Lydia Benecke
German criminal psychologist (born 1982)
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Key Takeaways
- Lydia Benecke (born in 1982 as E.
- Early life and education Benecke was born in Bytom, Poland and left for Germany at the age of 4 with her mother.
- After finishing school at the Janusz-Korczak-Gesamtschule in Bottrop, she studied psychology, psychopathology and forensic science at the Ruhr University Bochum.
- Between 2009 and 2013 she worked as a psychological consultant in criminal cases and in public relations for her then husband's company, the criminal biologist Mark Benecke.
- Author After completing her studies in psychology, she co-authored several of Mark Benecke's books between 2009 and 2011, of which she also edited The Benecke Universe .
Lydia Benecke (born in 1982 as E. C. Wawrzyniak) is a German criminal psychologist and writer of popular science non-fiction.
Early life and education
Benecke was born in Bytom, Poland and left for Germany at the age of 4 with her mother. She grew up in Bottrop and developed her interest in criminal cases from a young age. After finishing school at the Janusz-Korczak-Gesamtschule in Bottrop, she studied psychology, psychopathology and forensic science at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Career
Psychologist
Since 2008 she has been working therapeutically in a social therapy institution with sexual and violent offenders.
Between 2009 and 2013 she worked as a psychological consultant in criminal cases and in public relations for her then husband's company, the criminal biologist Mark Benecke. Nowadays, she works as an independent criminal psychologist with an office in Cologne in the fields of consulting and education. Her main areas of work are paraphilias, personality disorders (including psychopathy, antisocial personality disorders, and borderline personality disorders), psychological trauma, superstitious beliefs, and subcultures (including BDSM scene, dark culture, Goth subculture, sects, and vampire subculture).
Author
After completing her studies in psychology, she co-authored several of Mark Benecke's books between 2009 and 2011, of which she also edited The Benecke Universe.
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