Leading team

Scientific Director of the university outpatient clinic for psychotherapy:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Probst, Dipl. Psych.
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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:

Michaela Dasch, BA, MSc (starting 2026)
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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 (ending 2026)
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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 (starting 2026)
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Behavioral therapy:

Mag.a Johanna Granegger (ending 2026)
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Linda Anna-Maria Hillinger, BSc, MSc
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Liliana Machacek (starting 2026)
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Nora Morgenbesser, Dipl.-Psych., MASPTVT (starting 2026)
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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 (ending 2026)
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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
Julia Fischer


Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Felicitas Datz-Schwab (psychotherapist, Vienna)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fleischhacker (Medical University of Innsbruck)
Prof. Dr. Michael Kierein (Former 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 (Honorary 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