I was born in 1981, am married, and the mother of a small child.
I decided very early on that I wanted to work in the psychological field, so I began my career in 2004 with a degree in special education, which I completed four years later with a diploma. In 2010, I began another part-time, three-year course to become a clinical art therapist.
For many years, I provided therapy and counseling to a wide variety of people in various fields, gaining invaluable experience and insights for my work. Over time, I came to the realization that, in many areas, therapy with a primary focus on the mind and people’s thoughts was not really making progress. My personal path also led me through several crisis, such as a serious car accident in my youth and a serious physical illness as a young woman. Here, too, I was no longer making progress on my healing path with therapy methods that focused more on the mind.
In my work context, I then encountered Peter Levine’s Somatic Experience (SE) method. A holistic therapy approach that incorporates physical sensations, perceptions, emotions, ideas, and the mind. After my own experiences with Somatic Experiencing, which opened up a completely new approach for me, I decided to complete the three-year training to become a “Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.”
My experiences during the training period once again changed my perspective on illness, health, and healing. Working with the nervous system, which is the basis of SE, has shown me completely different possibilities in therapy with my clients. I now understand healing as a process toward inner peace, toward connection to ourselves and the world around us, as well as toward the inner freedom to shape our own lives.
Throughout my professional career, I have developed a view of humanity that inspires me to approach all my clients with great respect for their process and their personal journey.