About

Tilo Zotschew
Cognitive behavioral therapist

In my practice, I provide a safe and transparent space to help you understand your current challenges and develop new solutions. Combining years of clinical experience and research, I am committed to a therapeutic approach that meets you as an equal and is firmly grounded in the latest scientific findings.

Qualifications #

Since 2024: Private practice as a licensed psychotherapist
2019–26: Research associate and PhD student in clinical psychology and psychotherapy, University of Bremen
2018–22: Postgraduate training in psychotherapy (approbation/licensure, specialization in cognitive behavioral therapy) and outpatient clinical experience, IPP Bremen
2018–19: Inpatient clinical experience, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg
2012–17: Studies in psychology (MSc equivalent), Kiel University and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig)

Memberships #

Chamber of Psychotherapists Bremen
German Psychotherapists Association (DPtV)
Registered in the medical register of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Bremen (KV Bremen)
CARE Network of Lower Saxony

Publications #

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Zotschew, T., Claus, N., Ehring, T., & Cludius, B. (2026). Disentangling perfectionism from excellencism: Associations with life satisfaction and multiple forms of psychopathology [Manuscript submitted for publication].
Zotschew, T., Claus, N., Egan, S. J., Shafran, R., Ehring, T., Takano, K., Limburg, K., & Cludius, B. (2026). Perfectionism as a transdiagnostic process in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Evidence from a longitudinal study of young women. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 121, Article 103178. Link ↗.
Cludius, B., Cwik, J. C, Fink-Lamotte, J., … & Zotschew, T. (2025). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults: Openly available diagnostic instruments. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 2025(1), 28–36. Link ↗.
Zotschew, T., Kley, H., Möllmann, A., Schlechter, F., & Heinrichs, N. (2024). The Bielefeld Life Satisfaction Scale (BIFL): An open-access questionnaire for self-assessing domain and life satisfaction in psychotherapy and research. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 53(1), 10–23. Link ↗.