Her empirical studies were funded by the International Psychoanalytical Association.

Dr. Castrechini Fernandes Franieck is a registered Counselling Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council; she is a registered Psychologist with EuroPsy in the field of clinical and health and she is a Chartered Member with the British Psychological Society (BPS) in the UK.

In Germany she is registered with the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of Baden-Wuerttemberg and she is a Member of the German Society for Supervision and Coaching e.V..

In Switzerland Dr. Castrechini Fernandes Franieck is a registered Psychologist with the Federal Swiss Confederation and a group analyst i.t. with the Seminar for Gruppenanalyse Zürich - SGAZ.

Her clinical practice focuses on working with highly vulnerable populations, such as individuals displaying anti-social behaviour, traumatized refugees and deprived children/youth people. Currently she works in the social field for an international religious organization. In this organization she is developing a new field based group approach to work with deprived youth on the streets - Powertime group (learn more in this video). Furthermore, she runs two children groups applying the T-WAS approach and handles several single cases applying the TICA approach.

Dr. Castrechini Fernandes Franieck has also taught at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Stuttgart (DHBW Stuttgart). At the present she runs courses for the German Social Psychiatry Society (DGSP) and offers psychotherapy in private practice.