My most relevant professional training and work experience has been the following:
- 1989 Psychology degree MA (Hons.), Edinburgh University, GB
- Research assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, GB
- 1997 Doctorate in Psychology (Ph.D), King’s College London, GB
- 1995 Clinical research assistant and Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
- Teaching commitment for the Department of Psychotherapy (Medical students, Midwives), Ulm, Germany
- Psychotherapy at the student counselling service, psychological consultancy for the Dept. of Psychotherapy for the Paediatric and Gynaecological Deptartment, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
- 2003 accredited as psychological psychotherapist, Tübinger Akademie für Verhaltenstherapie (TAVT), Tübingen, Germany
- 2007 accredited as Psychotherapist (Cognitive Behavioural Therapist), Austria
- 2011 accredited as Clinical Psychologist, Austria
- 2014 teaching therapist of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft for Verhaltensmodifikation (AVM), Salzburg
- Coordinator of the Graz AVM study group of cognitive and behavioural psychotherapists
- Further training in couple therapy according to Gottman, Jellouschek, Revensdorf
- Basic curriculum of Schema Therapy according to Young
- Additional qualification as an infant, child and adolescent psychotherapist (AVM)
- 2017 School Psychologist at GIBS (Graz International Biligual School)
- 2018 set up the Schillerpraxis, a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Practice with colleague Dr. Susanne Presinger, in Graz
- 2024 teaching therapist of the Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien (SFU)
I was born Frankfurt am Main, Germany and live in Graz since 2003. As I have spent many years in the UK, I also offer psychotherapy in English.