Dr. Matthias Volz

Studies and clinical/scientific career

10/2015 - 05/2021: Licensed as a psychological psychotherapist (specialization: TP) at the Heidelberg Institute for Psychotherapy (HIP).

07/2015 - 04/2018: Doctorate (Dr.rer.nat.) at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU). Topic: Timing is everything - the influence of early depressive symptoms and general self-efficacy on post-stroke depression. A longitudinal analysis.

10/2013 - 07/2015: Master studies in psychology (M.Sc.) at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

10/2010 - 08/2013: Bachelor studies in Psychology (B.Sc.) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg.

10/2005 - 10/2008: Dual studies: Intern. Business Administration. Dipl.-Business Economist (DH)

Professional career

08/2021 - present: Post-Doc at the University of Kassel at the Institute of Psychology in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. C. Benecke)

12/2017 - 07/2021: Post-Doc at the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics at the University Hospital Heidelberg (Prof. H. Schauenburg / Prof. Dr. U. Dinger-Ehrenthal)

02/2014 - 07/2015: Scientific activity in the project "Post-Stroke Depression" at the Chair of Clinical Gerontopsychology, Humboldt University Berlin (Prof. K. Werheid).

05/2012 - 04/2013: Scientific activity at the Chair of General Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Prof. Dr. H. Spada)

01/2011 - 04/2012: Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany

10/2008 - 09/2010: Financial Consultant for IBM Germany GmbH

1. Seiffge-Krenke I., Volz M. (in press). Effectiveness of psychodynamic treatment: Comparing trajectories of internalizing and externalizing symptomatology of adolescents in psychodynamic treatment, healthy and physically ill adolescents. Development and Psychopathology.
2. Volz, M., Werheid, K., Ladwig, S., & Hackett, M. (2022). Too much and too little: antidepressant treatment in stroke survivors during the first year. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 21(4), 108. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2104108.
3. Volz M., Ladwig S. & Werheid K. (2022). return to work predicts depressive symptoms in young stroke survivors after six and twelve months. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2022.2026562
4. Volz M., Zimmermann J., Schauenburg H., Dinger U., Nikendei C., Friederich HC. & Ehrenthal JC. (2021). Construction and validation of a short version of the questionnaire for the assessment of aversive and protective childhood experiences (APK-18). Diagnostica. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000276
5. Volz M., Ehrenthal J., Seiffge-Krenke I. (2021). Does clinically relevant psychopathology in adolescents necessarily require treatment or does it "grow out"? Psychotherapy Research, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2021.1939457
6. Volz M., Jennissen S, Schauenburg H, Nikendei C, Ehrenthal J, Dinger U. (2021). Intra-individual Dynamics between Alliance and Symptom Severity in Long-term Psychotherapy: Why Time matters. Journal of Counseling Psychology.doi. org/10.1037/cou0000545
7. Weber R., Ehrenthal J. C., Dinger-Ehrenthal U., Volz M., Langens, T, & Schonnebeck M. (2020). Outpatient group psychotherapeutic aftercare: Effects after day treatment and inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation. Psychotherapist, 65, 257-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-020-00435-9
8. Ehrenthal, J. C., Schauenburg, H., Wagner, F., Dinger-Ehrenthal, U., & Volz, M. (2020). Development and evaluation of the Aversive and Protective Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (APK). Psychiatric Practice, 47(04), 207-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1123-1615
9. Volz M, Ladwig S, Werheid K (2019). Gender differences in post-stroke depression: A longitudinal analysis of prevalence, persistence, and predictive value of known risk factors. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 31(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2019.1648301
10. Ladwig, S., Volz M., & Werheid, K. (2018). Depression is female-even after stroke? Gender comparison of diagnostic frequency and depressive symptomatology cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Journal of Neuropsychology. 29, 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1024/1016-264X/a000225
11. Volz M., Voelkle, M. C., & Werheid, K. (2018). General self-efficacy as a driving factor of post-stroke depression: A longitudinal study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(9), 1426-1438. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2017.1418392
12. Volz M., Möbus, J., Letsch, C., & Werheid, K. (2016). The influence of early depressive symptoms, social support and decreasing self-efficacy on depression 6 months post-stroke. Journal of Affective Disorders, 206, 252-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.041
13. Lewin-Richter, A., Volz, M., Jöbges, M., & Werheid, K. (2015). Predictivity of early depressive symptoms for post-stroke depression. The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 19(7), 754-758. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-015-0540-x

Published interviews:

1. Volz M., Ladwig S., Werheid K. (2021). Return to work and depressive symptoms in young stroke survivors. NeuroNews International. https://neuronewsinternational.com/post-stroke-depression-burden-young-survivors/ (Last accessed Dec 21, 2021).

Teaching at the University of Kassel

WiSe22/23: Fallseminar zur Berufsqualifizierenden Tätigkeit III (M.Sc.)

Klinisches Projektseminar: Psychotherapieforschung in der Praxis (M.Sc.)

SoSe 22: Berufsqualifizierende Tätigkeit II – Vertiefte Praxis der psychodynamischen Therapie (M.Sc.)

Seminar: Allgemeine Verfahrenslehre der Psychotherapie (B.Sc.)

WiSe21/22: Seminar: Psychodynamische Interventionsformen (M.Sc)
Klinisches Projektseminar mit Prof. Dr. Cord Benecke: Geschlecht und Psychotherapie – alles nur binär? (B.Sc.)