Prof. Dr. Tamara Fischmann
Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Neuropsychoanalysis
IPU Berlin
Alt-Moabit 91A - Room 2.20
10559 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 300 117-737
E-Mail: tamara.fischmann(at)ipu-berlin.de
Teaching Focus
I teach in the Master's program in Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (part time) at IPU. I am particularly passionate about the study of mental disorders, with a focus on psychoanalytic and psychobiological perspectives. Since I continue to work clinically in my psychoanalytic practice, I am also deeply committed to facilitating dream analysis. One of my special interests is Neuropsychoanalysis, which is why I especially enjoy teaching the elective course "Clinical Neuroscience and Neuropsychoanalysis."
Research focus:
- Interdisciplinary research in dialogue with the neurosciences
- Empirical-neuropsychoanalytic dream research
- Empirical-psychoanalytic early prevention research
- Psychotherapy process research
Current research projects:
- The use of artificial intelligence in dream research (DREAM-AI) — Investigating whether modern AI language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4o, LLaMA, or Mistral can automate the analysis of dream reports.
Goal: to determine whether AI reliably recognizes psychoanalytically relevant characteristics—such as primary and secondary thought processes (Primary Index, PI) as well as affect regulation and problem-solving ability (Zurich Dream Process Coding System, ZDPCS)—and evaluates them in a similar way to human experts. - Multi-Level Outcome Study of Psychoanalyses of Chronically Depressed Patients with Early Trauma (MODE). Modification of Psychological and Neural Structures in Long-Term Psychoanalytic Therapies for Depression.
Board member of the psychoanalytic training institute WIPU