I am grown up in Rastatt, Germany. After studying Psychology in Eichstätt and Freiburg I was the psychologist on the first DBT-unit in Germany. In 2001 I went over to Berlin, working at the Freie Universität Berlin for a couple of years. Additional I finished my dissertation in 2002 and started working as a psychotherapist for outpatients. In 2001 I grounded the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Wissenschaftliche Psychotherapie Berlin (AWP Berlin), a training institute for psychotherapeutic technics and methods. In 2010 I finished my habilitation and since then I am a lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In the year 2012 we invited Dr. Christopher Germer to the AWP Berlin offering a MSC-course. I was absolutely fascinated and decided getting a MSC teacher. In 2018 we have made a study exploring the effectiveness of MSC for Borderline patients. It was great fun!