My coaching integrates the approaches and wisdom of adult development, positive psychology, philosophy and spirituality. You can see some of the methods that inform my work in the visual below.
C. G. Jung said, “study your theories as best you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of a living soul”. I know many theories but above all, I rely on my highly developed sensitivity, intuition, creativity and empathy. My coaching expertise is a well studied craftsmanship but also − and increasingly − an art.
- Psychological Life, Career and Leadership Coach in private practice
- Integral Associate CoachTM (Integral Coaching Canada). Certified Career Coach (CoBeC Regensburg)
- Licensed “Immunity to Change”TM facilitator (Minds at Work at Harvard University). Certified MBTI® practitioner. Positive Intelligence Coach
- Licensed to practice psychotherapy in Germany
- Leadership consultant to Columbia Business School and The New York Times
- Consultant at PowerShift Strategies
- Volunteer mentor, coach and workshop leader at the Catholic Charities Education Outreach Program in New York City, empowering people who are homeless, fighting or recovering from mental illness or substance addiction.
- Advisor and writer for the Institut für Sozialstrategie, Germany
- Worked at the United Nations and other non-for-profit institutions in Italy and Germany
- Author of a philosophical book: "Kampf der Kulturen? Warum ein simplizistisches Konzept so erfolgreich ist", Karl Alber publishing house, ISBN 9783495995099
- Visiting scholar in Philosophy at Columbia University and the New School
- Teaching and research engagements at academic and educational institutions in the US and Europe
- PhD in Philosophy (Center for Ethics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany); M.A. in Political Science and in Theology; degree in Intercultural Psychology (Universities of Regensburg, Passau, (Germany), Gregoriana and La Sapienza (Rome, Italy))
- Graduate studies at Columbia University in Organizational Psychology, Adult Development and Mediation & Conflict Resolution
- Various awards and scholarships, including fellowships from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) and from the DAAD (German Fulbright equivalent)
- Fluent in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French.