Biographical notes
1979–1984 Study of Piano at the Musikhochschule Mannheim/Heidelberg; Diplom
1984–1986 Post-graduate studies (on a DAAD scholarship) in music therapy in Salzburg at the Psychologisches Institut, Mozarteum and Orff-Institut; post-graduate certificate in Music Therapy
1984–1986 Continuing education in cognitive therapy approaches of behavioral therapy
1987–1992 Many years of experience as a music therapist for children and adolescents at various music schools in the Heidelberg region and at the “Akademie für Ältere” in Heidelberg
1987–present Over twenty years of experience as a piano teacher at various music schools in the Heidelberg region as well as privately in Berlin
1988–1990 Advanced training in transactional analysis under Arlene Moore
1992 Moving to Berlin
1993–2000 Study of both Art History and Musicology at the Freie Universität Berlin, certificate in musicology
2000–2003 Continuing training in “Erfahrbarer Atem nach Middendorf” under Thomas Abbé and at the Ilse-Middendorf-Institut in Berlin
2001–2007 Trainings in Chinese Medicine and Shiatsu
- Wu Xing under Pao Siermann, Institut Mitte in Berlin
- Shiatsu basic training at the Shiatsu-Schule Kreuzberg
- Fan Teng Gong under Guo Bingsen at the Dao Yuan School for Qi Gong in Bremen
2011 Qualified as a natural health practitioner (Heilpraktikerprüfung) with permission to practice in the field of the Healing Arts
2011–2012 Further education in sound massage with a certification as a Sound Massage Practitioner from the Peter Hess Institut
2012 Opening of my private practice for process-focussed body psychotherapy and music and sound therapy in the group practice “Impuls” in Neukölln
2012–2013 Training in NLP and certification as an NLP Practitioner (DVNLP) under E. Maaß and K. Ritschl at the Institut “Spectrum” in Berlin
2013–present Further education in process work after A. and A. Mindell
- Continuous supervision with Marianne Verny, lecturer, teaching analyst and supervisor at the “Institut für Prozessarbeit IPA”, Zürich
- Seminar on process-oriented treatment of addiction “Addiction – Moving lines between heaven and hell” in Berlin 2013 at Jan Emetchi, Masters in Processwork and head of department at the “Process Work Institute”, Portland
- Seminar on dream body work “Intimate mirrors: relationships, body symptoms and dreams” in Berlin 2013 with Jan Emetchi (see above)
- Summer Intensive Week 2015 “Worldwork – Work with internal and external diversity” at the IPA in Zürich
- Focus Empathy 2016 “Diversity and Relationship” in Berlin
- Zoom-Summer Intensive Week 2020 “Process-oriented approaches to working with trauma ”, Institute for Process Work IPA in Zürich
2024 Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (three-year trauma therapy training in Somatic Experiencing according to Peter Levine – European association for somatic experiencing)
I am very fortunate to have the possibility to continue to pursue my first profession as a piano teacher alongside to my psychotherapeutic work. To me it is very important and enriching to be able to move between both fields.
