“Either we find a way, or we create one.”
– Hannibal Barks
Career
Studied art history in Vienna: Fascinated by expression, symbolism, and the connection between art and human experience.
Growing up in Styria: Childhood in an environment where mental health was not a taboo subject, shaped by family conversations at the dinner table.
Insight into interest in people: shifting the focus from works of art to the inner struggles and emotional tensions of the people behind them.
Studied psychotherapy science at the Vienna University of Technology and Economics, specializing in behavioral therapy to work directly with people's inner selves.
Collaboration at the Research Center for Global Risks & Quality of Life: Research on psychosocial risk factors and their influence on quality of life.
Internship in the psychiatric department, Vienna General Hospital: Experience in crisis intervention and care of severely depressed patients undergoing ketamine therapy and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Speaker at the World Congress of Psychotherapy 2025: Presentation of a chapter on human-machine interaction and AI in healthcare.
Internship at the day clinic for adult psychiatry, UK Tulln: Participation in diagnostics and therapy for affective and psychotic disorders.
Autism Support Vienna: Support and promotion of children with early childhood autism in everyday practical and therapeutic measures.
Caritas Corona Hotline: Psychosocial first aid and telephone crisis support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Horse-assisted therapy in Freudenau: promoting the emotional, social, and motor development of children and adolescents.
Speaker at the World Congress of Psychotherapy 2025
Presentation of my chapter “Human-Machine Interaction in Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Austrian Healthcare System” within the framework of our published book “Humanism and Technology”.
Collaboration at the Research Center for Global Risks & Quality of Life
Research activities on psychosocial risk factors and their influence on quality of life in an interdisciplinary team.
Studies
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Master's degree in Psychotherapy Sciences, Sigmund Freud University Vienna
Focus: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -
Bachelor's degree
Art History, University of Vienna
Research & Articles -
Speaker at the World Congress for Psychotherapy 2025 (Vienna)
Chapter presentation:
"Human-machine interaction in medicine: How artificial intelligence is transforming the Austrian healthcare system"
(within the context of the book "Humanism and Technology") -
Research Center for Global Risks and
Quality of Life
Research on psychosocial risk factors and their influence on quality of life
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Practical experience -
Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien) – Psychiatric Department
Insights into Ketamine Therapy & Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) -
University Hospital Tulln – Day Clinic for Adult Psychiatry
Working with affective and psychotic disorders -
Autism Support Vienna
Support for children with early childhood autism -
Equine-assisted therapy ("Equo Hoppers", Freudenau)
Animal-assisted interventions with children and adolescents -
Caritas Corona Hotline
Telephone crisis support during the COVID-19 pandemic
Memberships -
Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP)
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