Prof. Dr. Silvia Kaps

Professional experience

• Senior Occupational Psychologist, Occupational Safety and Health Management Unit, NLSchB RA Hannover. Areas of responsibility: Occupational psychology, addiction counselling and prevention, psychosocial counselling, coaching, supervision, mediation, health, leadership, stress management.
• Comm. Head of CARE counselling centre, NLSchB Hannover. Areas of responsibility: Diagnosis and indication of mental disorders, psychosocial counselling.
• Occupational Psychology Officer, NLSchB RA Braunschweig Responsibilities: Counselling and support in the development of health management and occupational safety, diagnostics and counselling in cases of psychosocial hazards.
• Scientific assistant psychotherapy outpatient clinic TU Braunschweig. Areas of responsibility: Screening and diagnosis of mental disorders, integrated care, supervision and quality management.
• Research assistant at the Institute for Educational Psychology TU Braunschweig for teaching and research
• Psychologist in the field of psychotherapy and psychosomatics at Privat-Nerven-Klinik Dr. Fontheim
• Self-employed in the fields of diagnostics, counselling, therapy, trainings, workshops, seminars, preparation of legal psychological reports

Training and further education

• Mediation training, Brückenschlag e.V. mediation centre
• Further training as psychological psychotherapist (unith-Institut WSPP Göttingen/Braunschweig) with additional training in group therapy, relaxation techniques
• Licence to practise as a psychological psychotherapist (specialisation in behavioural therapy)
• Additional qualification in behavioural therapy with children and adolescents, trainer Triple P (AKIP Cologne)
• Communication and behavioural trainer (University of Braunschweig)

Studies

• Doctorate on "Effectiveness of Internet-based interventions for maintaining training effects (Prof. Dr. Kurt Hahlweg/Prof. Dr. Barbara Jürgens) University of Braunschweig
• Diploma in Psychology (University of Göttingen and University of Amsterdam)