

Professional Career

Professor of Psychology at SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University, Riedlingen
Psychotherapy Practice in Konstanz at Lake Constance (previously in Berlin-Wilmersdorf)
Research Associate at Charité Berlin (CBF), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Research Associate at Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Clinical Psychological Intervention
Training as a Psychological Psychotherapist at the Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, Approbation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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I have contributed to these publications

2022

Aust, S., Brakemeier, E., Spies, J., Herrera Melendez, A., Kaiser, T., Fallgatter, A., Plewnia, C., Mayer, S., Dechantsreiter, E., Burkhardt, G., Strauss, M., Mauche, N., Normann, C., Frase, L., Deuschle, M., Böhringer, A., Padberg, F., Bajbouj, M. (2022). Efficacy of Augmentation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(6), 528-537.
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0696

2022

Kuester, A., Schumacher, S., Niemeyer, H., Engel, S., Spies, J., Weiß, D., Muschalla, B., Burchert, S., Tamm, S., Weidmann, A., Bohn, J., Willmund, G., Rau, H., Knaevelsrud, C. (2022). Attentional bias in German Armed Forces veterans with and without posttraumatic stress symptoms – An eye-tracking investigation and group comparison. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 76(5): 101726. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101726

2021

Carstens, L., Hartling, C., Aust, S., Domke, A., Stippl, A., Spies, J., Brakemeier, E., Bajbouj, M., Grimm, S. (2021). EffECTively Treating Depression: A Pilot Study Examining Manualized Group CBT as Follow-Up Treatment After ECT. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 723977.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723977

2020

Spies, J., Cwik, J., Willmund, G., Knaevelsrud, C., Schumacher, S., Niemeyer, H., Küster, A., Köhler, K., Engel, S., Muschalla, B., Rau, H. (2020). Associations between difficulties in emotion-regulation and post-traumatic stress disorder in deployed service members of the German Armed Forces. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11: 576553. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.576553

2020

Kuester, A., Niemeyer, H., Schumacher, S., Engel, S., Spies, J., Weiß, D., Muschalla, B., Burchert, S., Tamm, S., Weidmann, A., Willmund, G., Rau, H., Knaevelsrud, C. (2020). Attentional bias in veterans with deployment-related posttraumatic stress disorder before and after internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy – An eye-tracking investigation. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 30(4), 267-281. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbct.2020.03.003

2020

Spies, J., Woud, M., Kessler, H., Rau, H., Willmund, G., Köhler, K., Herpertz, S., Blackwell, S., Mott, J., Bovin, M., Marx, B., Weathers, F., Cwik, J. (2020). Psychometric properties of the German version of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) in clinical routine settings: study design and protocol of a multi-trait-multi-method study. BMJ Open, 10: e036078. 
DOI:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-036078

2020

Niemeyer, H., Knaevelsrud, C., Schumacher, S., Engel, S., Kuester, A., Burchert, S., Muschalla, B., Weiss, D., Spies, J., Rau, H., Willmund, G. (2020). Evaluation of an internet-based intervention for veterans of the German Armed Forces with posttraumatic stress disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 205. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02595-z

2020

Bollmann, S., Spies, J., Hodzic, J., Kohl-Radke, F., Brakemeier, E. (2020). Feasibility and Outcome of an Inpatient Interpersonal Skills Group for Older Adults (65+) With Acute or Chronic Depression: An Open Pilot Study. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(2), 55-66. DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000224

2018

Brakemeier, E., Herzog, P., Radke, M., Schneibel, R., Berger, V., Becker, M., Spies, J., Jacobi, F., Heider, J., Normann, C. (2018). CBASP als stationäres Behandlungskonzept der therapieresistenten chronischen Depression: Eine Pilotstudie zum Zusammenhang von Nebenwirkungen und Therapieerfolg. PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, 68(09/10), 399-407. DOI: 10.1055/a-0629-7802

2017

Bajbouj, M., Aust, S., Spies, J., Herrera Melendez, A., Mayer, S., Peters, M., Plewnia, C., Fallgatter, A., Frase, L., Normann, C., Behler, N., Wulf, L., Brakemeier, E., Padberg, F. (2017). PsychotherapyPlus: augmentation of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in major depressive disorder—study design and methodology of a multicenter double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 268(8), 797-808. DOI: 10.1007/s00406-017-0859-x

2017

Brakemeier, E., Zimmermann, J., Erz, E., Bollmann, S., Rump, S., Von Kempski, V., Grossmüller, T., Mitelman, A., Gehrisch, J., Spies, J., Storck, T., Schouler-Ocak, M. (2017). Interpersonelles Integratives Modellprojekt für Geflüchtete mit psychischen Störungen: Vorstellung des Projekts und erster Ergebnisse zu „Feasibility“ und Outcome. Psychotherapeut 62(4).
DOI: 10.1007/s00278-017-0211-y

Research and Teaching Focus Areas

  • Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Related Disorders

Additional information

  • Recognized Supervisor and Self-Experience Facilitator
  • Certifications: Specialized Psychotraumatology for Adults (DeGPT), Emergency Psychology (BDP), Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Firearms Expert according to § 6 (WaffG)
  • Additional Qualifications: Group Psychotherapy (CBT), Healing Hypnosis
  • OTL d.R. (Offizier im Truppendienst zur Reserve)