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I look back on eight years of state-regulated training (university studies and clinical specialization) and twelve years of professional experience in meeting, supporting, and treating people in diverse roles and settings.

After receiving my licensure in 2020, I specialized in social identities, mindfulness, and empowerment.
For the past four years, I have been working with this focus in my own practice in my home district of Berlin-Neukölln.

I work in a transcultural context and offer sessions in German (native language), English (C1), and French (B2), both in person and online. I also lead a working group on gender-sensitive counseling and psychotherapy (AGBT) and am currently working on a professional book on class and classism for counseling and psychotherapy. Through continuing education and self-study, I strive to integrate current knowledge and new perspectives into my work and to shape it ever more responsively with regard to diversity, intersectionality, and inclusion.

Professional Development, Education, Training

2008-2014

Psychology studies
Focus: Clinical Psychology
Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Minors: Philosophy, Sociology

​Bachelor’s thesis (Developmental Psychology):
What psychological effects do art projects have on children and adolescents?

Master’s thesis (Personality Psychology):
What is the relationship between unconventionality/nonconformity and originality/creativity?

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2014-2016

Outpatient addiction counseling (alcohol and illegal drugs).

Publication of a scientific article based on the topic of my master’s thesis.

Psychological individual and group sessions on a closed acute psychiatric ward,
with a focus on (primarily illegal) substance use disorders, affective and psychotic disorders, risk of harm to self or others, and court-ordered admissions.

Care of patients in forensic psychiatric settings. Preparation of expert reports for courts.

Various continuing-education trainings in clinical psychology and crisis intervention.
Several projects in the cultural sector, including writing articles and reviews.

2017-2020

Advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychological Psychotherapist

Full-time clinical training in a rehabilitation clinic for addiction and psychosomatic medicine, providing individual and group therapy.
Focus areas: (primarily illegal) substance use disorders, personality disorders, anger/aggression groups, affective and psychotic disorders.

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2021

Psychological head of a psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic, responsible for two wards specializing in anxiety and affective disorders.

Individual and group supervision for psychological and medical psychotherapists.

Supervision in trans-/intercultural therapy.
Socio-medical assessments.

since 2022

Founding of a group practice in Berlin-Neukölln.
Psychotherapy (private and reimbursement-based, German/English/French), couples/relationship therapy, counseling/coaching, supervision, professional trainings.

Focus areas: social identities / intersectionality (queerness, gender and sexuality, race, culture, class), third-wave CBT (ACT, EFT, CFT, schema therapy), mindfulness and empowerment.

Writing professional and socio-political articles.

since 2023

Founding and leadership of a Working Group for Gender-Sensitive Counseling and Therapy (AGBT, www.agbt.work), an information, support, and intervision/supervision network for counselors and psychotherapists focusing on gender, sexuality, queerness, and intersectionality.

Assessment letters for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries.

cince 2024

Writing a book on class and classism for counseling and psychotherapy.

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Further training since licensure (since 2020)

  • ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (AWP, DGVT)

  • CFT: Compassion Focused Therapy (AWP)

  • DBT Skills for Addressing Microaggressions (The Affirmative Couch)

  • EFT: Emotion-Focused Therapy (AWP)

  • Body-oriented behavioral psychotherapy (AWP)

  • Male sexual dysfunctions* (DGVT)

  • MBSR: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (DGVT)

  • Transcultural competencies, anti-racist / racism-sensitive psychotherapy, intersectionality
    (PTK Berlin, Ethno-Medical Center Berlin, Rassismuskritische Psychotherapie e.V.)

  • Psychotherapy for people with disabilities (DGVT)

  • Psychotherapy for trans, inter, and queer clients; assessment letters for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries** (DGVT)

  • Psychotherapy and climate change (PTK Berlin)

  • Improvisational / theatre therapy (DPA)

  • Yoga for psychotherapy (DPA)

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