In 2023, she founded KST-Traumahilfe. Since 2003, she has worked as a lecturer nationally and internationally, based on her many years of clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient care.

For over 25 years, Diana Steen has worked with children and adolescents in psychosocial settings. After studying social work, she completed further training in systemic therapy, trauma-informed pedagogy, IBT (Individualized Behavior Therapy), and trauma-sensitive play and attachment therapy. Today, she is one of two managing directors of the Trauma Studio.

Extensive expertise in medical child protection, forensic diagnostics, and interdisciplinary support systems for children and adolescents affected by violence. Her work combines forensic medical expertise with practical child protection work, prevention, and collaboration between medicine, youth welfare, the justice system, and psychosocial support systems.

A lawyer specializing in family law, she is the founder of the law firm "Separation with Children" and has been advising clients on separations involving children throughout Germany for over 10 years. She has handled international child abduction cases and represented Germany's interests for the Federal Foreign Office at the United Nations in New York City, USA, in Atlanta, USA, and at the German Embassy in Malawi, Africa. As a negotiation expert utilizing methods from Harvard Law School, her training with the North Rhine-Westphalia police, and her studies in legal psychology, her goal is to resolve conflicts and work with clients to create a peaceful and secure post-separation family.

Head psychologist at Sonnenberg Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Clinic, Saarbrücken, child and adolescent psychotherapist and DBT-A trainer, developer of START and START Kids. Supervisor with many years of experience in outpatient and inpatient trauma therapy and supporting children, adolescents and families.

Susan Darker-Smith is an EMDR Europe Senior Child & Adololscent Trainer and Consultant and a BABCP Accredited Psychotherapist & Supervisor.  She is a founding trustee of the Global Child-EMDR Alliance and the Trauma Response Network UK, which was founded following the Manchester arena bombing.  Susan is the clinical director for the Child Trauma Therapy Centre and has written chapters in books in the field of neurodiversity and EMDR, Perinatal mental health and EMDR and eating disorders and EMDR.  She has presented both nationally and internationally in the fields of EMDR and Narratives, Grooming and Sexual Exploitation, Neurodiverse-Affirming EMDR.  

She holds a masters level degree in Human Rights Law (amongst several qualifications in psychology and psychotherapy) and is passionate about social justice.  

Working in private practice, with many years of experience in inpatient care at the University Hospital of Ulm. Music therapist.

She is a certified social worker and child and adolescent psychotherapist (CBT) with her own practice in Herten. Her treatment focus is on trauma-related disorders. She heads the outpatient clinic of the Training Institute for Clinical Behavioral Therapy Gelsenkirchen (AFKV), is a lecturer, supervisor and experiential learning facilitator at various training institutes, and is also an EMDR child and adolescent trainer.

Decades of experience as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, EMDR supervisor and facilitator, and trauma therapist. Training in psychotraumatology, behavioral therapy, and interdisciplinary trauma therapy work with children, adolescents, and families, as well as dance therapy.

Special education teacher (ME) and depth-psychologically trained child and adolescent psychotherapist with many years of experience in youth services, social psychiatry, and trauma therapy. His areas of expertise include trauma-focused play therapy, EMDR, PITT-Kid, attachment- and systems-oriented work, as well as interdisciplinary case consultation and supervision. Since 2025, he has co-directed the Weinberg Institute with Julia Häcker.

With "Traceofself.studio" she works as an art therapist, "Shake the Dust" trainer (Somatic movement) and as a freelance designer focusing on authentic visual identities and brand development - including with KST-Traumahilfe.