Methods and Approaches

I work with a variety of complementary treatment methods.

In the center of my approach stands the individuality of each person.

My principles are as the following:

  • Each person has different strengths

  • Each person is in a specific phase in their lives

  • Each person has a specific, unique life story

  • Each person has different wishes and goals

  • Each person has a different rhythm

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every person is unique

So the ways of helping each person should be fitted to their own specific needs


If you are interested in learning more about the methods, theoretical and practical approaches that I work with, I compiled a list with the names of some of the therapists and scientists who shaped these methods:

  • Client-centered Therapy, Humanistic Approach by Carl R. Rogers

  • Bessel Van der Kolk

  • The Theory of Structural Dissociation by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis & Kathy Steele

  • The Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges

  • The Integration of Polyvagal Theory in Psychotherapy by Deb Dana

  • Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT) by Luise Reddemann

  • Ego-State-Therapie (Inner Child Work) by Jochen Peichl

  • Somatic Experiencing by Dr. Peter A. Levine

  • Mindsight, Interpersonal Biology, Wheel of Awareness by Daniel J. Siegel

  • MBSR Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Hypnosystemic Psychotherapy by Milton Erickson and Gunther Schmidt

  • Systemic Psychotherapy (Family Therapy) by Virginia Satir

  • EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing by Francine Shapiro

  • EMDR and Dissociation: The Progressive Approach,

    The Treatment of the Borderline Personality Disorder with EMDR by Dolores Mosquera und Anabel Gonzalez

  • Trauma-Sensitive Yoga by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper

  • Trauma-Sensitive Yoga by Dagmar Härle

  • Integrating the Paths of Yoga and Psychology for Healing, Transformation, and Joy by Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT

  • Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, M., RYT

  • Mind and Body Oriented Trauma Healing by Arielle Schwartz

  • Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Gail Parker, Ph.D.

  • Emdodied Trauma Healing Practices by Scott Lyons, PhD

  • Somatic Psychotherapy by Manuela Mischka-Reeds

  • Ancestral and Collective Trauma Healing Work by Thomas Huebl

Here are some of their literary works:

Van der Kolk, Bessel (2014): The Body Keeps The Score. Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma. USA: Viking Penguin.

Van der Hart, O./ Nijenhuis, E., & Steele, K. (2006): The haunted self: structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization. New York: Norton.

Reddemann, Luise (2001): Imagination als Heilsame Kraft. Zur Behandlung von Traumafolgen mit ressourcenorientierten Verfahren. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.

Reddemann, Luise (2011): Psychodynamisch Imaginative Traumatherapie. PITT - das Manual. Ein resilienzorientierter Ansatz in der Psychotraumatologie. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.

Peichl, Jochen (2010): Jedes Ich ist viele Teile: Die inneren Selbst-Anteile als Ressource nutzen. München: Kösel.

Gonzalez, A. & Mosquera, D. (2012): EMDR and Dissociation: The Progressive Approach. Ed Createspace. Spanish Edition: EMDR y Disociación: El Abordaje Progresivo. Madrid: Ed. Pléyades.

Mosquera, D. & Gonzalez, A. (2014): The Borderline Personality Disorder and EMDR Therapy. (Miriam Ramos Morrison, Trans.) Spanish Edition: Trastorno Límite de la Personalidad y Terapie EMDR, Madrid: Pleyades, SA.

Emerson, D. & Hopper, E. (2014): Overcoming Trauma through Yoga. Reclaiming your Body. Berkeley, California: Atlantic Books.

Härle, Dagmar (2015): Körperorientierte Traumatherapie. Sanfte Heilung mit Traumasensitivem Yoga (TSY). Paderborn: Junfermann.

Härle, Dagmar (2019): Yoga traumasensitiv unterrichten. Affektregulation, Selbstwirksamkeit und Körperwahrnehmung verbessern. Kröning: Asanger.

Caplan, Mariana (2018): Yoga & Psyche. Integrating the Paths of Yoga and Psychology for Healing, Transformation, and Joy. Boulder, CO 80306: Sounds True.

Yamasaki, Zahabiyah A. M.Ed., RYT (2022): Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault. Practices for Healing and teaching with Compassion. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Parker, Gail Ph.D. (2020): Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma. Croydon CR0 4YY: CPI Group (UK).

Hübl, Thomas (2021): Kollektives Trauma Heilen. Persönliche und globale Krisen verstehen und als Chance nutzen. Pößneck: Irisiana.