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Current position
Assistant Professor
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Biographical sketch
Thomas Ehring studied psychology at the Universities of Mainz and Hamburg (Germany) and was a visiting research student at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford (UK).
Between 2001 and 2004, he was a PhD student at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (UK) and was awarded a 'Wellcome Prize Studentship' by the Wellcome Trust (UK). His PhD project focused on cognitive factors involved in the development and maintenance of PTSD, phobias and depression following accidents (supervisor: Professor Anke Ehlers). In 2004, he became a lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld (Germany). Since 2007, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology,University of Amsterdam.
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Research interests
My research mainly focuses on two areas:
(1) The aetiology and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Current research topics:
- Aetiology and treatment of PTSD following early-onset chronic interpersonal trauma
- The role of rumination in the maintenance of PTSD
- Mechanisms of change in PTSD treatment
2) The role of repetitive negative thinking (RNT) - such as rumination and worry - across disorders
Current research topics:
- Preventing depression and anxiety disorders by targeting worry and rumination (ZonMw grant)
- Differences between functional and dysfunctional forms of RNT
- Development and validation of a content-independent measure of RNT
- Similarities and differences of RNT between different disorders
Additional research interests include the role of emotion regulation deficits in emotional disorders and factors involved in the comorbidity of PTSD and substance use disorders.
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Teaching
I am currently teaching the following courses:
- Posttraumatic stress disorder: Aetiology and treatment
- Psychologische interventies I & II (Introduction to psychological interventions)
In addition, I am coordinating the bachelor theses for clinical psychology students.
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Recent publications
Journal articles Ehring, T., Tuschen-Caffier, B. Schnülle, J., Fischer, S., & Gross, J.J. (in press). Emotion regulation and vulnerability to depression: Spontaneous versus instructed use of emotion suppression and reappraisal. Emotion. Ehring, T., Razik, S. & Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (in press). Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and burnout in Pakistani earthquake recovery workers. Psychiatry Research.
Ehring,T., Fuchs, N. & Kläsener, I.(2009). The effects of experimentally induced rumination versus distraction on analogue posttraumatic stress symptoms. Behavior Therapy, 40, 403-413.
Zetsche, U., Ehring, T., & Ehlers, A. (2009). The effects of rumination on mood and intrusive memories after exposure to traumatic material: An experimental study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 499-514. Ehring, T., Szeimies, A.-K. & Schaffrick, C. (2009). An experimental analogue study into the role of abstract thinking in trauma-related rumination. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 285-293. Ehring, T., Ehlers, A., Cleare, A.J. & Glucksman, E. (2008). Do acute psychological and psychobiological responses to trauma predict subsequent symptom severities of PTSD and depression? Psychiatry Research, 161, 67-75.
Ehring, T., Frank, S., & Ehlers, A. (2008). The role of rumination and reduced concreteness in the maintenance of PTSD and depression following trauma. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 488-506.
Ehring, T. & Watkins, E.R. (2008). Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic process. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1, 192-205.
Ehring, T., Ehlers, A., & Glucksman, E. (2008). Do cognitive models help in predicting the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder, phobia and depression after motor vehicle accidents? A prospective longitudinal study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 219-230.
Ehring, T., Fischer, S., Schnülle, J., Bösterling, A. & Tuschen-Caffier,B. (2008). Characteristics of emotion regulation in recovered depressed versus never depressed individuals. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1574-1584.
Ehring, T., Kleim,B., Clark, D.M., Foa, E.B., & Ehlers, A. (2007). Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder: An empirical comparison of symptom measures. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 1004-1012.
Ehlers, A., Taylor, J.E., Ehring, T., Hofmann, S.G., Deane, F.P., Roth, W.T., & Podd, J.V. (2007). The Driving Cognitions Questionnaire: Development and preliminary psychometric properties.Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 493-509.
Ehring, T., Ehlers, A., & Glucksman, E. (2006). Contribution of cognitive factors to the prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder, phobia and depression after motor vehicle accidents. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1699-1716. Book chapters
Emmelkamp, P.M.G. & Ehring, T. & Powers,M.B. (2010). Philosophy, psychology, causes and treatments of mental disorders. In N. Kazantzis , M.A. Reinecke, & A. Freeman (Eds.), Cognitive and behavioral theories in clinical practice (pp. 1-27). New York : Guilford . Emmelkamp, P.M.G., Ehring, T., & Powers, M.B. (2008). Angststoornissen [Anxiety disorders]. In W. Vandereycken, C.A.L. Hoogduin, & P.M.G.Emmelkamp (eds.), Handboek psychopathologie, deel 1: basisbegrippen (4th edition) (pp. 231-270). Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.
Hilbert, A., Roehrle, B., & Ehring, T. (2008). Kognitiv orientierte klinisch-psychologische Diagnostik [Cognitive clinical assessment]. In B. Roehrle,P.F. Schlottke, & F. Caspar (Hrsg.), Lehrbuch der klinisch-psychologischen Diagnostik [Textbook of assessment in clinical psychology] (p. 113-148). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
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