"The shoe that fits one person pinches the other."
(Carl Gustav Jung)
Steve Hofmann, M.A.
What does a client tell me by the way he says something? What is expressed by what is left unsaid, in the way she makes or avoids eye contact, gestures with her body, etc.? At university I also encountered the ideas of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, I was born in 1981 in a small town in the former GDR as the first child in a typical East German family. At the age of 17, I had a spontaneous spiritual awakening through LSD. As beautiful as this experience was, it was also deeply traumatizing. For the first time I understood that something was really wrong with me. I vowed not to rest until I had solved the problem once and for all. This started a personal journey that continues to this day.
At university in Berlin, I majored in Scandinavian Studies and Modern German Literature. My interest in the |
structures and hidden meanings of texts enriches my therapeutic work today: What does a client tell me by the way she says something? What is expressed by what is left unsaid, in the way she makes or avoids eye contact, gestures with her body, etc.? At university I also encountered the ideas of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, which I began to study intensively, a passion that I pursue to this day and that enables me to gain an ever deeper understanding of the human body, mind, and soul. At university I also began two talk therapies, without success. Although I could have written a dissertation about my problems, talking therapy didn't bring about any fundamental changes for me.
I took the wedding vows in 2007, and when the relationship ended almost five years later, I entered counseling again, this time in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Again, I had only modest success. I wanted to turn my interest in psychology into a career, I began my first trainings in coaching, neurolinguistic programming, hypnosis, and body therapy (trauma-releasing exercises). Since I was completely cut off from my emotions, engaging these methods didn't point toward the desired breakthrough either; they lacked the relational component.
My “second life” began when, through a stroke of luck, in 2012 I came across Bioenergetic Analysis, the modality begun by Alexander Lowen. I began my training analysis with Jens Tasche in 2013 and took up my training as a body psychotherapist (HP Psych). Through the combination of body work and psychodynamic talk therapy that characterizes Bioenergetics, I was not only able to understand myself after all those years, but also could finally “feel myself.” I was able to re-experience my childhood, both emotionally and physically, which enabled me to break down limiting patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
This taught me something important for my self-understanding as a therapist and coach: The way to change leads through feeling, and the way to feeling leads through the body. I specialized in the treatment of so-called “early” or personality disorders, especially of the narcissistic cluster.
But something seemed still to be missing in Bioenergetics, and I continued my research. This diligence led me to lose faith over the years in the notion of a “one size fits all”-method. I found the missing building block for my own path when I visited Peru in 2022 to work with shamans from the local Shipibo-Konibo tribe. I became able to develop an active spiritual practice that greatly enriches my own development, and I am happy to share this knowledge with clients who are open to it. In my work today, I combine a variety of therapeutic approaches that I have come across over the years to create my own, individual style of work, and I enjoy a fulfilling and exciting life that I am happy to share with many lovely people.
I’d like to accompany you on your way to a freer and fuller life, through humor, insight, and empathy, but also challenge or confrontation when it is needed. I want to invite you to open up to yourself, your feelings, and your truth, to live your life in a free and self-determined way.
With kind regards,
Steve Hofmann
I took the wedding vows in 2007, and when the relationship ended almost five years later, I entered counseling again, this time in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Again, I had only modest success. I wanted to turn my interest in psychology into a career, I began my first trainings in coaching, neurolinguistic programming, hypnosis, and body therapy (trauma-releasing exercises). Since I was completely cut off from my emotions, engaging these methods didn't point toward the desired breakthrough either; they lacked the relational component.
My “second life” began when, through a stroke of luck, in 2012 I came across Bioenergetic Analysis, the modality begun by Alexander Lowen. I began my training analysis with Jens Tasche in 2013 and took up my training as a body psychotherapist (HP Psych). Through the combination of body work and psychodynamic talk therapy that characterizes Bioenergetics, I was not only able to understand myself after all those years, but also could finally “feel myself.” I was able to re-experience my childhood, both emotionally and physically, which enabled me to break down limiting patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
This taught me something important for my self-understanding as a therapist and coach: The way to change leads through feeling, and the way to feeling leads through the body. I specialized in the treatment of so-called “early” or personality disorders, especially of the narcissistic cluster.
But something seemed still to be missing in Bioenergetics, and I continued my research. This diligence led me to lose faith over the years in the notion of a “one size fits all”-method. I found the missing building block for my own path when I visited Peru in 2022 to work with shamans from the local Shipibo-Konibo tribe. I became able to develop an active spiritual practice that greatly enriches my own development, and I am happy to share this knowledge with clients who are open to it. In my work today, I combine a variety of therapeutic approaches that I have come across over the years to create my own, individual style of work, and I enjoy a fulfilling and exciting life that I am happy to share with many lovely people.
I’d like to accompany you on your way to a freer and fuller life, through humor, insight, and empathy, but also challenge or confrontation when it is needed. I want to invite you to open up to yourself, your feelings, and your truth, to live your life in a free and self-determined way.
With kind regards,
Steve Hofmann
My qualifications:
- Magister Artium (M.A.) in Scandinavian studies and Modern German literature
- Heilpraktiker Psychotherapie (HPP)
- Certified Bioenergetic Therapist (CBT)
- Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) provider
- Personal & Business Coach (ECA, European Coaching Association)
- regular training and supervision of my work by experienced and accomplished trainers
- extensive experience in a variety of spiritual traditions and techniques like meditation, yoga and Amazonian shamanism
Bioenergetik Berlin | Steve Hofmann
bei Praxis für Bioenergetische Analyse, Coaching und Supervision Rubensstr. 116 12157 Berlin Mobil: +49 (0)176 25 39 46 75 Internet: www.bioenergeticsberlin.com/ |
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