Matthias Berking

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Matthias Berking (2004)

Matthias Berking (born April 30, 1971 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is professor and chair holder for clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .

Life

Matthias Berking studied psychology , philosophy and sports science at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in psychology in 2004 ( magna cum laude ). He then worked with Klaus Grawe at the University of Bern. As part of an SNSF scholarship, he was visiting professor at the University of Washington from 2006 to 2008 , where he worked with Marsha Linehan and Alan Marlatt . After returning from the USA, he completed his habilitation at the University of Bern, where he headed a research project on emotion regulation in mental disorders as part of an Ambizione scholarship for advanced young scientists. After he also held a visiting professorship for evaluation and intervention at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg from 2008 , he followed a call to a (W2) professorship for psychotherapy research at the Philipps University of Marburg . Since January 2014 he has been professor of clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and head of the university outpatient department for psychological psychotherapy (HAP) at FAU. Matthias Berking is a licensed psychological psychotherapist and supervisor .

research

His research focuses on the following areas:

  • Relevance of deficits in the area of emotion regulation for the development and maintenance of mental disorders.
  • Development of methods to improve the regulation of emotions in persons with mental disorders and in risk groups.
  • Relevance of motivational factors for the development, maintenance and treatment of mental disorders.
  • Use of modern (communication) technologies to optimize diagnostics and intervention in the case of mental disorders (internet therapy, live stream coaching of patients, health apps, serious gaming , health games).
  • Development and evaluation of measures to promote the sustainability of psychotherapeutic treatments for affective, substance-related and eating disorders.

Berking has a Hirsch index of 39. As part of his behavior therapy research, he developed the training of emotional skills (TEK). He trains trainers in workshops.

bibliography

German (selection)

  • M. Berking: Training of emotional skills. 3. Edition. Springer, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54016-5 .
  • M. Berking, W. Rief (Ed.): Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Volume I: Basics and knowledge of disorders. Springer, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-16973-1 .
  • M. Berking, W. Rief (Ed.): Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Volume II: Therapy Methods. Springer, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-25522-9 .
  • M. Berking, K. Heizer: Promotion of emotional skills. In: W. Lutz (Ed.): Textbook Psychotherapy. Huber, Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-456-84839-6 .
  • M. Berking: therapy goals. In: GH Paar, F. Lamprecht, R. Meermann, S. Wiegand-Grefe, G. Schmid-Ott, C. Jacobi (Eds.): Guidelines for Psychosomatic Rehabilitation. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2008, pp. 287-291.

English (selection)

  • M. Berking, C. Lukas: The Affect Regulation Training (ART): A Transdiagnostic Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Mental Disorders. In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 3, 2015, pp. 64-69. (IF: not yet published)
  • M. Berking, B. Whitley: Affect Regulation Training (ART). Springer, New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-4939-1021-2 .
  • M. Berking, J. Schwarz: The Affect Regulation Training. In: JJ Gross: Handbook of emotion regulation. Guilford, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-4625-0350-6 , pp. 529-547.
  • M. Berking, C. Wirtz, J. Svaldi, S. Hofmann: Emotion-regulation predicts depression over five years. In: Behavior Research and Therapy. 57, 2014, pp. 13-20. doi: 10.1016 / j.brat.2014.03.003 (IF 4.13)
  • M. Berking, D. Ebert, P. Cuijpers, SG Hofmann: Emotion-regulation skills training enhances the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder. In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 82, 2013, pp. 234–245. doi: 10.1159 / 000348448 (IF: 7.23)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Google Scholar: Matthias Berking. Retrieved September 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Berking, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American university professor, professor of clinical psychology and psychotherapy
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania