Dr. Dr. rer. nat. Heike Saßmann

(Dipl.-Psych.)

 

Phone: +49 511 532-4433

Fax: +49 511 532-4214

E-mail: Sassmann.Heike@mh-hannover.de

 

 

Professional background

 

  • since 2006 Research and Teaching Unit Medical Psychology at the MHH
  • until 2005 Research and Teaching Unit Medical Sociology at the MHH; project "The influence of life-changing events on the course of breast cancer"
  • until 2003 Research assistant in the research project "Prevention of behavioral problems in children", at the TU Braunschweig, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • until 2001 Research assistant in the research project "Counseling centers as seismographs for changes in society", funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
  • since 2000 Psychological psychotherapist in private practice1996-1999 Scholarship holder of the Christoph Dornier Foundation for Clinical Psychology at the Technical University of Braunschweig;
  • until 1999 Research project "Partnership as a stress factor: acute and chronic stress reactions in couples depending on conflict management style"; employee of the outpatient clinic of the TU Braunschweig
  • Until 1996, reference therapist at the Deister-Weser-Clinical Department Bad Münder, Clinical Department for Psychosomatics and Behavioral Medicine

 

Training

  • since 2020 Specialist psychologist DDG
  • 2001 Training in psychological psychotherapy with a focus on behavioral therapy (Society for Applied Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Münster); licensed psychological psychotherapist
  • 2000 Doctorate at the TU Braunschweig
  • 1994 Diploma (degree in psychology at the TU Braunschweig)

Further training

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
  • MI (Motivational Interviewing)
  • Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) trainer
  • EPL (A Partnership Learning Program) Trainer