Tania Lincoln studied Psychology in Marburg, Germany. She completed her PhD in 2003 at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and her training as a clinical psychologist in 2004. From 2003 to 2005 she worked in a psychiatric mental health setting where she became increasingly interested in psychological therapy for psychosis. From 2005 to 2011 she was the principal investigator in a randomized controlled trial on CBT for psychosis at the Philipps-Universität Marburg. Since 2011 she is professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Universität Hamburg in the Faculty of Psychology and Movement Science, for which she was the Dean from 2018-2020. She is the director of the university outpatient mental health department and the scientific director of the therapist training program. Her research focuses on understanding the psychological mechanisms of psychotic symptoms and on improving interventions for psychosis and is reflected in numerous books and publications.