Katrin Fischer, M.Sc.
School of Social Science
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
68161 Mannheim
Research Interests
- Psychotherapy process research with a focus on systemic therapy
- Therapeutic alliance in multi-person settings
- Development of therapeutic competencies (with a focus on systemic therapy)
Professional Experience
since 2026 Psychotherapist (Systemic Psychotherapy), University Outpatient Clinic for Individual, Couple, Family and Group Psychotherapy, University of Mannheim since 2024 Research Associate, Chair of Clinical Psychology, Interaction and Psychotherapy Research, University of Mannheim 2022–2024 Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Practical Training I, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Mosbach, with placements in the day clinic, the specialised care ward for people with intellectual disabilities, and the psychiatric outpatient clinic 2022 Clinical Practical Training II (600 hours), Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Bruchsal 2021 Research Assistant, Network Aging Research (SMARTAGE project), Heidelberg University 2013–2020 Student positions in industry and consulting (incl. driver fitness assessment, process planning and quality assurance in medical technology, process analysis and improvement) Education
2022–2026 Licensure training as a Psychological Psychotherapist in Systemic Therapy (a guideline-approved psychotherapy method in Germany), Helm Stierlin Institute, Heidelberg, Graduation 04/ 2026. 2023–2025 Accredited qualification in systemic group psychotherapy 2019–2021 M.Sc. in Psychology, Heidelberg University 2020–2021 Study abroad, Jagiellonian University, Kraków 2019–2020 Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship) recipient 2016–2019 B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Tübingen 2013–2016 B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Memberships
- Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)
- German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e. V., DGPs)
- German Association of Psychotherapists (Deutsche PsychotherapeutenVereinigung, DPtV)
Current Projects
- KOMPASS Study (funded by the Systemische Gesellschaft): Coding of multi-person processes and the alliance in systemic settings
- SYSKOMP: Assessing systemic competencies with the German version of the Facilitative Systemic Intervention Skills scale (FSIS-G)
- What Is the Core of Psychology?: Early-career members’ project of the DGPs
Publications and Conference Contributions
Publications
Kitta, P., Fischer, K., Aguilar-Raab, C., Galbusera, L., Küster, A., Hunger-Schoppe, C., Braus, N. & Hermans, B. E. (in press). Systemische Psychotherapie in der Versorgung [Systemic psychotherapy in routine care]. PSYCH up2date.
Conference Contributions
Fischer, K. & Aguilar-Raab, C. (2026). Messung der therapeutischen Allianz in Mehrpersonentherapien – Übersetzung und Validierung des SOFTA-s Fragebogen [Measuring the therapeutic alliance in multi-person therapies – Translation and validation of the SOFTA-s questionnaire] [Conference presentation]. DPK, Berlin, Germany
Fischer, K. & Aguilar-Raab, C. (2025). Therapeutic Alliances in Multi-Person-Therapies: Validation of the German SOFTA questionnaire [conference presentation]. SPR, Cracow, Poland