Wars, humanitarian crises, and the consequences of climate change are leading to increasing global displacement and migration. Affected individuals often experience high psychological distress and elevated rates of mental health disorders. Accordingly, the need for targeted, culturally sensitive psychotherapeutic care is growing.
This research area focuses on how psychotherapy can be designed in a culturally sensitive manner, how access to treatment can be improved, and how mental health professionals can be supported in implementing culturally informed approaches.
Across several projects, this research adopts a practice-oriented and interdisciplinary perspective. Key areas of focus include:
the development and evaluation of training programs to enhance transcultural competencies,
a multi-center study investigating the effectiveness of low-threshold psychoeducation for refugees,
the assessment and refinement of innovative tools to measure transcultural competence.
The research contributes to advancing accessible, effective, and culturally sensitive psychotherapeutic care in diverse and transnational contexts.