Specialist in psychiatry, psychotherapist specializing in trauma therapy, and medical hypnosis. 20 years of experience in victim support in Hamburg, providing low-threshold counseling and crisis intervention for adult victims of violence and crime. Since November 2026, self-employed as a supervisor, lecturer, and networker. Violence—physical, psychological, sexual; individual, organized; analog and digital—is not a marginal phenomenon.
We need a society that is willing to acknowledge the prevalence of violence and listen to victims, instead of questioning their credibility and thus engaging in victim-blaming. We need comprehensive knowledge in the areas of health, education, policing, and the justice system, including knowledge about the consequences of violence and the significance of traumatic attachment to perpetrators. And we need a legal system that protects victims.
