Executive Directors

Dr. med. Mercedes Hillen CEO Medical Director	Richard Grünberg CEO Financial Director

Team

Salah Ahmad
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Project Director of the Kirkuk Center for Torture Victims

Andrea Ahrndt
Social Worker
Department for Adults

Nora Balke
Psychological Psychotherapist, Superviser (DGSv),
Women’s Housing Community / Superviser Training

Rike Beckmann
Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Blanka Conze
Psychological Psychotherapist
Department for Adults

Ruth Dahners
Library

Dr. rer. oec. Doris Felbinger
Fundraising & PR Officer

Renata Gottschling
Cleaning Service

Matthias Günther
Nurse
Day Clinic

Iris Habicht
Physiotherapist
Department for Adults

Dr. med. Ferdinand Haenel
Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist
Director of the Day Clinic

Leif Hinrichsen
Project Staff
International Projects

Susanne Höhne
Psychologist
Director Women’s Housing Community

Lisa Hundhausen
Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist
Department for Adults

Katja Javaid
Nurse
Day Clinic

Britta Jenkins
Press & PR Officer • Event Management

Anett Kasten
Administration

Prof. Dr. phil. Christine Knaevelsrud
Psychologist
Research Director

Claudia Kruse
Social Worker
Department for Adults

Véronica Labbé
Psychological Psychotherapist
Women’s Housing Community

Martina Lehmann
Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Michael Lehmann
Program Manager
International Projects

Axel Mähler
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Department for Children and Adolescents

Natalia Martyushova
Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Anzhela Melkomyan
Psychologist & Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Rosario Montalban
Nurse
Day Clinic

Judith Moser
Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Gordana Pietruszewski
Accountant

Sorin Piroi
Social Worker
Day Clinic

Matthias Polifka
Psychological Psychotherapist
Department for Adults

Prof. Dr. Christian Pross
Supervisor (DGSv, German Association for Supervision)

Friederike Regel
Project Coordinator for Iraq

Gisela Scheef-Maier
Psychological Psychotherapist
Department for Adults

Leyla Schön
Librarian

Heidi Shehab
Administration

Nadine Stammel
Psychologist
Scientific Assistant
Research Department

Malgorzata Symonowicz
Psychologist & Social Worker
Women’s Housing Community

Ladan Törner
Nurse
Day Clinic

Simone Wasmer
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Department for Children and Adolescents

Dr. med. Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn
General Practitioner – Psychotherapy
Director of the Out-Patient Service

Team Ilajnafsy - Arabic Internet-based treatment of PTSD

Helen Betar
Psychologist

Janine Brand
Psychologist

Bahia Hasnaoui
Psychologist

Dr. Abdel Hakim Helmy
Psychologist

Amir Korak
Social Education Worker

Salma Mustafa Mohammed
Social Education Worker

Wassima Schulz
Psychologist
Project and Treatment Coordination

Apprentices

Luca Pietruszewski
Apprentice

Freelance Interpreter

Denis Aubert

Agunik Avetissian

Bahrija Aygar

Bella Barry

Inparani Bejach

Olaf Berger

Mansour Bidariannejad

Selim Büsse

Elif Camyar

Marit Cremer

Shiqipe Hoxha

Aram Ibrahim

Ivanka Kasnar

Zarema Khasukhanova

Selver Mersin

Adel Moustafa

Farzaneh Yousefi

Mehri Pursarhang

Esat Ramadani

Belkize Rushiti

Safie Seyda

Denis Shatov

Sara Sohrabi

Nadarajah Susiananthan

Amerkhan Varaev

Ljudmila Wendel

Halime Yakut

Raeda Younes

Nasira Zwain-Anbar

Freelance Staff

Cornelia Abdullahi
German language course

Patricia Braak
Music Therapy

Sabine Haversiek-Vogelsang
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Sylvia Karcher
Therapist for Concentrated Kinesiotherapy (HPG)

Dr. phil. Alexandra Liedl
Psychologist
Ilajnafsy Project

Moritz Machleb
Psychologist

Carolin Tschiesche-Zimmermann
Art and Gestalt Therapy

Interns

Esther Bernsen
Psychology
Research Department
"Lebenstagebuch"
Internet-based Integrative Testimonial Therapy Study

Maria Böttche
Psychologist
"Lebenstagebuch"
Internet-based Integrative Testimonial Therapy Study

Estelle Bockers
Psychologist
Revictimization Study

Lea Hermann
Medical Scientist
Studie zur schauspielerischen Verarbeitung des Traumas von Haft und Zersetzung in der SED-Diktatur

Katrin Schock
Psychologist
Retraumatization Study

Volunteers

Dr. Johanna Bleker
Medical Doctor

Nils Jendri
Designer
Master of Art in European Media

Martina Wenzel
Specialist in Media and Information Services

Anna Wulff
Teacher

Dr. med. Sara Zimmermann
Medical Doctor specialized on Psychotherapeutic Medicine & Psychoanalyst