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Leadership team

Leadership team

Prof. Dr. Jens Gaab

Contact with the person is central to me and I want to understand why the problems have arisen, how they affect the person's life and what they mean for them. This mutual understanding provides the starting points for change, which I am then happy to support and accompany. In doing so, I focus on the abilities and work towards harnessing these for the desired changes. It is important to me that my clients understand what I do and why I do it. My approach is based on my own experience, the findings of science and the ongoing exchange with colleagues. For me, an empathic and appreciative relationship is the prerequisite for change and I reveal myself as the person I am in psychotherapy.

Training and qualifications - Federally recognized psychotherapist and specialist psychologist for psychotherapy FSP - Full Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel

Jorinde Straub MSc

In psychotherapy, I want to create a space for you where you can be completely yourself – with all your facets. I understand that taking the step into therapy often requires courage, and I deeply value the trust you place in me. My approach is based on the conviction that you are the expert on your own life. In our collaboration, I see us as a team of equals. With deep respect for your individual life story, I want to work with you to develop new paths that feel authentic and sustainable for you. Depending on your individual needs, I am also happy to draw on my experience in sex education. This background allows me to integrate topics such as intimacy, identity, and physicality into the therapeutic process with particular sensitivity and without prejudice.

Education and Qualifications

- MSc in Psychology, University of Basel
- MAS in Humanistic Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in postgraduate training)

lic. phil. Nadja Heimgartner

As different as the people who come to me are, so different are the goals that we work on together. I want to support my clients in seeing more possibilities again, gaining more confidence in their strengths and abilities and being able to make decisions in life with greater freedom. It is important to me to understand the significance of difficulties in life, to encourage people to face the difficult aspects openly, to be here in the moment and to be able to perceive themselves with all their different sides and desires, to dare to have new experiences and to rediscover themselves and life. My methods are based on a cognitive-behavioral therapy background, and I am particularly interested in emotion-focused work. Education and qualifications - Licentiate in Psychology, University of Zurich - Further training in cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral medicine, University of Zurich

Dr. phil. Salvatore Corbisiero

Emotions are at the heart of my psychotherapeutic work. In the therapeutic process, I support my clients in understanding themselves and their feelings. In particular, the aim is to identify patterns that make it impossible for the person to achieve their goals and live according to their needs. In psychotherapy, dysfunctional coping strategies should first be made conscious and understood so that they can then be changed. I encourage the person to compassionately take themselves by the hand, explore new paths and strengthen resources and self-care. Mindfulness forms the basis of my work. I approach the person with appreciation, acceptance and empathic confrontation and make my psychotherapeutic experience and training available to them. Training and qualifications - Federally recognized psychotherapist and specialist psychologist for psychotherapy FSP - Certified dialectical-behavioral therapy therapist - Schema therapist, supervisor and trainer for schema therapy ISST

PD Dr. phil. Cosima Locher

My work as a coach focuses on the other person, their concerns and their nature. I integrate the different levels of experience of each person: their thoughts, feelings and emotions. This is the basis for building on existing resources. I also want to encourage people to try out and experience new things in a safe space. I design the coaching process in the conviction that an empathic and appreciative relationship is the basic prerequisite for any form of change.

Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - PhD in Psychology, University of Basel - Habilitation in Psychology, University of Basel - Integrative Coaching / Counseling IBP

Marc Inderbinen MSc (he/him)

You as a person with your unique experiences, needs and wishes are at the center of my psychotherapeutic work. It is important to me to treat you as an equal and to constantly question my own privileges. Due to my own biography, it is particularly important to me to provide therapeutic support to trans and non-binary people as well as people who have questions about their gender. In therapy, I want to create a safe space based on a trusting and appreciative relationship. This framework makes it possible to understand the meaning of current problems, to strengthen confidence in one's own abilities and to create the desired changes together. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Person-Centered Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in continuing education)

Lena Glaser MSc

There are difficult situations and phases in life when you need some support. It is important to me to understand these very individual difficulties well and then to look for solutions together. It is often possible to build on existing resources. In my psychotherapeutic work, I want to create a safe space that offers room for everything that is needed. Here there is space to explore individual wishes and needs and to work on getting a little closer to them. Daring to make a change requires courage and trust. I am happy to support you on this path with my professional expertise. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Person-Centered Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in continuing education)

Antje Frey Nascimento MSc

My work focuses on a holistic understanding of the person, taking into account their personal life story. In psychotherapy, a protected setting and an encounter at eye level should make it possible to find new, realistic solutions together, whereby the personal values and individual resources of my clients play an important role. In addition, an atmosphere of trust and appreciation as well as a sustainable therapeutic relationship are essential to my work.

Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Freiburg Training Institute for Behavioral Therapy (in further training)

Wanda Arnskötter MSc

For me, recognition and a sincere interest in the uniqueness and special nature of the other person is the central aspect of the interpersonal relationship and psychotherapeutic work. As a basic therapeutic approach, I place great value on a trusting, protected, attentive and authentic relationship. Together with my clients, I want to understand their individual difficult life situations and challenges. With the help of their own strengths, resources, emotions and thoughts, I aim to find solutions to overcome them and promote their well-being. My therapeutic areas of interest are working with children, adolescents and adults and the use of nature and animal-assisted interventions. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, ZHAW - CAS in animal-assisted therapy (in further training)

Jay Mazumdar MSc

Therapy should be a safe place where you feel understood and valued. Together we will find a way of working together that suits you in order to explore and address your needs and challenges. It is important to me to support you in understanding your emotional world, treating yourself and your environment with care and promoting your quality of life. I am convinced that the effects of therapy can be enhanced through natural interactions with animals, which is why I offer animal-assisted therapies at Bäumlihof. In addition to my dog Merlin, I also integrate horses, chickens and rabbits into my therapies on the farm. In therapy, I want to create a safe space in which you feel understood and valued. Together, we will find suitable ways for you to approach various challenges and explore your wishes. It is my wish to support you in understanding your needs and emotions, treating yourself and your environment mindfully and enhancing your quality of life. I believe that interactions with animals can enhance the effects of therapy, which is why I offer animal-assisted therapies on the Bäumlihof farm, where I integrate horses, chicken, rabbits and my dog Merlin into my therapies. Education and qualifications: - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, ZHAW (in further education)

Aaron Klaiber MSc

Psychotherapy should create a space without judgment - free of right and wrong. Thoughts and feelings should be allowed to be expressed as they are. It is very important to me to look at individual characteristics in a social context. We have all been socialized in a certain way, which makes us who we are today. I want to help people to recognize their own thought and behavioural structures, to accept them on the one hand, but also to find ways to change deconstructive patterns on the other. Psychotherapy should open a space, free from judgement, from right or wrong. Thoughts and feelings may be expressed the way they are. Looking at individual characteristics in a social context is very important to me. All of us were socialized in a certain way and formed us as an individual. I would like to help identifying our structures of thinking and acting - accepting them on one hand but being able to shift them in a more constructive direction on the other hand. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Person-Centered Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in continuing education)

Jonathan Grüter MSc

Our modern lives are characterized by constant change and profound transformation. This dynamic can be enriching, but it also leads to social expectations and inner tensions that can cause feelings of exhaustion and loneliness or a lack of understanding. Working together with you, I would like to create a protected space in which you can show yourself with everything that is alive in you - with your thoughts, feelings, contradictions and questions. It is important to me to get to know and understand you as a whole person in order to discover ways together that lead to more clarity, inner balance and a more fulfilling experience - at your own pace and far away from the social demands of performance and functioning. Together we create a space in which honest contact can arise - in a way that is often not possible in everyday life: with genuine encounters, new perspectives and the feeling of being in touch with yourself again. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Humanistic Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in further training)

Elena Pauli MSc (she/he)

Experiencing psychological pain and difficult situations is part of being human, and I want to support my clients in learning to deal more easily with challenges, suffering, pain, emotions and thought processes. Meeting them in their individual life contexts and concerns with compassion and appreciation is central to me. Together we will explore the problems and uncover important processes. Through our work together, we will strengthen the necessary resources to be able to pursue the things in life that are really important to them. I draw on approaches from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as well as the use of nature and animal-assisted approaches. I work with children and adolescents as well as adults. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Process-based Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in further training)

Jacqueline Krähenbühl

For me, psychotherapy means creating an encounter at eye level. It is important to me that you feel taken seriously, seen and understood in a safe space. A trusting and respectful relationship forms the basis for me so that you can openly address your own issues and explore new paths. My approach is characterized by empathy, openness and appreciation. Together with you, I would like to find out what strengths and abilities you already have within you and how these can be strengthened and further developed in the therapeutic process. Difficult experiences and stressful feelings are just as welcome as hope, curiosity and growth. In the therapeutic collaboration, it is important to me to take your individual needs into account and to support you in gaining new perspectives and taking steps towards change at your own pace. Training and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Humanistic Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in further training)

Bojana Degen MSc

The encounter creates unique connections and experiences that influence each other. An appreciative and trusting relationship - which provides a safe space to open up and tell your own story - is at the heart of my therapeutic work. When working with clients with a migration background, I bring my own experiences as well as an understanding of the unique challenge of integrating into a new society. In the process of recognizing and realizing one's own development goals, I accompany each client in a person-centered way, always adapting my approach to the individual needs and strengths of the person.

When two people meet, unique connections and experiences arise that constantly influence both of them. The focus of my therapeutic work is on building an appreciative and confidential relationship with the client enabling a safe place, where you can open up and share your own story. When working with clients with a migration background, I bring my own experience and understanding of the unique challenges that integration into the new society brings with it. In the process of recognizing and realizing own development goals, I accompany each client in a person-centered manner, always adapting my approach to the individual needs and strengths of the clients.

Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Person-Centered Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in continuing education)

Emil Nissen MSc

A trusting, honest and authentic relationship is the foundation of psychotherapeutic work. It is important to me that we create a space together that allows you to honestly share any thoughts and feelings without having to hold back. Understanding your unique life situation and developing a mutual understanding of how the challenges came about is an important first step in developing potential solutions together. I am happy to support you in this process of self-knowledge and in finding ways to make positive changes in your life possible. A trustful, honest, and authentic relationship forms the foundation of psychotherapeutic work. It is important to me that together, we create a space that allows you to openly share any thoughts and feelings without holding back. Understanding your unique life situation and developing a mutual understanding of how challenges arose are crucial initial steps in developing potential solutions together. I am here to support you in this process of self-discovery and in finding ways to facilitate positive changes in your life. Education and qualifications - MSc in Psychology, University of Basel - MAS Humanistic Psychotherapy, University of Basel (in further education)