Jan Ilhan Kizilhan

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, studied psychology, law, sociology and oriental studies in Germany and the United States. Studies in North America, the Middle East and India. Chief clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, trauma therapist. Teaching lecturer and supervisor in the area of education and further training, a consultant and advisor for courts and international institutions. Head of department and clinical manager of the Michael Balint Clinic with a migrant department of 30 beds. Head of Department Mental Health and Addiction at the Cooperative State University Baden-Württemberg. Medical and psychological head of the special quata of the state ministry, federal state of Baden-Württemberg, where 1100 girls from Iraq and Syria, who were captured by the IS (“Islamic State”) were brought to Germany for treatment. Author of numerous books and professional articles, reviewer for several international journals. Research interests: psychotraumatology, transcultural psychiatry and psychotherapy, clinical psychology and psychotherapy, migration research, socialization-war research.