Franziska Lechner-Meichsner

Dr. Franziska Lechner-Meichsner is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University. Her main research interest is the treatment of prolonged grief disorder and (complex) posttraumatic stress disorder and her current focus is on using innovative interventions such as Imagery Rescripting and identifying processes that make treatments work. She is also interested in culture-specific aspects of psychopathology and psychotherapy.
She previously held a post-doc position at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, where she coordinated a multi-center clinical trial on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees. Prior to that, she received a grant from the German Research Foundation for a project at Columbia University, New York, on mechanisms of change in the treatment of prolonged grief disorder with Dr. Katherine Shear.
Franziska Lechner-Meichsner is also a cognitive-behavioral therapist with a specialization in psychotraumatology.