• Psychological stress of rescue service employees as a result of critical incidents
• Efficacy of hypnotherapy on a biomolecular level
• Comparison of trauma-focused therapy methods (cognitive-behavioural vs. psychodynamic) for a better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder after childhood maltreatment

• Psychological stress and protective factors among rescue service employees of the German Red Cross
• Improving treatment and understanding of post-traumatic stress disorders associated with child abuse in adults

• Werkstattsymposium „Spannungsfeld Mensch und Emotionen im Arbeitskontext“, Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit & Technische Universität, Juli 13-17, Dresden, Deutschland.
• Training as clinical hypnotherapist at the Klingenberg Institute for Clinical Hypnosis under Prof. Bongartz, January-November 2019, Constance, Germany.
• Workshop "Learning from trauma and loss in evidence based treatment" in the16th European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, July 13, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Winter term 2020/2021

• Journal Club - Current research in clinical psychology and psychotherapy with a focus on relaxation techniques

Winter term 2019/2020

• Seminar "Dissociation - Aetiology, biological correlates and therapy" (Master, Psychology)

Summer term 2019 & Summer term 2020

• Seminar "Relaxation Methods and Hypnosis in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy"(Bachelor, Psychology)

Karrasch, S., Bongartz W., Gumpp, A. M., Kolassa I. -T. (2021). Die Wirkung von Hypnose auf Parameter des Immunsystems. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 50, 1-9.

Karrasch, S., Bongartz W., Gumpp, A. M., Kolassa I. -T. (2021). Immunsystem stärken? Biomolekulare Effekte von Hypnose. SUGGESTIONEN. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hypnose und Hypnotherapie e.V., 2021, 46-47.

Karrasch, S., Hitzler, M., Behnke, A., Tumani, V., Kolassa, I. T., & Rojas, R. (2021). Chronic and Trau-matic Stress Among Emergency Medical Services Personnel. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (2020), 49 (4), 204–217.

Karrasch, S., Bongartz W., Gumpp, A. M., Kolassa I. -T. (2021). Immunsystem stärken? Biomolekulare Effekte von Hypnose. SUGGESTIONEN. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hypnose und Hypnotherapie e.V., 2021, 46-47.

Karrasch, S., Hitzler, M., Behnke, A., Tumani, V., Kolassa, I. T., & Rojas, R. (2021). Chronic and Traumatic Stress Among Emergency Medical Services Personnel. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (2020), 49 (4), 204–217. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000600

Behnke, A., Karabatsiakis, A., Krumbholz, A., Karrasch, S., Schelling, G., Kolassa, I. T., & Rojas, R. (2020). Associating Emergency Medical Services personnel’s workload, trauma exposure, and health with the cortisol, endocannabinoid, and N-acylethanolamine concentrations in their hair. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-10.

Karrasch, S., Hitzler, M., Gumpp, A. M., Karabatsiakis, A., & Kolassa, I. T. (2020). Molekulartoxische Folgen von chronischem und traumatischem Stress und deren Reversibilität durch entspannungs-und achtsamkeitsbasierte Interventionen. Verhaltenstherapie, 30(1), 28-42.

Behnke, A., Rojas, R., Karrasch, S., Hitzler, M., & Kolassa, I. T. (2019). Deconstructing traumatic mission experiences: Identifying critical incidents and their relevance for the mental and physical health among emergency medical service personnel. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2305.

Karrasch, S., Hitzler, M., Gumpp, A. M., Karabatsiakis, A., & Kolassa, I. T. (2020). Molecular-Toxic Consequences of Chronic and Traumatic Stress and Their Reversibility through Mind-Body Interventions. Verhaltenstherapie, 1-15.