Dr. Kowal, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, and Family Medicine Specialist, (German Board Certified)

Dr. Gregor Kowal is German Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist. He studied human medicine and earned his medical degree (MD) at the medical school of the Ruprechts – Karl – University in Heidelberg (Germany), which is the oldest and currently the best ranked university in Germany (QS World University Ranking). He completed his dissertation at the same university acquiring his doctoral degree (PhD). In the following years, he participated in postgraduate training in Psychiatry, Neurology and Internal Medicine.  He completed his studies with specialty exams in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Medical Chamber of Koblenz, and in Family Medicine at the Medical Chamber of Hanover.

In 2004 Dr. Kowal took up a post as Senior Consultant and Head of Department at the Hochtaunus Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy near Frankfurt (Germany), followed by a position as Medical Director in a Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy near Marburg (Germany). In the above-named functions, he treated his patients, but was also responsible for the training of assistant doctors and psychologists entrusted to his care.

Additionally, in the years 2003 until 2011, he worked as a consultant expert for the Federal Courts of Frankfurt, Koblenz and Marburg, providing psychiatric expertise in social and forensic psychiatric cases.

Dr. Kowal’s specialist education includes profound expertise in biological psychiatry, psychodynamic based psychotherapy, as well as family medicine. Concerning his psychotherapeutic background, he is trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy based on depth-psychology developed by Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Melanie Klein and their successors.

Over the past years, Dr. Kowal has been directing the Clinic for Health and Medical Care (CHMC), a Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy located in Dubai, UAE. Under Dr. Kowal’s leadership, CHMC has established itself as a state-of-the-art Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in the UAE.

Areas of Expertise:

Treatment of the entire spectrum of psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders such as depressions, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders such as panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Attentiveness Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), psychoses, and more. Treatment of Family Medicine disorders.