Studied medicine at the University of Hamburg

Trained as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy at various psychiatric clinics in Switzerland with inpatients and outpatients:

 

• Psychiatric Clinic Oberwil / Zug (today: Psychiatric Clinic Zugersee)

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• Psychosomatic Clinic Bad Neustadt

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• Littenheid Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (today: Clienia Klinik Littenheid)

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• Psychiatric-Psychological Service of the Justice Department of the Canton of Zurich (PPD)

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• Surgical Clinic Bülach Hospital (external year)

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• Dielsdorf and Oerlikon outpatient clinics of the Hard Psychiatric Clinic (today: Hard Psychiatric Center)

An important focus was psychotherapeutic work in an inpatient setting at the Bad Neustadt psychosomatic clinic and on a psychotherapy ward at the Littenheid clinic. An additional focus was working in forensic psychiatry at the Psychiatric-Psychological Service (PPD) of the Department of Justice of the Canton of Zurich.

Training in psychodynamic psychotherapy with own psychoanalysis and regular supervision by teaching analysts at the Sigmund Freud Institute in Zurich

Senior physician at the Forel Clinic (special clinic for alcohol addicts)

Consulting physician at the Zurich Specialist Center for Alcohol Problems (ZFA)

Senior consultant at the Oberwil / Zug Psychiatric Clinic

Self-employed since 2003 in own psychotherapeutic-psychiatric practice PPP in Zug, from January 2022 at the new location in Zurich Oerlikon

Training as a certified medical assessor at Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM) 

Further training to become a certified work ability assessor (SIM)

Certified medical examiner (SGV)

Further training in transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline patients (TFP), in psychodrama and organizational consulting