Since 2006

Research and Teaching Unit Medical Psychology at the MHH

2004-2005

Research and Teaching Unit Medical Sociology at the MHH; project "The influence of life-changing events on the course of breast cancer"

2001-2003

Research assistant in the research project "Prevention of behavioral problems in children", at the TU Braunschweig, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2000-2001

Research assistant in the research project "Counseling centers as seismographs for changes in society", funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

since 2000

Psychological psychotherapist in private practice

1996-1999

Scholarship holder of the Christoph Dornier Foundation for Clinical Psychology at the Technical University of Braunschweig; research project "Partnership as a stress factor: acute and chronic stress reactions in couples depending on conflict management style"; employee of the institute's outpatient clinic

1995-1996

Referral therapist at the Deister-Weser-Clinical Department Bad Münder, Clinical Department for Psychosomatics and Behavioral Medicine

Training

2001

Training in psychological psychotherapy with a focus on behavioral therapy (Society for Applied Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Münster); licensed psychological psychotherapist

2000

Doctorate at the TU Braunschweig

1994

Diploma (degree in psychology at the TU Braunschweig)

Further training

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

MI (Motivational Interviewing)

Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) trainer

EPL (A Partnership Learning Program) Trainer