Maria Böttche, PhD, is a registered psychotherapist and postdoctoral researcher at the division of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, specialised on war-affected mental health and on the development of internet-based interventions for hard-to-reach groups (e.g. refugees, older adults, Arab population, Sepsis patients). She is also the co-head of the research Department at Center UEBERLEBEN, Berlin, Germany were she leads research projects (e.g. evaluation of multidisciplinary treatment for war-affected refugees, internet-based treatment for patients in the MENA region) and advises public and government institutions with regard to the mental health care of refugees. She is a member of the board of the German-speaking Society for Psychotraumatology (DeGPT).
