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PROFILE  
 
Silke Birgitta Gahleitner studied Social Work, received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and qualified as a professor of Social Education with a focus on 'Psychosocial Work'. She worked for many years as a psychotherapist (A) in private practice as well as in the 'Myrrha', socio-therapeutic institution for traumatized girls. Since 2006, she has been working as a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Social Work with a focus on 'Psychosocial Assessment and Intervention' at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. Teaching and research areas include: psychosocial diagnostics and intervention, professional relationship management, psychosocial traumatology, and qualitative research methods.

EDUCATION  
 
Professor of Psychotherapy and Counseling
Ph.D., Free University Berlin, Clinical Psychology, 2004
Licensed Psychotherapist, European Academy for Psychosocial Health (Austria), 1998
Washington DC, Research Stay, 1998
University of Pennsylvania (PA), Summer School, 1997
Postgraduate Degree in Social Work, Alice-Salomon-University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 1996


PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE  
 
Teaching
Full Professor, Alice-Salomon-University of Applied Sciences Berlin, School of Social Work,
2006 – the present
Full Professor, Danube University Krems, University for Continuing Education, Austria,
2012-2015
Full Professor, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen, School of Social Work, 2005
Adjunct Professor, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, School of Social Work, 2000-2004
Adjunct Professor, Free University Berlin, Department of Clinical Psychology, 2004
Adjunct Professor, Technical University Berlin, Department of Education, 2000-present
Adjunct Professor, College of Administration and the Administration of Justice Berlin, 2002-2004
 
Teaching Awards
Excellence in teaching Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin 2001
Innovation in teaching award Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin 2003

Research and Scholarship Grants
Principal Investigator, Growing up with German and Israeli parents who lived through the disasters of the National Socialism - Explorations of identity issues, in collaboration with: University of Haifa, running application for research grand at the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F.)
Principal Investigator German Section, A comparative analysis of community-focused initiatives aimed at supporting women, children and young people who are survivors of violence, exploitation or trafficking in three regions of the United Kingdom, Germany and Romania, 2009 - the present in collaboration with: Newman University College in Birmingham, England and the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania, funded by DAPHNE III Research Project (core anti-violence program of the European community)
Principal Investigator, A follow-up survey of therapeutic residential youth groups in Berlin funded by the Society for Therapeutic Residential Youth Groups Berlin, 2007-2009
Principal Investigator, Quality of life in tumor patients following surgery and reconstruction of the oro-mandibular region. The contribution of the hospital clinical social work service to psycho-social care. A cooperation project between the hospital clinical social work service of the unit for Oro-Mandibular and Facial Surgery of Heidelberg University Teaching Hospital and the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, 2005-2007
Principal Investigator, Gender-Sensitive Psychotherapy and Counseling after Complex Trauma, funded by the Berlin Program for Equal Opportunities in Research and Teaching, 2004
Researcher, Modes of Coping with Sexual Abuse - An Exploratory Study from a Salutogenetic Viewpoint, Alice-Salomon Doctoral Fund and the Berlin Fund for Gender Research, 2000-2003
 
Work Experience
Evangelical Association for Youth and Welfare Berlin, Psychotherapist, 2000-2010
Association for Better Life Quality for Women, Berlin, Youth Counselor, 1997-1999
District Department of Social Services, Family Counseling Unit Berlin, Psychotherapist, 1997
Child Abuse Prevention Project Berlin, Social Worker, 1997
District Department of Social Services, Sexual Abuse Unit, Social Worker, 1996
Community Center for Social Services, Salzburg (Austria), Project Coordinator, 1992
Center for the Treatment of Mentally Handicapped Adult Patients, Salzburg (Austria), Caseworker, 1989-1991


PROFESSIONAL  ORGANIZATIONS  
 
Membership
German Society for Social Work: Clinical Social Work Section (DGS)
Central Organization for Clinical Social Work in Germany (member of executive committee) (ZKS)
German Society for Prevention and Intervention of Child Abuse and Neglect (DGfPI)
International Society for the Study of Dissociation (German Section) (ISSD-D) (includes European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (German Section) (ESTD)
Society for Psychotraumatology, Trauma Treatment and Trauma Research (GPTG)
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)
Austrian Association for Integrative Therapy (ÖGIT)Society for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling Germany (GwG)