Professional Background

• Studies in psychology
• Studies in photography
• Training as a psychological psychotherapist
• Certified trainings in group psychotherapy, trauma therapy and art therapy
• Sojourns abroad: a year in each of the USA, Peru and Turkey
• Since 2008: psychologist for individualized and group therapy in a psychiatric hospital, a crisis centre and in rehabilitation clinics (specializing in the fields of heart disease, cancer, psychosomatic disorders and back problems)
• Several years of work experience in cross-cultural family assistance (Familienhilfe) as per § 31 SGB VIII
• Since 2015: psychotherapeutic treatment in own psychotherapy practice