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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 with ongoing 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
  • Since 2019: Research and teaching in clinical psychology and psychotherapy, University of Bremen
  • Previously:
    • Several years of outpatient clinical experience, IPP Bremen
    • Several years of inpatient clinical experience, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg
    • Postgraduate training in psychotherapy (approbation/licensure, specialization in cognitive behavioral therapy), IPP Bremen
    • 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 #

See publications
  • Zotschew, T., Claus, N., Ehring, T., & Cludius, B. (in preparation). Is perfect the enemy of good? Associations of psychopathology with perfectionism when controlling for excellencism.
  • Zotschew, T., Claus, N., Egan, S. J., Shafran, R., Ehring, T., Takano, K., Limburg, K., & Cludius, B. (submitted). Perfectionism as a transdiagnostic process in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Evidence from a longitudinal study of young women.
  • Zotschew, T., Claus, N., Egan, S. J., Shafran, R., Ehring, T., Takano, K., Limburg, K., & Cludius, B. (2025). Perfectionism as a transdiagnostic process: Reciprocal effects with depression and generalised anxiety disorder. Poster presentation, Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress, Berlin, Germany.
  • 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 ↗.