Dr. Luna Grosselli
UFP Psychotherapeutin
NameLuna Grosselli M.Sc. Psych.
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Luna Grosselli is a psychological psychotherapist (cognitive-behavioral therapy) for children, adolescents and adults. Since October 2023, she has been working at the University Outpatient Clinic and Research Center for Psychotherapy (UFP) at TU Dresden as a child and adolescent therapist. Additionally, she has been a Research Associate in the Solomiya project since September 2024. Her research primarily focuses on psychotherapy and the prevention of suicidality, depression in adolescents and young adults. Currently, her research emphasizes interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents, especially in times of war and crises. Luna completed her doctoral thesis on "School-based suicide prevention" in 2025. As part of her research, she investigated the effectiveness of the HEYLiFE prevention program in German secondary schools, which was conducted during the Network for Suicide Prevention in Dresden project from 2017 to 2020, in collaboration with TUD and the Werner Felber Institute e. V.
Research interests
- Suicide prevention and mental health promotion in adolescents
- Interpersonal therapy for adolescents (IPT-A)
- Psychotherapy of adolescents with depression and suicidal thoughts
Training program
| 2019 - 2025 | PhD in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy on "Educational Suicide Prevention in Secondary Schools" |
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2020 - 2023 |
Additional training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist (VT), IAP-AVM Dresden |
| 2015 - 2022 | Training as a psychological psychotherapist (VT), aap and IAP-AVM Dresden |
| 2010 - 2015 | B.Sc. Psychology and M.Sc. Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin |
Professional career
| Since 2023 | Child and adolescent psychotherapist, psychological psychotherapist, University Outpatient Clinic and Research Center for Psychotherapy (UFP of TU Dresden) |
| 2023 - 2024 | Psychological psychotherapist, practice of Dipl.Psych. Katrin Hummel |
| 2021 - 2023 | Research Associate, Werner Felber Institute for Suicide Prevention and Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care e. V. |
| 2018 - 2020 | Research Associate, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Project: Network for Suicide Prevention in Saxony |
Awards and scholarships
| 09.2022 | Hans Rost Prize for outstanding research work in early career, German Society for Suicide Prevention for the evaluation of HEYLiFE |
| 09.2022 | 1st poster prize at the 50th annual conference of the German Society for Suicide Prevention |
| 2020 - 2021 | Scholarship for the promotion of young female scientists at the Graduate Academy Dresden |