Practice for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Trauma TherapyProf. DDr. Johannes Kappes
A person cannot be divided
Body and mind belong together. That is the idea that underpins our practice: anyone who treats mental health problems has to see the whole person – their history, their body, their life. The practice is led by Prof. DDr. Johannes Kappes, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. His path explains how this approach came about.
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The career of Prof. DDr. Kappes
He was a physician before he became a psychiatrist. After studying biochemistry and medicine, his path led him through microbiology, general medicine and surgery to forensic psychiatry, with doctorates in microbiology and forensic psychiatry. There, at the boundary between body, law and mind, he chose psychiatry because he wanted to help people with his experience from medicine. He then completed his specialist training in psychiatry and psychotherapy in Zurich.
What he brought with him from the other disciplines still shapes his work today: anyone who knows the body asks different questions before making a diagnosis.
Why the effects of trauma
Almost everyone experiences something in the course of their life that hurts them. This hurt can be treated, not just named – so that a life without this loss becomes possible again. That is why the practice concentrates on the effects of trauma.
At the same time, it is work that calls for sensitivity and a broad repertoire of methods. That is exactly what the methods Prof. DDr. Kappes is trained in are for, and that is exactly why every treatment with us begins with the whole picture.
Treatment approach and the IMPA
Before a diagnosis is made in our practice, we ask about everything that belongs to it: previous illnesses, medication, family risks, physical findings. Only then do we come to the symptoms. Mental health problems are rarely purely psychological, and a treatment that overlooks this falls short.
This approach gave rise to the IMPA, the Institute for Mental and Physical Ambition, founded by Prof. DDr. Kappes in Zurich in 2019. There, as here, we combine psychiatric treatment, diagnosis and our own research.
The practice team
Prof. DDr. Johannes Kappes
Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, head of practice
Sandrine Strauch
Medical assistant, your first point of contact by phone, for appointments and billing
Kristina Hussinger
Project management
We also work with accredited specialists in psychiatry and associated psychotherapists and draw up individual treatment plans.
For questions about appointments, billing and anything organisational, you can reach our secretariat by email.
Teaching, qualifications and memberships
Teaching
- Extraordinary professorship in trauma psychotherapy, Netherlands and Belgium
- Teaching in Heidelberg: personality disorders, autism, ADHD, trauma
Therapeutic qualifications
- Cognitive behavioural therapist (D, CH, LUX)
- Certified EMDR trauma therapist
- Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT), training and certificates
- CBASP, training and certificates
Career in detail
- Studies in biochemistry and medicine
- Doctorate in medical microbiology
- Doctorate in forensic psychiatry
- Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, Zurich
- Advanced Studies in Forensics and Law, Lucerne
- Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
- Founder of the IMPA, Institute for Mental and Physical Ambition, Zurich (2019)
Appointments and contact
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Prof. DDr. Johannes Kappes
30 Rue de l'École, L-6722 Grevenmacher
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Opening hours: Mon 07:00–13:00 · Tue 07:00–20:00 · Wed closed · Thu 07:00–13:00 · Fri 07:00–20:00
If you are in an acute crisis, we are here for you: emergency number +352 621 229 542 (Tue–Fri 15:00–20:00), or at the practice during opening hours. If we cannot be reached: emergency services 112 or SOS Détresse 45 45 45.