
Joyfully Exhausted.
When it's worth the effort."
Dr. Christina Guthier
SCIENCE MEETS PRACTICE
As a manager, do you sometimes wonder what measures would actually make your employees' work lives healthier and more productive? If so, as an occupational health psychologist (PhD), I deliver individually tailored presentations on topics such as:
- Exhaustion & Burnout
- Psychological Safety & Dealing with failure
- Recovery & Wellbeing
My scientific experiences (Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis Award 2022 winner by SIOP) enable me to assess the quality of studies and thus the robustness of the results. I am in touch with practice through my "Facts behind the headline" articles in PERSONALquarterly as well as the regular exchange with my business partners and clients.
If you want to see your employees joyfully exhausted at the end of a productive workday, I'm happy to support you with evidence & empathy to achieve your goal.

HOW I WORK WITH YOU
When I help individuals, teams or organizations develop healthier and more productive work environments, the foundation is the
Dr. Christina Guthier Consulting-Model:

Evidence - Applying Analyses.
As a scientist, I use data and statistical analysis to make the best possible decisions. If my clients succeed in asking the right questions with me, there are no limits to the evolution of workplace environments.
Empathy - Listening Actively.
As a coach, I listen actively to understand the different conflicts in teams and organizations. I also encourage my clients to see and use challenges as opportunities for evolution.
Evolution - Being Adaptive.
As a consultant, I enable my clients to adapt to changing environments and to remain healthy and productive. The combination of evidence and empathy seems to me to be crucial for future evolutional success.
RESOURCES
Academic Publications
- Cui, A. X., Motamed Yeganeh, N., Sviatchenko, O., Leavitt, T., McKee, T., Guthier, C., … & Boyd, L. (2021). The phantoms of the opera—Stress offstage and stress onstage. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356211013504
- Guthier, C., Dormann, C., & Voelkle, M. C. (2020). Reciprocal effects between job stressors and burnout: A continuous time meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Psychological Bulletin, 146(12), 1146–1173. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000304
- Dormann, C., Guthier, C., & Cortina, J. M. (2020). Introducing Continuous Time Meta-Analysis (CoTiMA). Organizational Research Methods, 23(4), 620–650. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428119847277
- Dormann, C., & Guthier, C. (2019). Successful and Positive Learning Through Study Crafting: A Self-Control Perspective. In Frontiers and Advances in Positive Learning in the Age of InformaTiOn (PLATO) (pp. 57-72). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26578-6_5
- Dormann, C., Owen, M., Dollard, M., & Guthier, C. (2018). Translating cross-lagged effects into incidence rates and risk ratios: The case of psychosocial safety climate and depression. Work & Stress, 32(3), 248–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2017.1395926
- Dormann, C., & Guthier, C. (2018). Longitudinal data collection. In P. Brough (ed.), Advanced Research Methods for Applied Psychology (pp. 158-169). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315517971
- Guthier, C. (2018). Creating Healthier Study and Work Environments: A Continuous Time Perspective on the Causal Relations between Demands, Resources, and Burnout. Dissertation. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
Other Publications
- Stegh, W. & Guthier, C. (2021). „Wie »New Work« gelingt
Altersdiversität und Arbeitsstress berücksichtigen“ - Scientific section in Report Psychologie, journal of the Professional Association of German Psychologists (Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen E.V.). -
„Erschöpft und nun? Warum es wichtiger ist, Mitarbeiter mit Burnout vor Stress zu schützen“ – Wirtschaftspsychologie Heute
- Book review „Think Like a Rocket Scientist“ by Ozan Varol
Featured in
- Forbes: Burnout Can Intensify Your Job Stress And Throw You Into A Vicious Circle
- Psychology Today: The Surprising Difference Between Stress and Burnout
- Business Insider Deutschland: The vicious circle of more and more work stress is driven even further by burnout (German)
- RBB-online: Work stress: Burn-out not a consequence but a trigger? (German)
Interviews
- „Das passiert bei einem Burn-out“ – quarks. Interviewer: Rebecca Deus
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„SIOP Award Winners: Meet Christina Guthier, Christian Dormann, and Manuel Voelkle, the Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis Award Winners“ – SIOP. Interviewer: Liberty J. Munson
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„AUSGELAUGT? Wenn Arbeit krank macht – acht Tipps gegen Erschöpfung im Job“ – stern. Interviewer: Leonie Zimmermann
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„Deutsche sind erschöpft: Laut einer Studie fühlt sich mindestens die Hälfte antriebslos und müde“ – web.de. Interviewer: Christina Scheidtweiler
- „Was ist Wertschätzung“ – Neue Blickrichtung Podcast by and with Martin Hoffmann
CONTACT
Scientist | Speaker | Consultant
Dr. Christina Guthier
D-40210 Düsseldorf
Can I help you as a scientific consultant or speaker on topics related to exhaustion, psychological safety and recovery? Then simply contact me directly so that we can personally discuss possibilities for collaboration.