Dr. Maria Weissenböck is registered as psychologist, clinical and health psychologist, and psychotherapist.
After her studies of psychology and human biology she started working as psychologist in one of the largest woman hospitals in Austria the „Semmelweis Frauenklinik“. There she developed herself a concept to support women, couples in group settings during pregnancy, birth and postnatal time.
In course of time she expanded her professionalism studying client-centered psychotherapy (Carl Rogers), children-adolescent and family psychology, emergency psychology, psychotraumatology and traumafocused therapy, EMDR, EGO-state therapy, hypnotherapy and interventions in systemic family therapy.
At the same time she started as lecturer at the university for midwives.
She also assisted with several research work at the women bureau of health in Vienna (“Frauengesundheitsbüro”) and Boltzman Institute and published some papers.
Another large part is working as psychotherapist in her own private practice where she is working with children, mothers and babies, adults (men and women) and couples. As supervisor she is working with people of different professions such as clinical staff, psychologists, teachers and more. Practical workshops for social workers and nurses are completing and rounding off her professional life.