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Michaela Bockstegers

Michaela Bockstegers

Smile to life and it will smile back

I grew up in a small city where people are used to staying, marrying, getting children, and having lifelong friendships with schoolmates. Although I did not leave Germany I left the city and went to a wonderful place called Ruhrgebiet. This is a huge area where several big cities grew into each other. From a very industrial place, this area became and becomes a wonderful new and green place where work transformation takes place but the people remain true to themselves, tough but hearty.

Around this area, I started my work life as Industrial Clerk, elevated with a study of Economics. Years later I started to study Psychology and finished my Bachelor's study. Now I'm working on my Masters in Clinical Psychology. Between these two studies, I finished my apprenticeship as a Trauma Pedagogy and Expert in the Prevention and Intervention of Domestic Violence.

Today I work as a Social Pedagogy in a department for Preventing and Intervention against sexual abuse among children and teenagers.

But my life does not exist alone for work. In my twenties, I worked volunteering as a Life Gurard, and I'm planning to start again with the German Red Cross. I played around 30 years of handball, some years of soccer, and volleyball. I have a passion for singing and took lessons in Musical and Opera. Happily, I had lessons in a music school under the direction of Prof. Helge Dorsch, who cooperated with the famous opera singer Montserrat Caballé.

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Education

  • B.Sc, Psychology

    Diploma Bad Sooden-Allendorf
    2022
  • M.Sc, Clinical Psychology

    SRH Heidelberg
    2024
  • Specialised Training, Specialist on the field of domestic violence

    University Hospital Ulm
    2022
  • Specialsed Training, Trauma Pedagogy

    Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
    2021
  • Diplom (VWA), Economics

    VWA Duisburg
    2018

Work Experience

  • Industrial Clerk

    Employer: TROX GmbH
    February 1996 - August 2005
  • After Sale, Project Management

    Employer: TROX GmbH
    August 2005 - July 2017
  • Pricing EMEA

    Employer: TROX GmbH
    August 2017 - April 2018
  • Administration and Operation Leader

    Employer: FlaektGroup Germany
    May 2018 - October 2019
  • Sales Operation

    Employer: Molten GmbH
    February 2020 - November 2022
  • Trauma Pedagogy

    Employer: AWO Kreisverband Muelheim an der Ruhr
    December 2022 - present

Languages Spoken

  • German

    Native speaker
  • English

    Advanced proficiency
  • Dutch

    Basic proficiency

Psychology Mentors, Inspirations, and Influences

  • Schenk, Ruth
    Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium, Geldern
    Unfortunately, this lady does not have her own homepage. She is a former teacher of mine. A rare diamond who teaches with passion and without prejudice. She focuses on bringing out the best in someone. She is open to harsh comments from teenagers and turns them into creative and positive posts.

Michaela Bockstegers
Hauskampstr. 58
Mülheim an der Ruhr
45476 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Germany

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