I am a licensed psychotherapist. My mother tongue is English. I am fluent in German.
My areas of expertise: Cognitive behavioral therapy, systemic therapy / counselling / supervision, hypnotherapy, trauma therapy (EMDR, PITT, NET), psychotherapy with language & cultural mediation, psychotherapy for people who are experiencing migration or asylum, psychotherapy for people who have experienced violence (sexual, physical, emotional).
Continuous education in psychodynamic approaches (e.g. APH gGmbH), trauma therapy (e.g. Refugio Bremen, Göttinger Symposium Traumatherapie, ZEP GmbH), anti-racist approaches (e.g. Bundesverband Psychosozialer Zentren, PTKHH), quality assurance (e.g. ÄKHH, PTKHH).
My quality management system is based on QEP (Qualität und Entwicklung in Praxen).
Affiliations:
- Dachverband der transkulturellen Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik im deutschsprachigem Raum e.V.
- Psychotherapeutenkammer Hamburg
- Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration
- Systemische Gesellschaft – Deutscher Verband für systemische Forschung, Therapie, Supervision und Beratung
Work Experience
- Since 2023: Part-time in my private practice
- Since 2022: Psychotherapist & Quality Management Coordinator at Lichtpunkt Traumatherapie- und Psychosoziales Zentrum for refugees in Hamburg
- 2018 – 2021: School psychologist for the Behörde für Schule und Berufsbildung in Hamburg
- 2017 – 2018: Psychotherapist in training at Johanniter Hospital in Geesthacht
- 2006 – 2017: Scientist at the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg University of Technology
- 1999 – 2006: Research assistant at the University of Würzburg, University of Oldenburg, Osaka University (JP), Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH
- 1997 – 1998: Voluntary social work in an orphanage in Sercaia, Romania
Education
- 2025 Training curriculum “Flight, Torture, Trauma”, Refugio Bremen
- 2024 Training in Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT) with Prof. Dr. Luise Reddemann
- Since 2022 Training in EMDR at ZAP Nord GmbH, Lübeck
- 2015 – 2022 Training and certification as a psychotherapist at Zentrum Ausbildung Psychotherapie (ZAP) Nord GmbH, Lübeck
- 2011 Doctoral degree awarded by the University of Hamburg
- 2008 – 2011 Training and certification as a systemic therapist and supervisor (SG) at the Institut für Systemische Studien e.V., Hamburg
- Until 2006 Academic studies in psychology at universities in Marburg, Würzburg, Oldenburg and Osaka (Japan)
- 1993 Immigration to Germany from the USA