Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Johannes Michalak
Chair holder
Faculty of Health (School of Psychology and Psychotherapy) | Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy II
Ombudsperson for good scientific practice
Faculty of Health
Programme coordinator
Faculty of Health (School of Psychology and Psychotherapy)
Johannes Michalak holds the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy II, is responsible for the study program and is an ombudsperson for good scientific practice.
Research
- Mindfulness and mindfulness-based psychotherapy
- Embodiment in clinical psychology
- Psychotherapy for people with disabilities
Employees
Dr Johannes Graser
Substitute professor and psychological psychotherapist
Dr Maria Velana
Research assistant
Aaron Mroß, M. Sc.
Research assistant
Agatha Dampc M. A.
Secretariat
Resume
since 2014
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at Witten/Herdecke University
2011 - 2014
Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Hildesheim
2011
Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum
2010
Visiting Scholar of the Collegium Helveticum at the University of Zurich
2009 - 2010
Deputy Professor at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Ruhr University Bochum
2009
Visiting Professor at Queen's University Kingston (Canada)
2006 - 2007
Deputy Professor at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Heidelberg
2006
Postdoctoral university lecturing qualification at the Ruhr University Bochum
2004 - 2011
Supervisor at the Centre for Psychotherapy at the Ruhr University Bochum
1999
Full licence to practice as a psychological psychotherapist
1999
Doctoral studies in psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum
1995 - 2011
Academic staff/assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Ruhr University Bochum
Press expert for
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Posture/movement and psyche
- Fascia and psyche
- Psychotherapy for people with disabilities
Further information
Prices
- 2023: Open Science of Religion Award
2019: Klaus Grawe Lunch Lecture
News
Spirituality is also physical: New study shows close connection between body awareness and spiritual experience
Researchers at Witten/Herdecke University show that people who are able to consciously feel their body's signals exhibit a higher degree of spirituality.
Does fascia therapy help with depression?
Witten/Herdecke University is looking for study participants to investigate the potential of fascia therapy for the treatment of depression.
Interaction between fascia in the shoulder area and depression
Studies by Witten/Herdecke University provide evidence of new connection between body and psyche
Dynamic walking predicts a rise in mood
Psychologists at the universities of Witten/Herdecke and Bochum can predict how mood develops from the way we walk in everyday life.