Biosketch Wolfgang Lutz

Wolfgang Lutz, Ph.D. completed his doctorate in Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (1997), post-doctorates at Northwestern University, USA and the University of Berne (1999), and a research professorship at the University of Berne, Switzerland (2004. He is full professor (since 2007) and chair of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Trier, Germany as well as director of the clinical training program and outpatient research clinic at the University of Trier. He has authored more than 400 publications (peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and books) including work on demonstrating the benefits of classifying different trajectories of treatment change and illustrating how decision-support tools can be targeted to different patient groups. He is one of the pioneers of patient-focused and feedback research and has worked in the field of practice-oriented and practice based evidence in several countries for over 25 years. He has contributed over 600 presentations on the topic.

He is a past editor of Psychotherapy Research (the official journal of SPR), a co-editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Behavior Therapy and the German Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, and has served or serves on the editorial board of several international journals in the field (e.g., Clinical Psychological Science, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Journal of Clinical Psychology). He was president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) from 2022-2023 and has been recognized by various awards and fellowships, including the SPR’s Early Career Contribution Award and distinguished research and leader recognition from the Association for Psychological Science(APS). Alongside Michael Barkham and Louis Castonguay, he is one of the editors of the 7th edition of Bergin & Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change.