As a Somatic Experiencing (SE)® practitioner, I offer 1-on-1 sessions for trauma healing in Berlin-Wilhelmsruh or online. A particular focus of my work is early developmental and attachment trauma, as well as challenging experiences that may arise in connection with meditation or a deepening spiritual practice.
Trauma healing can be a path toward a greater sense of inner freedom, connection and aliveness.
About Somatic Experiencing
Overwhelming life events such as accidents, experiences of neglect, violence, emotional hurt, serious illness, or other distressing events can lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress. It may show up in both psychological and physical ways, for example as anxiety and panic, depressive moods, insomnia, chronic pain, or increased irritability. Difficulties in relationships, a sense of paralysis, of being constantly driven, or experiences of existential helplessness and disconnection may also arise. Sometimes these symptoms only become apparent years after a distressing 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), developed by Peter Levine, helps to gradually process and integrate overwhelming experiences. At the heart of the method is the tracking of bodily sensations and impulses, emotions, inner images, and beliefs. In a gentle way, SE helps release survival energy held in the body and supports the completion of protective responses that could not fully happen in an overwhelming situation. Feelings of paralysis and numbness can gradually give way to a sense of aliveness and joy in life, as the nervous system finds its way back to its inherent capacity for self-regulation.
For further information about Somatic Experiencing, see here.
Practical details
Sessions take place in an atmosphere of loving presence and non-judgmental support They are offered in German or English, in person in Berlin-Wilhelmsruh or online via Zoom.
My practice is located at Hertzstrasse 22, 13518 Berlin, around 500 metres from the Berlin S-Bahn Wilhelmsruh station and 100 metres from the bus stop “Hertzstr./Hauptstr.”.
The fee is 80 euros per hour.
A series of sessions at weekly or biweekly intervals are generally most supportive, though individual sessions are also possible. Somatic Experiencing can also be a valuable complement to traditional psychotherapy.
If you are interested, I would be happy to hear from you at laura@laura-caroline.de or +49 1525 8457443. We can also arrange a free 15-minute introductory conversation.
„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 inspired by the potential of trauma healing as a path toward greater inner freedom, connection and aliveness, and by gaining a deeper understanding of the interplay between the nervous system, the body, and consciousness. Over the past ten years, I have explored these topics intensively. For more than fifteen years, I have also had a regular meditation practice and have assisted retreats and courses on meditation, personal development and soul initiation. Alongside my therapeutic work, I work as an independent consultant on climate policy and climate finance, mainly for international development cooperation projects.
Formal qualifications:
- Successful completion of the two-year practitioner programme of the Luminous Awareness Institute (2024/2025), with a focus on attachment theory / repair of unmet childhood needs and parts work.
- Successful completion of the three-year training programme as Somatic Experiencing (SE)® practitioner with Anne Janzen and Ursula Funke-Kaiser in Berlin (April 2025). Ongoing participation in supervision and peer consultation.
- Licensed as „alternative practitioner for psychotherapy“ (Heilpraktikerin
beschränkt auf das Gebiet der Psychotherapie) in Germany (since April 2023). - Further training in trauma healing and the nervous system, including Developmental 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 (2019), and Activate Your Inner Jaguar with Kimberly Ann Johnson (2017, 2019, and 2020).