Every experience can teach us. My work is anchored in this trust, and it is also how I meet my clients. What at first glance we experience as bothersome, painful or even threatening can open doors to areas we did not even know we were looking for. It is precisely the challenges we would never have chosen voluntarily that we ultimately have to take responsibility for and turn towards.

The essential core of my work is therefore to foster self-responsibility, clarity and self-compassion in every respect. An open heart, sincere encounters on an equal footing and a professional approach are very important to me.

A few points of orientation

The following basic assumptions have deepened and been confirmed in my work so far:

• In everyone there is an intact, sensitive essential core, no matter how buried it may be or how deeply wounded we may feel.
• There are natural ordering principles in life that lead to suffering when they are violated.
• Acceptance of what is, is the precondition for real change.
• What we believe we want for ourselves and what we actually need can be far apart.
• Feelings need attention – especially the ones we would rather get rid of.
• We have everything within us that we need for the next step, but not for the whole journey.
• Willingness counts in every moment; capacity grows over time.

My life, both professionally and personally, is permeated by the ongoing exploration of development, relationship and consciousness. I know what it means to have grown up in a relatively sheltered childhood and yet to have experienced isolation and emotional distress. What is invisible to us often shapes us more than the spoken word.

I maintain a long-standing meditation practice. Humanistic psychology and various teachings of the Eastern wisdom traditions have deeply influenced me. This is why, for me, the transpersonal dimensions of our experience are fundamental to every process of change. Above all, however, constant relatedness and sincere care for relational spaces – whether with my loved ones or with the plant and animal world – are essential in my life.

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Training as a Psychological Psychotherapist (state-licensed psychotherapist in Germany) – Institut für Fort- und Weiterbildung für klinische Verhaltenstherapie (IFKV)
• Certification as a NARM® (NeuroAffective Relational Model) trainer and teacher by Dr. Laurence Heller – NARM Training Institute
• NARM® Masterclass with Dr. Laurence Heller – UTA Akademie
  
• Training in body-oriented trauma therapy NARM® with Dr. Laurence Heller – UTA Akademie
• Training in EMDR trauma therapy, Level I and Level II – EMDR Institut Deutschland
• Continuing education modules in hypnosystemic therapy – Clinical Hypnosis (MEG) at the Milton Erickson Institut Heidelberg (Gunther Schmidt)
• Training to facilitate the Gestalt therapy process of the Hero’s Journey® according to Paul Rebillot – Heldenreise Netzwerk
• Certification to teach the consciousness work of Thomas Hübl – Academy of Inner Science

CURRENT TEACHING AND TRAINING ROLES AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:

• NARM Europe – Supervisor and training therapist for NARM therapists in training
  
• IMU Augsburg – Trainer for Principle-Based Coaching Competence
• Heidelberger Akademie für Psychotherapie (HAP) – Lecturer for child and adolescent psychotherapists in training
• DGVT Akademie Münster – Self-experience group facilitator for child and adolescent psychotherapists in training
• Unite Leipzig – Leadership trainer and executive coach
• Academy of Inner Science – Leading the Inner Science Training Group (ISTG)