Education

1948-50    Preparatories, Saint Dominic School, Viña del Mar, Chile.

1951-59    Secondary school, The Mackay School, Viña del Mar, Chile.

1961          University Admission Test in Natural Sciences. Universidad de Chile, Valparaíso, Chile.

                  1st semester Medicine. Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

1962          2nd University Admission Test in Humanities. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

                  1st year Law School. Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

1964          Evening courses in psychology, philosophy, anthropology. Los Angeles City College, L.A., Calif.

1966-71    Study of psychology. University of Hamburg

1971          Diploma in psychology. Dept. of Psychology, University of Hamburg.

1978          Ph. D. at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Hamburg.

1987          Certification as Clinical Psychologist. Association of German Psychologists BdP.

1992          License to exercise the profession of healing with psychotherapy. City of Hamburg.

1994          Certification as Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist. Association of German Psychologists BdP.

1995          Certification as Supervisor. Association of German Psychologists BdP.

1997          National Certification as Systemic Therapist, Trainer in Systemic Therapy, Counselling and Supervision. 

                  Systemic Society - German Association for systemic Research, Therapy, Counselling and Supervision (SG).

1999-05    Certification as a Psychological Psychotherapist and a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (Federal Law

                  of 1999). Government of the Department of Muenster. (Renunciation on 31.12.2005)

1970-76    Psychotherapy

    - Basic training in client-centered psychotherapy.  Psychology Dept., University of Hamburg.

    - Praktikum at the Psychotherapy-ward of the Psychiatry Clinic, University of Hamburg.

    - 10 days self-experiencing seminar in Concentrative Body Therapy in Hamburg.

    - Group supervision in Behavioral Therapy at the Psychiatry Clinic, University of Hamburg (7 months)

    - 2 days seminar in Psychodrama.

1977-95    Round 350 hours of self-experience and case supervision with Gestalt-Therapy orientation.

1977-78  100 hours of psychoanalytic-group dynamical self-experience. German Academy Psychoanalysis

1979-85    7 years intervision in systemic family therapy. Dept. Child & Juvenile Psychiatry. Univ. Hamburg.

since 1979    Participation in a variety of workshops at national and international Psychotherapy-Congresses and Training Institutes conducted among others by Ivan Borszormenyi-Nagy, Luigi Boscolo, Gianfranco Cecchin, Karl Tomm, Steve de Shazer, Insoo K. Berg, Tom Andersen, Harold Goolishian, Paul F. Dell, Lynn Hoffman, Evan Imber-Black, Eve Lipchik, Rosmarie Welter-Enderlin, Michael White,  Helm Stierlin, Imelda McCarthy etc.

since 1984    Participation in theoretical seminars conducted among others by Humberto R. Maturana, Heinz von Foerster, Francisco Varela, Niklas Luhmann, Tullio Maranhao, Ernst von Glasersfeld etc.