Dr. Bering is the Medical Director of the Centre of Psychotraumatology/ Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine at Alexianer-Hospital in Krefeld and Cologne in Germany. Dr. Bering studied medicine and psychology and graduated in both fields. In 1992 Dr. Bering worked at the Institute of Molecular Neuropathology in Copenhagen/ Denmark. Dr.

Bering completed his clinical education as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Academic University Hospital of Cologne in Gummersbach. In 2005 he habilitated on his work in psychotraumatology.

Today he is professor at the University of Cologne in the field of psychology and rehabilitation.