Founder of the Institute of Psycho-Trauma in Switzerland, trainer of many psychologists and psychiatrists to treat traumas.
Former member of the European Commission for the prevention of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. She actively participated in rehabilitation centers for torture victims of the Southern Cone of Latin America and the Middle East. Former delegate of the Red Cross International Committee and currently member of the commission for the establishment of humanitarian facts.
Author of several books and articles on psychic trauma, ressources, psychosocial care by peers (psychological laymen) after traumatogenic exposure, clinical hypnosis, and specific issues such as pain, acute and chronic stress, trauma, bodily metaphors, the power of language.
Is positioned as interface between medicine and Human Rights.