FTTI board

Fonden Tarab Institute International (F-TII)

Cecilia Innanen

 President

Representative TI-FIN
Chairman Tarab Institute Finland,
Psychiatric Nurce and Psykoterapist

Frances Nijssen

Secretary and Treasurer

Representative of Gratuates to TII-Board
Organisational psychologist, supervisor and core-energetic therapist, partner of the Perspectiefgroep

Lene Handberg

educational director

Lene Handberg studied Psychology and Tibetology at Copenhagen University. She holds a Semrig Thablam Rabjam degree

Juergen Knop

Prof.Dr Jürgen Knop

member FTTI board

He was postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute, Freiburg and the Department of Microbiology, University of Adelaide. Later, becoming Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Dermatology, University of Münster.

Klemens Höppner

member FTTI board

 Representative of TI- Germany. He is co-founder and managing director of the Mindful Finance Institute and a facilitator of mindfulness-based leadership and employee development programs for Awaris GmbH. He works as a business coach and facilitator.

Carin Muhr

 member FTTI board

Representative TI-Sweden.
Chairman of Tarab Institute Sweden
Professor in Neurology at Uppsala University and the University Hospital

Michel Petit 

member FTTI board

 Representative of TI-France. He was lucky to pursue studies in law and accounting. Graduated from the Institute of Business Administration of Bordeaux. He became a Lawyer specialising in Business Law and Taxation

Morten Rolighed Jensen 

member FTTI board

 Representative for TI-Denmark + Tarab Ling-India.

Janka Bojnáková  

 member FTTI board

 Representative of TI-Slovakia Janka, is a founding member of the Tarab Institute of Slovakia where she has functioned as its President since 2011. For many years she has been active in the Unity in Duality training.

Cristina Hernández Pla 

member FTTI board

 Representative of TI-Spain.She has a Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Psychology and graduated in Early Childhood Education and Social Integration as well as a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness, emotion management and positive psychology.

Jan Rijnierse  

member FTTI board

 Representative of TI-The Netherlands. Since 2017 Jan works as an actor in communication training courses, such as feedback, project management and general communication skills. Before that he worked for 20+ years in the pharmaceutical industry.

Educational Board

helping out on the UD Educational aspect

Lene Handberg

educational director

Lene Handberg studied Psychology and Tibetology at Copenhagen University. She holds a Semrig Thablam Rabjam degree

Christine Klett-Esters

Member Educational Board

 Supervisor of Exam Paper
Christine Klett-Esters is having her private psychotherapeutic practice. She has professional qualifications mainly in-depth psychology-oriented therapy, Gestalt therapy and family therapy

CAROLINE VOSSEN

Member Educational Board

Heading exam committee
Caroline Vossen is Dutch with a master degree in psychology, followed by a four-year post-doctoral education, making her registered clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.

Geneviève Hamelet

member Educational board 

Sophrologist and a MBSR instructor in 2009 a certified MBSR teacher within CFM/UMass Medical School where Jon Kabat-Zinn created the program of “Mindful Based Stress Reduction”

Sandrine Gousset

Member Educational Board

Sandrine holds a Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) degree in Unity in Duality. Holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Political Science. Is a recognised therapist in Psychosynthesis, running her own practice in Paris

Beate Salzburger

Member Educational Board

Beate is resident in Austria/near Salzburg. Graduated as Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) in UD in 2014. Beate is a sculptress and since 2013 also pedagogue and teacher of sculpture at technical school, Salzburg.

Cecilia Winquist – Innanen

member Educational board 

Cecilia lives in Helsinki, Finland. She holds the Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) degree in Unity in Duality. A Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Supervisor and Psychotherapist with a UD approach.

Frances Nijssen

Member Educational Board

Holds a Master degree in literature and sociology, studied organisational psychology. Frances was senior lecturer at HAN, University of Applied Science, is a coach and professional supervisor, teaching at several national institutes for Leadership

Faculty F TII

Our UD and workshop teachers

Lene Handberg

educational director

Educational Director and
Main UD Teacher. Lene Handberg studied Psychology and Tibetology at Copenhagen University. She holds a Semrig Thablam Rabjam degree

Christine Klett-Esters

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,  
Christine Klett-Esters is having her private psychotherapeutic practice. She has professional qualifications mainly in-depth psychology-oriented therapy, Gestalt therapy and family therapy

CAROLINE VOSSEN

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,  
Caroline Vossen is Dutch with a master degree in psychology, followed by a four-year post-doctoral education, making her registered clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.

Geneviève Hamelet

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,   Sophrologist and a MBSR instructor in 2009 a certified MBSR teacher within CFM/UMass Medical School where Jon Kabat-Zinn created the program of “Mindful Based Stress Reduction”

Sandrine Gousset

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,   Sandrine holds a Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) degree in Unity in Duality. Holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Political Science. Is a recognised therapist in Psychosynthesis, running her own practice in Paris

Beate Salzburger

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,  Beate is resident in Austria/near Salzburg. Graduated as Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) in UD in 2014. Beate is a sculptress and since 2013 also pedagogue and teacher of sculpture at technical school, Salzburg.

Cecilia Winquist – Innanen

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,   Cecilia lives in Helsinki, Finland. She holds the Semrig Thablam Mawa (STM) degree in Unity in Duality. A Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Supervisor and Psychotherapist with a UD approach.

Frances Nijssen

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,  Holds a Master degree in literature and sociology, studied organisational psychology. Frances was senior lecturer at HAN, University of Applied Science, is a coach and professional supervisor, teaching at several national institutes for Leadership

Albrecht Simon Feuchter  

Member Faculty F-TII

Ass.Teacher UD Training,  Albrecht holds a degree in social education and has been a practitioner of psychotherapy (HP) since 1990. In 1990 he completed his training in bioenergetics analysis.

Silvia Ketterer

Member Faculty F-TII

 UD Workshops + UD Sessions, Being a native of Germany but living permanently in Sweden Silvia is bilingual. In her profession she is a psychotherapist. Silvia has for many years been working both in public healthcare in Sweden and running private sessions.

Thi Quy Nguyen 

Member Faculty F-TII

UD Workshops + UD Sessions, Quy Nguyen is a practicing medical doctor, MD. Particularly focused on the body-mind unity in the healing process.

Catherine Pawlik

Member Faculty F-TII

UD Workshops + UD Sessions, Has been a social worker since 1980. Catherine is a graduated master in Yoga after a 4-year training with Sri Mahesh, recognised by the French Federation of Hatha Yoga and adapted her yoga to a young public, teaching yoga in schools for over ten years.

Academic advisory board

Our guarantee for quality

Juergen Knop

Prof.Dr Jürgen Knop

member Academic advisory board

He was postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute, Freiburg and the Department of Microbiology, University of Adelaide. Later, becoming Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Dermatology, University of Münster.

Prof.Dr Carin Muhr

member Academic advisory board

Associate Professor of clinical Neurology, Uppsala University, Sweden and Honorary Professor, Universidad San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru

Samdhong Rinpoche portrait

Prof.Dr Samdhong Rinpoche

member Academic advisory board

Chancellor of the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies in Madhya Pradesh.

Prof.Dr Michel Bitbol

member Academic advisory board

Professor Michel Bitbol, Ph.D., is Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS, in Paris, France. He is presently based at the Archives Husserl, a center of research in Phenomenology. He received successively his M.D., his Ph.D. in physics, and his “Habilitation” in philosophy in Paris