Ingmar Heinig (PhD)

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Ingmar Heinig is a postdoctoral scientist-practitioner at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at Technische Universität Dresden. 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, Technische Universität Dresden, 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, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2008-2012	Student assistant, Mental Health Service Research Unit, university clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Student assistant, Institute for Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Education

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

Honors and Awards

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

Publications

16 Entries

2025

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

2024

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
Exposure traced in daily life: improvements in ecologically assessed social and physical activity following exposure-based psychotherapy for anxiety disordersHeinig, I., Weiß, M., Hamm, A. O., Hein, G., Hollandt, M., Hoyer, J., Kanske, P. & 3 others, Jan 2024, In: Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 101(2024), 9 p., 102792Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

The associations of Positive and Negative Valence Systems, Cognitive Systems and Social Processes on disease severity in anxiety and depressive disordersFörstner, B. R., Böttger, S. J., Moldavski, A., Bajbouj, M., Pfennig, A., Manook, A., Ising, M. & 15 others, 16 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in psychiatry. 14 (2023), 10 p., 1161097Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Effective - and Tolerable: Acceptance and Side Effects of Intensified Exposure for Anxiety DisordersHeinig, I., Knappe, S., Hoyer, J., Wittchen, H., Richter, J., Arolt, V., Deckert, J. & 11 others, May 2023, In: Behavior therapy. 54, 3, p. 427-443, 17 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Mapping Research Domain Criteria using a transdiagnostic mini-RDoC assessment in mental disorders: a confirmatory factor analysisFörstner, B. R., Tschorn, M., Reinoso-Schiller, N., Maričić, L. M., Röcher, E., Kalman, J. L., Stroth, S. & 20 others, Apr 2023, In: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience. 273, 3, p. 527-539, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Change of Threat Expectancy as Mechanism of Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Evidence From 8,484 Exposure Exercises of 605 PatientsPittig, A., Heinig, I., Goerigk, S., Richter, J., Hollandt, M., Lueken, U., Pauli, P. & 18 others, Mar 2023, In: Clinical psychological science. 11, 2, p. 199-217, 19 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2022

Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty: How intolerance of uncertainty and trait anxiety impact fear acquisition, extinction and the return of fearWroblewski, A., Hollandt, M., Yang, Y., Ridderbusch, I. C., Pietzner, A., Szeska, C., Lotze, M. & 18 others, 15 Sep 2022, In: International journal of psychophysiology. 181, p. 125-140, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2021

Efficacy of temporally intensified exposure for anxiety disorders: A multicenter randomized clinical trialPittig, A., Heinig, I., Goerigk, S., Thiel, F., Hummel, K., Scholl, L., Deckert, J. & 22 others, Nov 2021, In: Depression and anxiety. 38, 11, p. 1169-1181, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

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