Curriculum vitae
- Born in 1943 in Stettin/Pomerania, grown up in Northern Germany,
Abitur (final school examen) in 1963 in Hamburg
- Studies of the history of art and philosophy in Würzburg;
medical training at the Freiburg, Hamburg and Vienna universities.
State examination and doctorate (M.D.) in 1969 in Freiburg
- 1971 -- 76 Scientific and clinical activity at the Psychotherapeutic Center in Stuttgart,
psychoanalytic training
- 1976 -- 85 Senior physician of the psychosomatic clinic at the Central Institute for Mental Health (WHO cooperationg center) in Mannheim,
1978 habilitation and 1980 chair in psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalysis
at the University of Heidelberg
- Since 1985 professor at the Munich University.
1985 - 2009 Head of the Dept. of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the Psychiatric University Hospital
- Since 2009 private office for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine in Munich
- Member of the board of the German Psychoanalytical Society (DPG) and the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies (IFPS)
- Member of advisory boards and consultant in political and scientific organisations
- Editor and Co-Editor of scientific journals, e.g. “International Forum of Psychoanalysis”
- 2008 Schwidder Award of the IFPS
Activities 1985 - 2009 at the Munich University
- Psychosomatic inpatient therapy and outpatient clininic, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic consulting and therapy
Training of medical and psychological students and postgraduates in psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
- Research programmes:
o Psychosocial implications of HIV infections and AIDS
o Psychodynamics of somatisation and psychophysiologic disorders
o Psychoanalytically based sleep and dream research
o The Munich Childhood in War Project