"We will not find,
what is up to us,
to bring into the world."Markus Mirwald
Until the end of my twenties, I was a rather overly-intellectual, "well-functioning" person. Then followed years of intense self-discovery and reimagening of how I want to be and live in this world. And now, I am truly experiencing a new quality and depth of life. With gratitude, humility, and great joy, I now accompany other people on their journey.
I love nature, reading, writing, painting, authentic encounters, philosophical discussions and projects that make the world a tiny bit better.
Together with Alexandra Mayr, I was interviewed by Andrea Schwiebert for the "passion for talent"-podcast on the topic of psychotherapy for the gifted (in German).
Background
- Born in the late 1980s
- Grown up in the Salzburg region
- First educational and career path in (theoretical) computer science (completed PhD in 2017), with stops in Austria, USA, Italy and Israel, 2006 – 2022
- Psychotherapy training at APG and ÖAGG in Vienna since 2020
- Psychosocial support work in partially assisted living KoMiT 2022 – 2024
- Psychotherapist in training under supervision at Institute of Psychotherapy, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital Linz, June – August 2025, focus on acute psychiatry
- Since November 2025 self-employed as psychotherapist in training under supervision
Additional Psychotherapeutic Training
- Diversity of Gender Variations (Courage/ÖGS/ÖBVP)
- Giftedness and exceptional giftedness (Dipl.-Psych. Frauke Niehues)
- Scenic work with fairy tales and dreams (Kolleg.ium IT ÖAGG)
- Autism among adults (Autistenhilfe, Dipl.-Psych. Brit Wilczek, Dipl.-Psych. Nicolai Semmler)
- Courses on ADHS among adults, skills-training, crisis intervention and suicid prevention, addiction, personality disorders
- Reading group on humanistic psychotherapy and phenomenological psychopathology (in German)
- Together with Dr. Selma Emiroglu I moderate a regular online meeting for professionals on the topics of autism and ADHD among gifted people (so far in German). If you work with this target group, you are welcome to contact me in case you are interested.
Internships
- Acute psychiatry for adults, hospital of Floridsdorf, Vienna
- Psychotherapeutic outpatient clinic ÖAGG, Vienna
- Leader of a self-help group for people with schizophrenia, Pro Mente Vienna
- Nursing home Vösendorf
- Psychodrama group therapy with children and teenagers, Phönix center, Vienna
„Take the Funk and the Fire and Friction
Transform it all in me
I am my own magician
Making magic with my heartbeat
I see beauty all around me
I am blessed with all of this
I know pain and I know suffering
Human I am
I’m Lovin‘ this life Lovin‘ this life as it is […]
Receive the fullness,
Give what’s mine to give […]
Breathe me open, I am openin‘
Season me with time
Pure devotion moves through me
A heart present and kind
And one day at a time, is all that I can live
I’m learnin‘ as a go, growin‘ each moment[…]“
MaMuse – Funk, Fire and Friction