Curriculum Vitae

Education and degrees

since 2015

Deputy Dean of the Department of Scientific Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria

2009–2014

Postgraduate training and certificate as couple and family therapist at Lou Andreas-Salomé Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Göttingen, Germany

2013

Doctoral dissertation in music therapy/musicology (Dr. sc. mus.) at Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, Germany (Prof. Dr. Decker-Voigt); Title: Stress, relaxation, and music – investigations on receptive music therapy methods in children and adolescents

since 2011

Professor of Music Therapy at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria

2007

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

2002–2005

Music therapy training, Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, Germany

2003

Doctoral dissertation in medicine (Dr. med.) at Kiel University, Germany

1994–2001

Medical School, Mainz University and Kiel University, Germany

1993–1994

Musical studies (guitar) at Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1991–1993

Alternative Civilian Service at the Psychiatric Hospital Eltville, Germany

1988–1991

High school, Leibnizschule Wiesbaden, Germany

Professional Experience

2011–present

Professor of Music Therapy at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria

2007–2010

Assistant Medical Director at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

2002–2007

Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

2001–2002

Resident in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany