Leading team
Scientific Director of the university outpatient clinic for psychotherapy:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Probst, Dipl. Psych.
University Professor for psychotherapy and psychotherapy research
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Head of the university outpatient clinic for psychotherapy:
Mag.a Dr.in Sophie Hartl, BSc, MSc
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Administration
Coordinator:
Kendra Hartl
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IT technician:
Sebastian Denzler, BSc
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Treatment team
Psychoanalytic-psychodynamic cluster:
Mag. Dr. Cristina Thurnwalder
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Mag.a Franziska Wührer
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MMag. Alexis Zajetz
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Humanistic cluster:
Natascha Ehrengruber, BSc, MSc
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DSPin Astrid Emminger-Zechner, MSc
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Melanie Erker, MSc
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Mag.a Dr.in Sophie Hartl, BSc, MSc
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Sabine Thayer, BEd, BA, MSc (CE)
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Alexandra von Eckartsberg, MSc
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Systemic cluster:
Sarah Heindl, MA (from october 2025)
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Behavioral therapy:
Mag.a Johanna Granegger
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Linda Anna-Maria Hillinger, BSc, MSc
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas Probst
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Clinical psychology:
Univ. Prof. Dr. Jens Blechert
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Mag.a Johanna Granegger
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Supervisors
Psychoanalytic-psychodynamic cluster
Prof. Dr. Sylke Andreas (Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Klagenfurt)
Prof. Dr. Luise Reddemann (Specialist in psychotherapeutic medicine and psychoanalyst, honorary professor at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt)
Dr. Christiane Schönsleben (Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine, Salzburg)
Humanistic cluster
Dr. Brigitte Schigl (psychotherapist, Vienna)
Dr. Elisabeth Wildberger (psychotherapist, Salzburg)
Systemic cluster
Behavioral therapy
Dr. Joachim Haas (Chief Physician, Clinic for General Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum Schloß Winnenden)
Prof. Dr. Winfried Rief (Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg)
Research Team
Senior Scientists
Dr. Franziska Pfannerstill
Dr. Hannah van Alebeek
Student Assistants
Franziska Grießenauer, BSc (student assistant, master thesis)
Sabrina Diny, BSc (student assistant, master thesis)
Viktoria Wollweber, BSc (tutor, master thesis)
Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Felicitas Datz-Schwab (psychotherapist, Vienna)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fleischhacker (Rector, Medical University of Innsbruck)
Prof. Dr. Michael Kierein (Head of Department BMSGPK, Vienna, Honorary Professor at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt)
Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Klein (Senior Physician, Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Lübeck University Hospital)
Prof. Dr. Maria Kleinstäuber (Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, Utah State University)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lutz (Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Trier)
Rafael Rabenstein, MSc, MBA (psychotherapist, Vienna)
Prof. Dr. Peter Stippl (Vice President, Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy)
Andreas Huss, MBA (Chairman ÖGK)
Artists with works of art in the university outpatient clinic (Thank you!)
Andrada Misca
Karin Zeiner Salzmann
Keha Winter
