Ingmar Heinig (PhD)

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Ingmar Heinig is a postdoctoral scientist-practitioner at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at TUD Dresden University of Technology. In his research, he focuses on mechanisms of change in psychotherapy, which he investigates in clinical studies. His interests include new approaches to exposure therapy for anxiety disorders and the development of teaching concepts for psychotherapists in clinical training.

Academic experience

Since 2022	Postdoctoral researcher, Chair for Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Since 2020	Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, Praxis an der Weißeritz, Freital, Germany (www.therapie-weisseritz.de)
2013-2021	Research fellow, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
2008-2012	Student assistant, Mental Health Service Research Unit, university clinic Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Student assistant, Institute for Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Education

2021	Dr.rer.nat, TUD Dresden University of Technology (summa cum laude)
2020	Licensed psychotherapist (cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT)
2013	Dipl.Psych, Technische TUD Dresden University of Technology
2009-2010	Semester abroad, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, France

Honors and Awards

2015	Research start-up funding, Faculty of Psychology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (EMA project)
2013	Lohrmann-Medaille, Faculty of Psychology, TUD Dresden University of Technology
2006-2008	Scholarship, e-fellows.net
2006	Apollinaire-award, Robert-Bosch foundation

Publications

23 Entries

2026

Genome-wide meta-analysis of quantitatively measured generalized anxiety symptoms in individuals of European ancestryAnxiety Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, GLAD+ authors, Lifelines Cohort Study, NIHR BioResource, PROTECT-AD Consortium, Skelton, M., Mitchell, B. L. & 48 others, 2026, In: Nature human behaviourElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2025

Joy beyond fear: Positive emotions after exposure in patients with anxiety disorders and their link to threat expectancy and treatment outcomeBorchert, T., Heinig, I., Arolt, V., Bartnick, C., Dannlowski, U., Deckert, J., Domschke, K. & 18 others, Dec 2025, In: Behaviour research and therapy. 195, 104880Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Same same but different: Threat expectancy change and fear reduction as readouts of exposure rationales are only weakly associated and contribute differentially to treatment outcome in anxiety disordersThaon de Saint André, S., Heinig, I., Arolt, V., Bartnick, C., Dannlowski, U., Deckert, J., Domschke, K. & 18 others, Nov 2025, In: Behaviour research and therapy. 194, 104856Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Epigenetic markers of disease risk and psychotherapy response in anxiety disorders – a longitudinal analysis of the DNA methylomeDomschke, K., Schiele, M. A., Crespo Salvador, Ó., Zillich, L., Lipovsek, J., Pittig, A., Heinig, I. & 25 others, Oct 2025, In: Molecular psychiatry. 30, 10, p. 4529-4542, 14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Resting-state functional connectivity in anxiety disorders: a multicenter fMRI studyLanghammer, T., Hilbert, K., Adolph, D., Arolt, V., Bischoff, S., Böhnlein, J., Cwik, J. C. & 34 others, Apr 2025, In: Molecular psychiatry. 30, 4, p. 1548–1557, 10 p., 102025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Erwartungsveränderung und Neulernen bei Ängsten: Ein Manual zur expositionsbasierten BehandlungNeudeck, P., Heinig, I., Hummel, K. V., Im Brahm, C., Bartnick, C. & Hamm, A., 2025, 1. Auflage ed., Göttingen: Hogrefe PublishingElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
Sustainability of Treatment Success 5 Years after Exposure-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety DisordersPittig, A., Heinig, I., Arolt, V., Bartnick, C., Dannlowski, U., Deckert, J., Domschke, K. & 19 others, 2025, In: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics. p. 1-12, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

Advancing the personalized advantage index (PAI): A systematic review and application in two large multi-site samples in anxiety disordersMeinke, C., Hornstein, S., Schmidt, J., Arolt, V., Dannlowski, U., Deckert, J., Domschke, K. & 23 others, 1 Dec 2024, In: Psychological medicine. 54, 16, p. 4843-4855, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Lack of evidence for predictive utility from resting state fMRI data for individual exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy outcomes: A machine learning study in two large multi-site samples in anxiety disordersHilbert, K., Böhnlein, J., Meinke, C., Chavanne, A. V., Langhammer, T., Stumpe, L., Winter, N. & 41 others, 15 Jul 2024, In: NeuroImage. 295, 10 p., 120639Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis From the ENIGMA Anxiety Working GroupENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group , Hilbert, K., Boeken, O. J., Langhammer, T., Groenewold, N. A., Bas-Hoogendam, J. M., Aghajani, M. & 44 others, 11 Jun 2024, In: The American journal of psychiatry. 181, 8, p. 728-740, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

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