I offer counseling and psychotherapy for couples and individuals. I also work as a supervisor for companies, organizations, and associations.
I have been living and working in Berlin in the field of logotherapy and existential analysis for many years.
I completed my initial training at the Berlin Institute of the Academy for Existential Analysis and Logotherapy.
My approach
My work is primarily meaning‑ and existence‑oriented and is based on logotherapy according to Viktor E. Frankl and existential analysis according to Alfried Längle. I follow the guidelines of the Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis.
Depending on the context, I draw on other methods: systemic and individual psychology approaches and techniques complement my humanistic stance.
In addition to my psychotherapeutic and counseling work, I teach philosophy at various universities. Since 2024, I have been chair of the Logotherapeutische Lebensberatungsstelle (e.V.) Berlin.
A meaningful life helps to transform, strengthen, and connect.
What fascinates me as a philosopher about psychotherapeutic work? Philosophical theory becomes tangible in practical work. This is what I offer you as a philosophically trained expert in logotherapy and existential analysis.
Being in existential conversation with people and exploring horizons of meaning together is what philosophy and psychotherapy have in common.
What distinguishes them is the way they approach what is foreign within oneself and in others. Philosophy primarily adopts a theoretical stance. Psychotherapy, by contrast, becomes practical — this is where theory becomes concrete.
Dreams
I am particularly fond of existential‑narrative dream work. It was developed by Susanne Jaeger‑Gerlach in the tradition of Frankl. Through the dimension of meaning in my dreams, I found my own way into Frankl’s work. That is why dream work connects me with logotherapy in a special way.
In my counseling and psychotherapeutic work, I bring together the experience of 25 years in academia and project management with what I have learned through many encounters and travels.
Academic life
In addition to philosophy and Japanese studies, my subjects at university also included musicology and psychology.
I am currently researching the philosophical foundations of logotherapy and existential analysis, with a particular focus on philosophical anthropology and phenomenology.
My areas of emphasis at university include philosophy of culture as well as Buddhist and Japanese philosophy.
Most recently engaged in philosophy at University College Cork (Ireland), I am grateful to have met many inspiring people both on and off campus. This was made possible by research stays in places such as Turin, New York, and Zurich. I feel a special connection to Kyoto University in the old temple city.
My philosophical research projects, many of which I have carried out together with colleagues, have shaped my personal outlook on life. Time and again, I have been able to experience “up close” how philosophical questioning and existential meaning are intertwined.
This connection has motivated me to extend my professional work beyond philosophy into the field of psychotherapy.
And in my private life?
My “applied” explorations include, alongside psychology, Zen, bodywork, and dance. At the moment I am training for a marathon. I dance Lindy Hop and contact improvisation and am passionate about traveling the wider world. I often simply enjoy a bowl of green tea as the sun rises. I live with my partner and my son in Neukölln.