My Approach
When I try to understand a person's experience, I consider their relationships, life story, circumstances and bodily sensations together. What is difficult to put into words, as well as what is said, can guide our work. So can dreams and images that arise spontaneously.
A systemic approach helps me understand experience in terms of relationships and context. Jungian dream and symbol work offers ways of approaching experiences that have not yet found clear expression. Body awareness and experiential work can also become part of the process, depending on what is needed in the session. If we consider a method such as hypnosis, we discuss the way of working and your expectations beforehand.
Each person has their own way of expressing themselves and making meaning. As I draw on the approaches in which I have trained, I give priority to getting to know you, to your knowledge of your own experience, and to how our work relates to your life. We assess together what is meaningful and adjust our approach when needed.
What you would like to be different in your life guides this exploration. We connect what you notice in your inner life with your everyday relationships and choices.
Relationships and life circumstances
The way we relate to ourselves is connected to our experiences with others. Roles learned in our families, our need to belong, social expectations and our present circumstances influence our choices and how we see ourselves.
For this reason, we consider both what you might change and the conditions in which you are living. An important part of my approach is recognising the difficulties created by migration, inequality, work and caring responsibilities without treating them as personal inadequacies.
Bodily experience
The body is part of the work itself, as well as something we may talk about. We might notice a change in your breathing as you describe a feeling, a tightening, a wish to pull back, or an impulse to move. We explore bodily sensations alongside emotions and thoughts, attending to how you experience them in the moment.
The aim is not to impose an interpretation on your body. What matters is noticing your own responses, recognising what supports you, and observing how your experience changes with different postures or movements. We work at a pace and level that feel manageable and appropriate for you.
Dreams, symbols and imagery
In a Jungian approach, dreams offer a way to explore conflicts, longings and emerging directions in life that a person may not yet be able to express clearly. Rather than assigning an image a meaning from a ready-made symbol dictionary, we consider your associations, the dream as a whole and its place in your life.
Imagery and hypnotic focusing can also help direct attention towards inner experience. The images and associations that emerge are considered part of present experience, not evidence that particular events occurred in the past.
Family relationships and constellation work
Family roles, loyalties and unspoken expectations can influence how we build our own lives. Constellation work represents relationships in space, allowing us to explore experiences of closeness, distance and one's place within the family. What emerges is a perspective to consider together, rather than a definitive account of the family.
The three-and-a-half-year family constellation training I am undertaking in Berlin is part of my continuing professional development in this field.
The basis of our work together
We do not use every method in every session. We discuss what I am suggesting and why, and decide together how to proceed. You can decline a suggestion, take a break or choose a different way forward. Respect for your boundaries, open communication and professional responsibility form the basis of the work.