Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Yvonne Schaffler, MSc

Humer, E.; Pieh, C.; Probst, T.; Dinhof, C.; Schaffler, Y.; Zeldovich, M. (2025). Mental health amidst multiple crises: Trends and sociodemographic risk factors in Austria's general population. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16: 1534994

Humer, E.; Schaffler, Y.; Haider, K.; Pieh, C.; Haid, B.; Schimböck, W.; Stippl, P.; Schigl, B.; Probst, T. (2025). Outcome of Individual Outpatient Psychotherapy in Adults Under Clinically Representative Conditions in Austria. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 25: e70074

Kaisler, R.; Schaffler, Y. (2025). Clients' Subjective Experiences of Navigating Challenges in Gestalt Therapy: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, Volume 16 - 2025: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1593918

Schweitzer, E.; Schaffler, Y.; Probst, T.; Humer, E.; Pieh, C.; Schigl, B. (2025). Gendered dynamics in outpatient psychotherapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of female patients' and male therapists' experiences. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 00: 1–19

Schaffler, Y.; Humer, E.; Amsüss, G.; Probst, T.; Pieh, C.; Schigl, B. (2025). Inanspruchnahme von Psychotherapie in Österreich: Hürden und förderliche Faktoren aus Patient:innensicht. Psychotherapie Forum, 16 October 2025: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00729-025-00292-4, Springer

Jesser, A., Steinböck, A., Pammer, B. Ghorab, T.; Weber, M.; Schaffler, Y.; Probst, T.; Felnhofer, A.; Kothgassner, O.; Pieh, C.; Humer, E. (2024). Burdens and resources of Austrian clinical psychologists: results of a qualitative study two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Psychology, 12/205: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01714-9

Santillan-Ramos, P.; Humer, E.; Schaffler, Y.; Pieh, C.; Probst, T.; Felnhofer, A.; Kothgassner, O.; Netzer, I.; Jesser, A. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of clinical psychologists in Austria: results of a mixed-methods study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1302442: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1302442

Schaffler, Y., Jesser, A., Humer, E., Haider, K., Pieh, C., Probst, T., & Schigl, B. (2024). Process and outcome of outpatient psychotherapies under clinically representative conditions in Austria: protocol and feasibility of an ongoing study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1264039

Schaffler, Y., Probst, T., Pieh, C.; Haid, B.; Humer, E. (2024). Prevalence of mental health symptoms and potential risk factors among Austrian psychotherapists. Scientific Reports, 14, Article number: 3888: 10.1038/s41598-024-54372-7

Schweitzer, E.; Schaffler, Y.; Jesser, A.; Probst, T.; Humer, E.; Schigl, B. (2024). Gendered capital in psychotherapy: A thematic analysis of patients' experiences of the therapists' gender. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 00: 1-11

Denkmayr, M.; Werner-Tutschku, C.; Schaffler, Y.; Probst, T.; Humer, E.; Schigl, B. (2024). Erfolgreiche humanistische psychotherapeutische Prozesse: Therapeutische Beziehung und signifikante Aspekte aus Sicht von Patient:innen und Therapeut:innen der Integrativen Therapie. Psychotherapie Forum, 00: 1-7, Springer

Kaisler, R.; Schaffler, Y.; Fede, M.; Keil, S.; Hintermeier, S. (2024). Die Bedeutung des psychischen Strukturniveaus und dessen Auswirkung auf die Behandlungsplanung in humanistischen Psychotherapien. Psychotherapie Forum, published online 27 september 2024: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00729-024-00259-x, Springer

Gächter, A.; Zauner, B.; Haider, K.; Schaffler, Y.; Probst, T.; Pieh, C.; Humer, E. (2023). Areas of Concern and Support among the Austrian General Population: A Qualitative Content Analytic Mapping of the Shift between Winter 2020/21 and Spring 2022. Healthcare, 11(18): 2539

Humer, E.; Pammer, B.; Schaffler, Y.; Kothgassner, O.D.; Felnhofer, A.; Jesser, A.; Pieh, C.; Probst, T. (2023). Comparison of mental health indicators in clinical psychologists with the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 13: 5050

Kaisler, R.; Fede, M.; Diltsch, U.; Probst, T.; Schaffler, Y. (2023). Common mental disorders in Gestalt therapy treatment: a multiple case study comparing patients with moderate and low integrated personality structures. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 14 - 2023: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1304726

Schaffler, Y.; Bauer, M.; Schein, B; Jesser, A.; Probst, T.; Pieh, C; Humer, E. (2023). Understanding pandemic resilience: a mixed-methods exploration of burdens, resources, and determinants of good or poor well-being among Austrian psychotherapists. Frontiers in Public Health, Volume 11: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1216833

Winter, S.; Jesser, A.; Probst, T.; Schaffler, Y.; Kisler, I.-M.; Haid, B.; Pieh, C.; Humer, E. (2023). How the COVID-19 pandemic affects the provision of psychotherapy: Results from three online surveys on Austrian psychotherapists. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3): 1961

Cardeña, Etzel; Schaffler, Yvonne; van Duijl, Marjolein (2023). The Other in The Self. Possession, Trance, and Related Phenomena. In: Taylor and Francis Group, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders. Past, Present, Future: 421-432, Routledge, New York and London

Humer, E.; Schaffler, Y.; Jesser, A.; Probst, T.; Pieh, C. (2022). Mental health in the Austrian general population during COVID-19: Cross-sectional study on the association with sociodemographic factors. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13: 943303

Jesser, A.; Schaffler, Y.; Gächter, A.; Dale, R.; Humer, E.; Pieh, C. (2022). School students' concerns and support after one year of COVID-19 in Austria: A qualitative study using content analysis. Healthcare, 10(7): 1334