She studied theology in Bethel, Bern and Hamburg. After graduating she spent time in South Korea and did her preparatory pastoral training in Eutin. Wöhlbrand was ordained in Lübeck in May 1992. She worked for the Hamburg-based Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany (EMW), as a pastor in Glasgow (Scotland) and in Heikendorf (Germany), as well as with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD) and the GNC/LWF in Hannover. Since 2014 she has been student chaplain at the West Coast University of Applied Sciences in Heide and also pastor to the Meldorf congregation in the Dithmarschen church district. She was also the Dithmarschen coordinator for the Reformation anniversary.