Personalia: born: 24.09.1947 1974: Diploma in Psychology 1980: Phd 1993: Habilitation 1994: Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology at the Philipps University Marburg Degree in client centered therapy and behavior therapy Supervisor Member of a committee of the German Society for Behavioral Therapy Member of the Society of Community Research and Practice Editor of the Periodica "Advances in community psychology and health promotion" and "Newsletter Community Psychology" Membership in Scientific Associations: German Association of Behavioral Therapy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie, DGVT); Association of Psychology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGfP); Association of Community Psychology research and practice (Gesellschaft für Gemeindepsychologische Forschung und Praxis, GGFP)