Applied Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health(Venue: Crowne Plaza)

Susanna Mittermaier is a licensed psychologist, psychotherapist and author of the #1 international bestselling book, Pragmatic Psychology: Practical Tools for Being Crazy Happy. As a global speaker, she offers a new paradigm on psychology and therapy called pragmatic psychology. She is known for her revolutionary perspective on mental illness and for inspiring people all over the world to access the greatness they are beyond abuse and disease. She offers a different, healing perspective on pain and suffering, unveils people’s brilliance and guides others to see problems and difficulties instead as possibilities and potent choices. Growing up in Vienna, Austria, she learned an enormous capacity to facilitate lightness, joy and ease in a unique and profoundly healing way. She studied to become a psychologist at the university of Lund in Sweden and worked as a psychologist, therapist and counselor at the university clinic in Sweden both in children oncology and in the mental health department. She also conducted numerous neuropsychological testing’s. She developed a new psychology, called pragmatic psychology. She has been featured in publications such as TV Soap, Maria Shriver, Women’s Weekly, Empowerment Channel Voice America, Om Times, Motherpedia, Newstalk New Zealand and Holistic Bliss. She has hosted her own radio show and often appears on TV for expert comment.