Rita Rosner Ph. D.
My current position is that of a professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and I work as a therapist at our outpatient treatment centre. My research includes traumatized children, posttraumatic growth and complicated grief.
As a former President of the German-speaking Society for Traumatic Stress (DeGPT), which during my presidency grew from 600 members to almost double that number, I am familiar with the issues of growing professional societies and it is with this knowledge and experience that I hope to serve the ESTSS.
For me, the ESTSS not only means superb conventions, a very helpful website, and fruitful research contacts: I also see the ESTSS as our future European umbrella organisation. We do need a strong umbrella organisation as many core issues in the area of trauma do not stop at country borders. To master these tasks we need to strengthen our cross-European exchange in the areas of clinical work, research and training, and I am very enthusiastic about participating in and contributing to this process.