After having grown up in Germany, I received my secondary education, including my Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Psychology and Bachelor in Business Administration in the United States. I lived in the western United States: California, the Southeast: Tennessee and the Northeast (New England): Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
I worked as Psychologist / Psychotherapist at various inpatient and outpatient psychiatric treatment facilities and treated adults and teens with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral disabilities. Since 2011, I am the director of psychological, therapeutic and medical services at a large rehabilitation-treatment organization in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Work Experience:
2010-today | Clinical Director: Psychological, Therapeutic and Medical Services, Ludwigsburg, Germany |
2002-2009 | Psychologist / Clinical Psychotherapist, Psychiatric Institute & Treatment Center: Lighthouse School, Inc., |
2001-2002 | Emergency Services Clinician (Inpatient psychiatric Triage), Nashua Acute Psychiatric Residential Treatment Program, Community Council of Nashua NH, USA |
2001 | Public Relations Specialist, Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Center Inc., Knoxville TN, USA |
1997-2000 | Vice-President and Founder, TeleVideo Global Inc., Knoxville TN, USA |
1994-1995 | Graduate Research Assistent: Projektive Personality Tests: Rorschach, TAT, Van Lennep, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, USA |
1991-1993 | Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor, Department of Psychology Courses tought: Introductory Psychology, Abnormal Psychology (Psychopathology), Motivation and Emotion), University of Tennessee, USA |
| Diplomas |
1985 | Abitur, Aufbaugymnasium Nagold , Landkreis Calw |
1989 | Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Marketing |
2000 | Ph.D., Psychology, University of Tennessee, USA Dissertation: |
Professional Societies:
Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen & Psychologen(BDP)
Verband Psychologischer Psychotherapeutinnen und Psychotherapeuten im BDP e.V.
Languages:
Bilingual: German and English (incl. Business English)
Good knowledge: French
Special Honers:
National Dean’s List University of Maine: 1989
Cum Laude, University of Tennessee, USA:1988/1989
Academic Achievement Award, University of Maine, USA:1988
Dean’s List, University of Maine, USA: 1987, 1989
Presentations:
Elter-Nodvin, Sabette, Gregory Lynch, andMichael R. Nash, Ph.D., 1993
Invited Speaker: Primary Process in the Verbal Productions of Hypnotic, Non- Hypnotic and Simulating Subjects
Symposium: Primary Process Thinking, Psychological Regression and Hypnosis
Presented at the 101st Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993
Additional Qualifications
Therapy in English or German
Hypnosis, APEX Technology