Lenka Gschwendt

Areas of Interest:
Stress and burnout, unfinished business, emotions, and the psychological interventions

Education:
PhD., Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Mgr., Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
Bc., Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia

Selected Psychotherapeutic Trainings and Courses:
2025- Long-term training in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
2022 – Professional Certified Integrative Coach, international ICF-certified coaching training, Double BB, Coaching and Consulting
2023 – Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness MBSR, Slovakia

Publications and Research Profiles:
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lenka-Ottingerova
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1305-8594

Most Significant Publications:
Ottingerová, L., Halamová, J., & Szitás, D. (2026). Experiential therapies including Chairwork: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1692630. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1692630

Halamová, J., Ottingerová, L., Berger Haladová, Z., & Greenberg, L. S. (2025). Unfinished business in virtual reality: Development and preliminary evaluation of an empty chair intervention grounded in emotion-focused therapy. Internet Interventions, 42, 100885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2025.100885

Participation as Co-Investigator in Grant Projects:
VEGA Grant No. 1/0054/24, Vedecká grantová agentúra (Slovak Science Grant Agency), 2024–2026
Comenius University Grant No. UK/1126/2024, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2024 Project No. 09I03-03-V04-00258, funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia