After studying agricultural sciences, I moved to California in 1993 for two years, where I met Judith Johnson and had the opportunity to study with her intensively. When I returned to Germany, I knew that I wanted to work therapeutically through touch. I first trained as a massage therapist and then qualified as a Heilpraktikerin (a German practitioner licensed to practise medicine without being a physician). Many further trainings and advanced courses in natural medicine followed.

Over the years, however, it became increasingly clear to me that PNE is the approach that has the most profound impact in my work as a therapist while giving clients the greatest possible autonomy. In PNE, the therapist does not simply give the client a diagnosis and prescribe a corresponding remedy. Instead, clients can discover things for themselves and piece together the different parts of their life experience. The therapist accompanies them on this journey. In this way, clients develop greater trust in their own perceptions.

Since early 1999, I have worked part-time as a body-oriented therapist in a psychosomatic clinic, where I have witnessed how quickly and naturally a body-oriented therapeutic approach can open access to repressed feelings and unconscious beliefs. Alongside this work, I have maintained my own practice as a Heilpraktikerin since 2001, specialising in the psyche and nervous system regulation.

Training and Qualifications
PsychoNeuroEnergetics (PNE) with Judith Johnson, USA, 1992–1994
Licensed Heilpraktikerin, 2001
Advanced training with Stanley Rosenberg and Thor Philipsen in osteopathic techniques for vagus nerve regulation, 2018–2020
Somatic Experiencing with Dr Peter Levine, 2023–2025
PNE Cranials with Judith Johnson, USA, 2024
Neuroaffective Development Psychology (NADP) with Marianne Bentzen, Module 1, 2025
NARM with Laurence Heller, 2026–2027