Dept. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Dr. phil. Matthias Domhardt, Dipl.-Psych.

Since 09/2016 Research Associate at Ulm University, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
04/2011 - 04/2018 Clinical Psychologist and Research Assistant at Ulm University, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy

Education

10/2011 – 10/2015 Training program in cognitive behavioural therapy with children and adolescents at AZVT Ulm (approbation)
10/2004 – 03/2011 Studies in psychology at Trier University (Trier, Germany) and at Waikato University (Hamilton, New Zealand)

Research interests

  • Psychotherapy research
  • Mechanisms of change
  • Digital mental Health
  • Paediatric psychology
  • Resilience and stress/trauma

Contact

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Matthias Domhardt, PhD
Dipl.-Psych., licensed Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist (CBT),
Research Associate

✉  matthias.domhardt(at)uni-ulm.de
☎ +49-(0)731/50 32824
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Consultation hours
on appointment

Top 10 publications

  • Angerer, F., Mennel, V., Grund, S., Mayer, A., Büscher, R., Sander, L. B., Cuijpers, P., Terhorst, Y., Baumeister, H., & Domhardt, M. (2024). Mechanisms of change in digital interventions for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of six mediator domains. Journal of Affective Disorders, 368, 615–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.055
  • Domhardt, M., Geßlein, H., von Rezori, R., Baumeister, H. (2019). Internet- and mobile-based interventions for anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic review of intervention components. Depression and Anxiety, 36, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22860
  • Domhardt, M., Lutsch, A., Sander, L. B., Paganini, S., Spanhel, K., Ebert, D. D., Terhorst, Y., & Baumeister, H. (2023). Mediators of digital depression prevention in patients with chronic backpain: Findings from a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91(8), 462–473. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000808
  • Domhardt, M., Münzer, A., Fegert, J. M., & Goldbeck, L. (2015). Resilience in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 16, 476-493. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1524838014557288
  • Domhardt, M., Engler, S., Nowak, H., Lutsch, A., Baumel, A., & Baumeister, H. (2021). Mechanisms of Change in Digital Health Interventions for Mental Disorders in Youth: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(11), e29742. https://doi.org/10.2196/29742
  • Domhardt, M., Steubl, L., Boettcher, J., Buntrock, C., Karyotaki, E., Ebert, D. D., Cuijpers, P., & Baumeister, H. (2021). Mediators and mechanisms of change in internet- and mobile-based interventions for depression: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 83, 101953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101953
  • Lutsch, A. G., Baumeister, H., Paganini, S., Sander, L. B., Terhorst, Y., & Domhardt, M. (2023). Mechanisms of change in digital cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in patients with chronic back pain: A mediation analysis of a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 168, 104369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104369
  • Moshe, I., Terhorst, Y., Philippi, P., Domhardt, M., Cuijpers, P., Cristea, I., Pulkki-Råback, L., Baumeister, H., & Sander, L. B. (2021). Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 147(8), 749-786. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000334
  • Reins, J.A., Buntrock, C., Zimmermann, J., Grund, S., Harrer, M., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Weisel, K., Domhardt, M., Imamura, K., Kawakami, N., Spek, V., Nobis, S., Snoek, F., Cuijpers, P., Klein, J.P., Moritz, S., Ebert, D.D. (2020). Efficacy and Moderators of Internet-Based Interventions in Adults with Subthreshold Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1159/000507819
  • Steubl, L., Sachser, C., Baumeister, H., & Domhardt, M. (2021). Mechanisms of change in Internet- and mobile-based interventions for PTSD: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1879551. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1879551

List of all publications

Teaching

WS 24/25Empirical course „Practice what you pre-register? Concordance of pre-registrations with the actual implementation of studies in clinical psychology and psychotherapy“ (Bachelor), Ulm University, Institute of Psychology and Education
SS 2020Seminar „What works, how, for whom, under which circumstances? Evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for mental disorders in children and adolescents“ and Project „ Evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for mental disorders in children and adolescents – development of a guideline“  (Master), Ulm University, Institute of Psychology and Education
WS 17/18Seminar „Common and specific factors of internet-based interventions and face-to-face psychotherapy“ (Master), Ulm University, Institute of Psychology and Education
SS 17Seminar „Mental disorders in childhood and adolescence“ (Bachelor), Ulm University, Institute of Psychology and Education
Since 2017Lecturer at Aus- und Weiterbildungsinstitut für Verhaltenstherapie und angewandte Psychologie, AWIP Ulm
Since 2016Lecturer at Ausbildungsinstitut für Verhaltenstherapie, AZVT Ulm
Since 2013Teaching in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy, Ulm University, Medical Faculty
Since 2013Lecturer at Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe, Ulm University Hospital

Memberships

  • German Center for Mental Health (DZPG)
  • German Psychological Society (DGPs):
    - Section Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
    - Section Health Psychology
    - Special interest groups: e-Health; meta-analytic psychotherapy research and evidence synthesis; clinical child and adolescent psychology and psychotherapy
  • European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (esrii)
  • International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII)
  • Psychotherapist Association Baden-Württemberg

Awards

  • Dissertation award 2024 of the section Clinical child and adolescent psychology and psychotherapy, German Psychological Society (DGPs)
  • Dissertation award 2024 of the Ulm University Society (UUG)
  • Best poster award, 7th esrii conference 2023 (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • DGPs-Nachwuchsförderpreis der Fachgruppe Gesundheitspsychologie (2018): Peer-Mentoring Team-Programm „Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain – Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data” gemeinsam mit Dr. Jiaxi Lin (Universität Freiburg)
  • COST Action Travel Award (2013). Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS), National University of Athens, Greece.

Ad hoc reviews

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Behaviour Therapy
  • Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • BMJ Mental Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Digital Health
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • Frontiers in Digital Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
  • Internet Interventions
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • JMIR Medical Education
  • JMIR mHealth and uHealth
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Kindheit und Entwicklung
  • PLOS Digital Health
  • PLOS ONE
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Systematic Reviews
  • The Lancet Digital Health
  • Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie