Psychotherapy
Mag. Benjamin Lehner

Clinical Psychologist

Health Psychologist

Psychotherapist in Training under Supervision

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Meidlinger Hauptstraße 5 Stairs 1 Top 12

1120 Vienna, Austria

kontakt@psychotherapie-lehner.at

+43 670 6032481

Psychotherapy in an individual setting
for children, teenagers and adults
in German and English

In my psychotherapeutic work I attach particular importance to the following aspects:

an appreciative, accepting and interested attitude
authenticity, openness and transparency
a professional way of working with methodological diversity that is based on current scientific findings
everyone is an expert on themselves and their mental health problems and has the strengths and resources to solve them
a solution- and goal-oriented approach

Focus of work:

Depression
Fears/Phobias/Panic Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Addiction/Substance use disorders
Stress responses/Adjustment disorder
Life crises/Developmental crises
Personality disorders
Aggression/Dealing with anger
Sexuality/Sexual preference disorders
Somatoform disorders

I work with the following cognitive behavioral therapy methods:

Emotion-activating techniques (imagination, role playing, etc.)
Emotion regulation techniques
Anxiety management and exposure
Schema therapy (working with inner parts)
Mindfulness
Relaxation techniques
Social skills training
DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) / Skills Training
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Cognitive restructuring
Socratic dialogue
Self-management
Psychoeducation

About me:

Training

since 2022 Psychotherapist in training under supervision

since 2021 Fachspezifikum / method-specific psychotherapeutic training, Austrian Society for Behavioral Therapy ÖGVT

2019 - 2021 Propädeutikum / psychotherapyeutic preparatory course, ARGE educational management

2014 - 2015 Course in Clinical Psychology, Austrian Academy for psychology

2012 semester abroad at the Australian National University in Canberra

2007 - 2014 Psychology studies (diploma) at the University of Vienna, specializing in clinical psychologylogy

Further training

2020 - 2021 Schema Therapy Curriculum, Institute for Schema Therapy Vienna

2017 Basic course Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics (OPD-2)

2016 - 2017 Curriculum Sexual Psychology, Austrian Academy of Psychology

2015 - 2022 various training courses in the area of forensic treatment and risk prognosis

Experience

Since 2022 Psychotherapist in training under supervision at Verein Limes

2022 - 2024 Psychotherapist in training under supervision at the Therapeutic Competence Center Forensis

2021 - 2022 Clinical psychologist at the Therapeutic Competence Center Forensis

2016 - 2023 Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Case Manager in the Department Maßnahmenvollzug at Krems-Stein prison

2015 - 2016 Clinical psychologist at the St. Pölten prison

2014 - 2015 internship at the Vienna-Mittersteig prison

2014 Internship in the 1st Psychiatric Department of the Penzing Clinic (formerly Otto Wagner Hospital)

2013 - 2017 Laboratory assistant at the sleep laboratory Dr. Saletu in the Rudolfinerhaus private hospital in Vienna

2011 Internship at the Vienna-Mittersteig prison

2007 - 2013 Work with people with disabilities, Lebenshilfe Upper Austria

2005 - 2006 Community service at Lebenshilfe Upper Austria

Publications

Rosenberger, L.A., Pfabigan, D.M., Lehner, B., Keckeis, K., Seidel, E.-M., Eisenegger, C. & Lamm, C. Fairness norm violations in antisocial psychopathic offenders in a repeated trust game. Translational Psychiatry 9, 266 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0606-3

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