About Me
Hello! Warm welcome. Bem-vind*e, herzlich Willkommen!
Personal growth and fostering connection are my big lifelong passions. I do believe that we humans are bound to grow, love, and contribute if we are received with kindness, trust and support. I support clients to find these sweet spots where growth happens with ease and kindness, where meaningfulness forms, and where the struggle lessens and we start to play and dance with life. The practice of Nonviolent Communication has been a guiding light in self discovery and supporting others (through Empathy sessions, mediation and teaching Nonviolent Communication).
I am trained as a trauma-sensitive counselor and in group therapy (NeuroSystemics), and hold degrees in Social Work, Sociology, and Law. As a counselor at a domestic violence survivor shelter, I’ve walked with clients in their most difficult hours and seen many examples of post-traumatic growth and resiliency – people who have found new clarity, hope, and courage after walking through a storm.
As a sociologist and activist, it matters to me to recognize and account for societal structures that influence our individual experiences and encourage agency within them.
I am Swiss, and after a couple years of living in Brazil, I returned to my homelands. I offer sessions online in English, German, Swiss German and Brazilian Portuguese.
My pronouns are she/her.
My approach
NeuroSystemics and Nonviolent Communication
NeuroSystemics is an evidence-based therapeutic approach, working both with 1:1 sessions and group sessions (Resiliency Circles). As a nervous system-informed approach it emphasizes the healing and organizing power of our bodies. Because the truth is: Our bodies try to balance themselves out all the time, and our psyche is no exception with that. But sometimes we need a little extra support to shift towards the healing movements and allow them to unfold.
We heal not by taking apart cognitively all difficulties that have happened in the past, but in the “here and now” – through attuned relationships, support and kindness, and through a broader consciousness (mindfulness) that allows to kindly change patterns that are causing difficulties. Generally, there’s much less “doing” than is often believed to be needed in order to feel better.
NeuroSystemics is a gentle approach. I won’t ask you to revisit the most difficult times of your life in order to get better. My role as a facilitator is to walk and be with you, support you to find connection and more clarity with your present experience, and help you access your resources that will show you, step by step, your path of healing and growth. It is about you strengthening your agency within your current situation, and about finding the resources that are needed for that.
My take on NeuroSystemics weaves in a strong personal influence of Nonviolent Communication (NVC, M. Rosenberg), as I find tremendous power in listening deeply to emotions and needs. I am currently pursuing further professional training within this approach and have been assisting in the teaching of introductionary and intermediate NVC courses since 2023 by Danny Cohen.
Contact me to
schedule a session. Sessions are held online. I do offer sessions in English, German and
Swiss German. As
I am still in training, I am currently attending with reduced fees.
Also, I am offering social rates according to my capacities.
The purpose of Resiliency Circles is to facilitate safe social spaces, in which participants experience a sense of belonging and increased authenticity.
Resiliency Circles meet weekly over a defined number of sessions.
Resiliency Circles are regularily opening. Refer to my instagram profile or send me a message if you'd like to be informed about new openings.
Teaching and learning together has always brought me great joy. In the past I've held workshops and modules about trauma-sensitive counselling and support of domestic violence survivors, communication, crisis intervention and diversity at higher education colleges and NGO's in Switzerland, and have started to assist in the teaching of Nonviolent Communication in 2023. Talk to me if you're interested in developing a workshop format together.
1:1-Sessions
Whether you’re feeling anxious our down, are facing a big step, wanting to take in the goodness around you more deeply, are challenged by your relationships, lonely, grieving, facing an illness, wanting to expand your self-esteem, own your anger, are hungry for more, longing for rest, in a rut, exhausted, wanting to celebrate your victories, having existential doubts, wishing to embrace your “darker parts”, or …
You’re welcome. Regardless of your gender, societal position, your age, or the way you love.
1:1 Sessions
About appointments
Please write to me if you’re interested in booking a session.
Sessions are 55 minutes long. They take place online. Appointments can be changed or canceled without any fees up to 24 hours before they take place.
As I am still in NeuroSystemics Training, I’m currently offering my sessions at a reduced rate of 50.- Swiss Francs. Special conditions apply for people from the global south, and social rates are available.
Resiliency Circles
Resiliency Circles (RCs) offer a unique environment to take benefits from individual therapeutic, mindfulness, or meditation practices into relationships and community. You will embark on a journey with others toward greater ease in your relationships, increased capacity to handle challenges, and most of all, a new sense of enjoyment in being with others. You will learn to identify your relational patterns, heal traumas which have occured in relationships (e.g. loss, seperation, mistreatment) and build new attachment skills to enjoy being yourself with others. The facilitators hold a compassionate and sensitive attitude to include all the parts of everyone present – orienting towards unconditional acceptance and appreciation, while also encouraging differentiation. As the process unfolds, the RC’s open the door to a palpable sense of peace, intimacy and connection with one another.
In Resiliency Circles you can expect to:
- Bring mindfulness and therapy benefits into relationships
- Work toward embodiment and authenticity in daily life
- Develop new ways of feeling empathic, non-judgmental and compassionate
- Be seen, heard and welcomed in a genuine atmosphere of acceptance
- Learn how to be in groups with greater levels of ease, comfort and confidence
- Form meaningful relationship
Upcoming Resiliency Circle Openings
Currently are no Resiliency circle openings announced.
There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.
– Leonard Cohen
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Are you curious about my work? Would you like to schedule a session?
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Are you curious about my work? Would you like to schedule a session?
I’m looking forward to read from you.
📲Feel free to write me in English, German or Portuguese.