Born on *02-28-59 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 1976: University-entrance diploma (Goethe Gymnasium, Frankfurt/Main)
- Dec. 1976 to Febr. 1978: Civil Service at a Church in Frankfurt
- April 1987 to May 1986: Medicine Studies at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main
- 1986 Approbation (License) and MD
- June 1986 to Dec. 1986: Resident Klinik am Hainberg, Bad Hersfeld (Psychosomatic)
- Jan. 1987 to June 1990: Resident Städtisches Krankenhaus Frankfurt/Main-Hoechst (Neurology)
- July 1990 to Aug. 1993: Resident Elisabethenstift Darmstadt (Psychiatry)
- Sept. 1993 to March 2002: Director Salus Klinik Friedrichsdorf (Inpatient addiction and psychosomatic treatment)
- April 2002 to Febr. 2007: Director Psychosomatic Department Klinik Havelhoehe/Berlin (the first Schema Theapy based inpatient treatment unit worldwide)
- Since 2007 Private Practice and Director of the Schema Therapy Institute- Frankfurt (the first in Germany)
Qualifications:
- Neurologist (since 1991)
- Psychiatrist (since 1993)
- Psychosomatic Medicine (since 1997)
- CBT-Supervisor (since 1996)
- Schema Therapy Trainer und Supervisor (since 2008 – the first in Germany)
- Member of the ISST-Board since its foundation in 2008
- ISST-President from 2014 to 2016
- Currently ISST treasurer
Activities:
- Ongoing lectures and training workshops in Schema Therapy since 2009 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy on a regular basis and occasionally in the USA, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Finland.
- Numerous publications primarily on Schema therapy in Germany see here. For publications in English please go to “Publications”
Fields of special interest:
- Integrating mindfulness and acceptance into Schema Therapy
- Schema Therapy with couples
- Introducing Schema Therapy perspectives and elements into CBT
- Treating sexually traumatized clients
