As Somatic Experiencing (SE)® Practitioner, I offer 1-on-1 sessions on trauma integration in Berlin Wilhelmsruh or online. One focus of my work is early developmental and attachment trauma.
Integrating trauma can be a path to an increased sense of inner freedom, connection and aliveness.
About Somatic Experiencing
Overwhelming events such as accidents, experiences of neglect, loss, violence or disparagement and severe illnesses can lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress. It can manifest itself in states of anxiety and panic, depressive moods, insomnia, chronic pain or easy irritability. Attachment issues, a sense of paralysis or chronic stress, and feelings of existential helplessness and alienation may also occur. Sometimes these symptoms only become apparent years after a traumatic event.
„Traumatic symptoms are not caused by the event itself. They arise when residual energy from the experience is not discharged from the body. This energy remains trapped in the nervous system where it can wreak havoc on our bodies and minds.“ (Peter Levine)
Somatic Experiencing (SE) was developed by Peter Levine. It helps to renegotiate and integrate overwhelming experiences on a physical, mental and emotional level. SE mostly works with the autonomic nervous system by tracking physical sensations, impulses, emotions, images, and beliefs, supported by a guided conversation. It facilitates a gentle release of survival energy bound in the body and facilitates the completion of self-protective physical responses. A sense of paralysis and numbness can thus transform into experiencing aliveness and joy, as the nervous system finds its way back to its inherent ability for self-regulation.
To find out more about Somatic Experiencing, see here.
Practical details
Sessions are held in a space of loving presence and acceptance. They can be done in German or English, in-person in Berlin Wilhelmsruh or online by zoom. My practice is located at Hertzstr. 22 in 13518 Berlin (500 metres from the S Wilhelmsruh stop on the S1, 100 metres from the bus stop ‘Hertzstr./Haupstr.’).
The fee is 80,- EUR per hour. (A reduced fee may be available for clients who face financial difficulties.)
Doing a number of weekly or bi-weekly sessions is most effective, but one-off sessions are also possible. Somatic Experiencing can also complement traditional psychotherapy.
If interested, get in touch via laura@laura-caroline.de. For any questions, I’m happy to offer a 15-minute exploratory call.
„We can’t always think or talk our way towards healing. We have to come back to the wisdom of the animal body and learn its language.“ (Kimberly Ann Johnson)
About me
I am deeply fascinated by the potential of trauma healing as a pathway to greater inner freedom, connection and aliveness, and by the interplay between the nervous system, body, and consciousness.
Over the past 8 years, I have studied this extensively. I have also assisted and co-facilitated meditation retreats, and courses and trainings on personal development and soul initiation. Other than that, I work as an independent consultant advising development cooperation projects on climate policy and climate finance.
Formal qualifications:
- Successful completion of the 3-year training as Somatic Experiencing (SE)® practitioner with Anne Janzen and Ursula Funke-Kaiser in Berlin (April 2025). Regular participation in supervision sessions and peer counselling.
- Participation in the 2-year practitioner program of the Luminous Awareness Institute (2024/2025).
- Licensed as „alternative practitioner for psychotherapy“ („Heilpraktikerin
beschränkt auf das Gebiet der Psychotherapie“) in Germany (since April 2023). - Courses on trauma healing and the nervous system including „Development Trauma: Early Stages“ with Raja Selvam (2023), “Sacred Wounds: Trauma Healing on the Spiritual Path” with Peter Levine (2021), “Treating Trauma Master Series” by The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM) (2019), and „Activate your Inner Jaguar” with Kimberly Ann Johnson (2017, 2019 & 2020).
