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Anne Ehringhaus
Am Herrenweiher 5, 54295 Trier
Home +49-15227886512 e-mail: anne.ehringhaus@gmail.com
Summary
Experienced, bilingual consultant and Germany-trained psychologist and leadership and
development consultant with more than 10 years experience. Committed to global
effectiveness as a way of better understanding. Extensive travel and business
experience overseas.
Core Qualifications
• Expertise in cultural competence
and multicultural learning
environments
• Self-motivated and works well
independently
• Strong networking and outreach
skills
• Thorough knowledge of training
design and development
• Experience in leadership coaching
• Highly experienced in training
facilitation and presentation for groups
up to 200 people
• In-depth knowledge of the U.S. and
Europe with specific emphasis on
Germany
• Successful management of own
company
• Working with employees of all levels
• Expertise in personal and
organizational development
• Experienced coach and trainer
• Comprehensive experience in
business development
• Fluent in English and German,
satisfactory level of Indonesian and
French
• Teacher for English to Students of
Other Languages (TESOL)
• Strong systemic and analytical skills
• Flexible and thorough
• Excellent communication and
interviewing skills
Accomplishments
Intercultural training for university and college professors
Designed and conducted workshops for university and college professors on
cultural competence and culture-specific differences in secondary education.
Global Leadership Program
Coaching of U.S. managers as part of a Global Leadership Program of a large
automotive company.

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Social Studies Project for Middle School students about Native Americans in Maine, bias
against minorities and social skills
Designed and conducted a project about a local Maliseet Native, history in a
multi-pronged approach to increase inclusion and cultural awareness
Co-author of: The effect of cultural values on sustainability: The example of the U.S. and
Germany, Yearbook of the German-American Chamber of Commerce, New York City,
2013
Former Member and Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Society of Intercultural
Education and Research USA (SIETAR USA). Co-developed the Living Code of Ethics,
the first Code of Ethical Behavior in the history of SIETAR
Facilitated a conference-wide introductory exercise about Ethics that was praised as well
conducted and innovative.
Professional Experience
President
Eccoculture Greenville Junction and Orono, Maine
July 2004 to Present
Trainer and Coach for business organizations with special emphasis on cultural synergy
in teams, intercultural awareness and conflict-resolution. Design and delivery of
leadership programs on motivation, presentation, problem-solving and other leadership
topics. Group trainings and team building for global effectiveness.
Strategy workshops for international organizations: Working on a vision, common
values, creating synergies.
Culture-specific trainings primarily for Germany-USA, expatriate counseling.
Design and facilitation of professional development trainings for teachers in cultural
awareness trainings, intercultural competence and prevention of violence in Germany
Design and facilitation of cultural awareness classes for Middle school students in the
U.S., design of organizational development strategies for public schools
Design and facilitation of workshop for accompanying spouses of delegates
Design and facilitation of a Merger-Workshop at State University
Clinician in Juvenile Offender Treatment Program
Mountain View Youth Development Center, Charleston, Maine, USA with Sweetser
June 2003 – July 2004
Individual and family therapist, development and implementation of intercultural issues in
therapeutic work, e.g. work with animal totems based on Native American Culture,
Culture-Sensitivity Training for Social Workers at Sweetser

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Self-employed as coach, trainer and counselor for organizations and individuals
in Speyer, Germany
June 2002 – October 2000
Teambuilding, intercultural counseling expatriates and the integration of individual and
organizational resources
Adjunct Faculty at the Corporate University of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Mannheim,
Germany (DHBW)
November 2000 – September 2008
Lectures on systemic counseling for organizations, counseling in the Workplace,
Marketing of Continuing Education and intercultural competence for undergraduates
Individual travel to Indonesia for personal development, cultural immersion and
language study
December 2000 – February 2001
Individual travel to remote areas of Eastern Indonesia like Sumba and Flores, hands-on
experience of cultural adjustment for children, studied local customs like ikat weaving,
burying ceremonies etc.
Project Manager at B & B Consulting, Bad Duerkheim, Germany.
January 1999 – September 2000
Primarily responsible for recruitment, design, facilitation and evaluation of personal and
organizational development program for employees and executives
Freelance counselor for expatriates and their families in Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA
May 1998 – December 1998
Support and coaching in cultural adjustment issues, cultural differences and cultural
competence
Work as freelance teacher for German, travel to remote areas of Indonesia like
Papua, Western Sumatra, Central and Northern Sulawesi and Southeastern
Maluku as well as Nusa Tenggara and the East Coast of Australia
Stays in Indonesia and Australia
September 1992 – November 1993, December1994, August - October1997
Counselor at a Rehabilitation Center for adults with serious substance abuse
issues in Lustadt, Germany
October 1990 – April 1992
Individual and group counseling as well as crisis-intervention

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Internship with the Psychological Services of the State Prison for Men of
Rhineland-Palatinate in Frankenthal, Germany
November 1991 – February 1992
Crisis intervention for suicidal prisoners, Diagnostics and individual counseling, group
counseling on substance abuse issues, primarily alcohol addiction
Research Assistant in a Laboratory for Sleep Disorders at the Psychiatric State
Hospital in Klingenmuenster, Germany
June 1989 – August 1991
Data collection and analysis of sleep profiles (EEG) in Klingenmuenster, Germany,
assisting research on patients with tranquilizer addiction
Diaconal Year (Volunteer Year) with the Foundation Service for Social Peace
(Stiftung Sozialer Friedensdienst)
July 1986 – July 1987
Work as a volunteer in a residential program for adolescents and children with
behavioral disabilities in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany.
Education
Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and
University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
B.S. in Psychology, 1990
M.S. in Psychology (minor: Philosophy), 1996
1. Significant Curses Grade
Psychological Diagnostics Outstanding (A)
Psychotherapeutical methods and
strategies of intervention Outstanding (A)
Education counseling Outstanding (A)
Socialization Good (B)
Thesis:
Gender orientation: A comparison between individuals in interethnical and German-
German relationships
Grade: Outstanding (A)
Scholarship:
1996 – 1997: Scholarship for women in science from the State of Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany

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Supplementary Training/Continuing Education/Certification:
11/2015 Certified by the University of Maine, Orono, USA as Teacher Of English
for Students of Other Languages (TESOL)
07/2011 Certification as Practitioner in Process-oriented and Embodiment-
focused Psychotherapy PEP (by Michael Bohne, MD), Germany
2011 Licensed psychologist in Luxemburg
2010 and 2011 Participation in workshops on systemic constellation with Ria Baeck,
Essex, Massachussetts, USA
07/2004 30 contact hours in the professional development program in Building
Effective Diverse Teams in Organizations facilitated by Anita Rowe and
Patricia Digh, Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication,
Portland, Oregon, USA
03/2004 6 hours in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention at Mountain View Youth
Development Center, Charleston, Maine, USA
11/2003 32 contact hours in Substance Abuse, Child Abuse and Neglect;
Department of Human Services, Skowhegan, Maine, USA
07/2003 30 contact hours in the professional development program Cross-
Cultural Training in International Corporations facilitated by George
Renwick and Rita Bennett, Summer Institute for Intercultural
Communication, Portland, Oregon, USA
1999 – 2000 Institute of Systemic Consulting, Wiesloch, Germany
Certification as Systemic Consultant for Organizations
1998 – Present Attendance at several conferences on communication, leadership
intercultural psychology, communication and awareness, participant and
presenter of SIETAR USA conference 2005, 2006, 2012 and 2014
SIETAR Global 2008 and SIETAR Forum in 2010 and 2012
Memberships
Society of Intercultural Education Training and Research (SIETAR USA)
References
Supplied on request