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Hello

My name is Youssef Shiban

I work at the Private University of Applied Sciences in Göttingen, Germany (PFH) as a professor for clinical psychology and psychotherapy. There I teach, do research, and also conduct psychotherapy.

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Professional experience

Since 2018

Associate Professor

Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen, Germany

2013-2018

Assistant Professor

Assistant professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the University of Regensburg, Germany

Since 2018

Psychotherapist

Psychological Psychotherapist for Behavioral Therapy

2009-2013

PhD Student

Teaching and coordinating the blended learning project (supervising electronic exams, supervising e-learning courses), Dept. of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Germany

Education & Training

2015-2018

Habilitation in Psychology
University of Regensburg, Germany

Habilitation is similar to a PostDoc.  Mine was a collection of about 10 publicationes related to mechanisms of exposure therapy.

2015

Training in Narrative Exposure Therapy, University of Constanz

This is a treatment method developed in constanz, in Germany and aimed at treating mutiple traumata.

2014 - 2018

Psychotherapist in Training

Training in Institute for Behavioral Therapy, Regensburg

2009-2013

PhD in Psychology
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany

Thesis: “The influence of exposition therapy in multiple contexts on the renewal phenomena following contextual change and the mechanisms behind it. Studies in virtual reality”

2005-2008

Diploma in Psychology

University of Erlangen, Germany

Thesis: “The effect of audio visual stimulation on anxiety and attention”

1999-2003

Bachelor in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel

Thesis: “Psychological aspects of suicide terrorism”

1996-1998

Electrical Engineering; Technion,

Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Research
stays

08/2016

Workshop 

"The Human Affectome Project", Halifax, Canada

03/2016

Research stay

Research on the analysis of peripheral psychophysiology, Haifa, Israel

02/2016

Research stay

Guest lectures on the topics clinical psychology, biological psychology and exposure therapy, Lillehammer College, Norway

12/2015 - 01/2016

Research stay

& Crisis Intervention

Workshop on the topic “Exposure therapy with traumatized children”, participation in psychotherapeutic crisis intervention at Camp Pikpa, Lesbos, Greece

11/2015 - 12/2015

Research stay

Research on evacuation scenarios in virtual realityBrown University, USA

In my free time

 I like reparing my oldtimer and spending time with my family, friends, dog and cats.

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