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 Germanysee 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