Therapy and self-exploration
Are you seeking deeper self-connection, understanding your inner patterns, and initiating meaningful change in your life?
My approach combines trauma-sensitive therapeutic work with a holistic framework that creates space for profound inner growth and transformation.
I gently support people in connecting with their emotional and physical experiences and in exploring inner dynamics such as different parts or aspects of the self.
The focus is not on fixing something — but on getting to know yourself more deeply, reconnecting with your resources, your agency, and finding new ways of relating to yourself and others.
Themes that might emerge in this space of self-inquiry
– Feeling more grounded and connected to your body and emotions
– Understanding inner blocks or recurring patterns
– Strengthening inner stability and self-trust
– Setting healthy boundaries
– Connecting with your life energy and healthy anger
– Allowing closeness and autonomy
– Expressing needs more clearly
– Exploring what it means to live from a place of truth and connection
Each process is unique. You bring your intention and we take time to explore what wants to be seen and understood. Sometimes this means meeting difficult emotions or old coping patterns. Sometimes it means reconnecting with your strength, clarity, or longing.
This work can support people who:
– Feel stuck in certain areas of life or relationships
– Experience emotional overwhelm, inner stress, or psychosomatic symptoms
– Live with the effects of trauma or difficult childhood experiences
– Notice repeating patterns that impact their relationships or well-being
– Long for a deeper connection to their emotions and body
– Are looking for therapeutic support in a mindful, body-oriented way
– Want to explore their true being
Trauma knowledge for therapy and self-exploration
Understanding Trauma and Its Impact
Trauma is often linked to major incidents. However, many traumas begin in early childhood and leave lasting marks on our nervous system and our relationships. They are widespread in our society and play an important role in both therapy and self-exploration.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
— Rumi
Traumatic experiences can be deeply painful and affect many parts of our lives. I don’t want to downplay the real suffering they cause. At the same time, from my own experience, I believe that wounds can also offer a path toward growth, greater self-awareness, and authenticity. It may open the door to profound inner inquiry. When approached with care and support, the impact of trauma can become a catalyst for self-awareness, growth, and a more authentic relationship with life.
What happens in trauma?
Trauma occurs when a person’s inner balance is shaken by stress or threat. Our bodies respond with protective reactions—fight, flight, or freeze. If these responses remain unresolved, they can lead to ongoing emotional, physical, and psychological distress.
Different Types of Trauma
Shock Trauma:
The result of an overwhelming, usually single event that acutely overwhelms the nervous system and triggers a survival response (fight, flight, freeze) without sufficient regulation or processing.
Attachment Trauma:
An early developmental and relational trauma that arises from chronic disruption of contact, safety, regulation, and authentic self-expression. It becomes embedded in the nervous system, in one’s sense of identity, and in relational patterns.
Complex Trauma:
Repeated traumatic experiences, especially in childhood and adolescence, with long-term psychological, somatic, and relational consequences. These experiences often involve repeated helplessness, powerlessness, attachment conflicts, and lack of co-regulation. Complex trauma affects not only the nervous system but also emotional regulation, self-image, relationship capacity, and identity development.
Intergenerational Trauma:
The transmission of unresolved trauma from one generation to the next—through relational patterns, attachment, behavior, and even biological stress responses.
Symptoms and Consequences of Trauma
Trauma manifests individually and in many layers. Common symptoms include:
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Stress and over- or under-arousal of the nervous system
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Difficulty feeling or regulating emotions
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Disrupted connection to the body
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Negative self-image, toxic shame, or guilt
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Sleep and concentration disturbances
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Problems in relationships or attachment
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Psychosomatic complaints, anxiety, depression, burnout
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Challenges in interpersonal relationships
How Can Trauma Therapy Support?
The focus of trauma therapy is to regulate the nervous system, restore a sense of safety and agency, and integrate split-off feelings and internal parts. Different approaches are emphasized depending on the type of trauma:
Shock Trauma: Processing the event, releasing stored shock energy, and returning to bodily awareness.
Attachment Trauma: The focus is on identifying early relational patterns and internal protective strategies and expanding emotional capacity. Old feelings such as pain, sadness, fear, anger, longing, or the desire for closeness and connection are consciously acknowledged, along with the protective strategies that developed in response. The goal is to regain clearer contact with one’s own emotions and needs, strengthen internal orientation, and foster a sense of trust and self-determination in relationships.
Complex Trauma: Working with resources, building stability and safety, and fostering a supportive therapeutic relationship. Psycho-Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT) and Ego-State work can also be used to explore internal parts, internal dynamics, and differing needs, supporting self-leadership and a clearer understanding of oneself.
About Me
After completing my training as a Healing practitioner for psychotherapy, I increasingly specialized in trauma therapy and continued my training with experienced trauma therapists. My many years of experience in business administration showed me how important it is not only to function efficiently, but also to truly stay connected to oneself. Today, I support people in (re)discovering this access.
My work is enriched by many years of spiritual practice and meditation. I provide a grounded psychotherapeutic setting that allows depth and authenticity. In this safe space, whatever needs to be felt, seen, or expressed is gently held - including the spiritual dimension, if it arises.
TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2014
Integrative Therapeutic Training, Heilpraktikerin for Psychotherapy
Akademie für Ganzheitsmedizin, Heidelberg
2017
Official License as Heilpraktikerin, restricted to Psychotherapy, under the German Heilpraktikergesetz
Gesundheitsamt Berlin-Lichtenberg
2017 – 2024
Psychiatric support (Eingliederungshilfe) as a social worker, in multidisciplinary teams under regular professional supervision
2019
Annual Advanced Training in (Complex) Trauma Therapy
Dipl. Psych. Michaela Huber, Göttingen
2020 / 2021
Annual Training in Body-Oriented Therapy for Attachment Trauma
Pia Bärwald
Traumatherapie Institut, Berlin
2020 – 2023
Advanced Training in Deep-Psychological and Existential Psychotherapy Methods
Dipl. Psych. Christian Meyer
Karen-Horney-Institut, Berlin
2021
Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice
Maarten Aalberse
Akademie für Integrative Traumatherapie, Berlin
2022
Ego-State Therapy
Dr. Kai Fritzsche
Online Training, Life-Lessons
2023
NARM® Training Level 1 (NeuroAffective Relational Model®)
Complex PTSD & Developmental Trauma
NARM Training Institute
2024
Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy (PITT) according to Reddemann
Dipl. Psych. Martina Hahn
Akademie für Integrative Traumatherapie, Berlin
I regularly attend advanced trainings, peer-consultations, and supervisions.
MODALITIES
First Contact
Before your first session, you have the opportunity to get to know me and my working methods in an initial telephone consultation. This initial consultation (15 minutes) is free of charge.
The first 3-4 sessions are a kind of trial session. It's an opportunity to get to know each other, determine whether my approach fits your needs, and whether both sides feel a sense of alignment to work together in greater depth.
Session Fee
The fee for a 60-minute session is 90 euros
My services are private services. The services are subject to VAT according to Section 4 No. 14a UStG or Section 19 UStG. exempt from sales tax. Payment is made in advance via PayPal or bank transfer.
Cancellations
Cancellations can be made free of charge up to 48 hours before the scheduled appointment.
Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the session or no-shows will incur the full session fee.
Languages
German and English
Online Sessions
I also offer online consultations. Online work has proven particularly useful these days.
For people with therapeutic indications, one or more in-person meetings are essential, at least initially. If due diligence allows, we may consider conducting online sessions.
There are now studies that recognize the online format as effective and suitable for counseling and therapeutic work, see e.g. https://www.therapie.de/psyche/info/therapie/online-therapie/wirksamkeit/
We'll schedule an appointment and meet for a consultation via video chat with audio and video. I use a special, secure online service for this type of consultation.
Online counseling cannot replace psychotherapy. If, based on the problem described, I feel that in-person therapy or therapy with another specialized therapist or specialist would be more appropriate, we will discuss this together.
Acute Emergency
In an emergency, please contact the Berlin Crisis Service (www.berliner-krisendienst.de) or the crisis service in your city or the nearest clinic.
CONTACT
Michaela Tomazin
Healing Practitioner for Psychotherapy (Heilpraktikergesetz)
AllerMunde Practice
Böckhstraße 45
10967 Berlin
Book recommendations
There are countless valuable books in the field of (trauma) therapy and inner work – these are just a few that have deeply inspired me personally and shaped my professional path.
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship, NARM
Laurence Heller, Aline LaPierre
North Atlantic Books
The Practical Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma NARM
Laurence Heller, Brad J. Kammer
North Atlantic Books
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
Penguin Books
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Peter A. Levine
North Atlantic Books
Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation
Stephen W. Porges
W.W. Norton & Company, 2021
Ein Kurs in wahrem Loslassen: Durch das Tor des Fühlens zu innerer Freiheit
Christian Meyer
Arkana Verlag
(only in German available)
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Dr. Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
Penguin Random House
Praxis der Ego-State-Therapie
Kai Fritzsche
Carl-Auer Verlag
(only in German available)
Who You Were Before Trauma: The Healing Power of Imagination for Trauma Survivors
Luise Reddemann
Klett-Cotta
Trauma, Fear and Love: How the Constellation of the Intention Supports Healthy Autonomy
Franz Ruppert
Green Balloon Publishing
Relationship Healing I: Trauma Therapy and Spirituality
Gopal Norbert Klein
BoD – Books on Demand
www.traumaheilung.net/en/resources
Befreiung von Scham und Schuld
Alte Überlebensstrategien auflösen und Lebenskraft gewinnen
Laurence Heller, Angelika Doerne
Kösel Verlag
(only in German available)
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Information according to § 5 TMG (German Telemedia Act)
Michaela Tomazin
Praxis AllerMunde
Böckhstraße 45
10967 Berlin (Kreuzberg), Germany
Email: Michaela.Tomazin@gmx.net
Mobile: +49 179 44 89 938
Professional Title
Heilpraktikerin, limited to the field of psychotherapy (Heilpraktikergesetz)
Licensing Information
I hold the official license to professionally practice psychotherapy as a non-medical practitioner ("Heilpraktikerin beschränkt auf das Gebiet der Psychotherapie") according to §1 Abs.1 of the German Heilpraktikergesetz (HeilprG, dated 17.02.1939, Reichsgesetzblatt I p. 251, BGBL. III 2122-2), granted on 18 July 2017 by the Public Health Authority (Gesundheitsamt / Bezirksamt Lichtenberg) in Berlin.
Supervisory Authority
Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales (LaGeSo)
Turmstraße 21 / House A
10559 Berlin
Germany
VAT Information
According to § 4 No. 14 of the German Value Added Tax Act (UStG), services within the scope of healthcare are exempt from VAT.
Tax number: 14/562/04588
Tax Office: Finanzamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Professional Liability Insurance
Continentale Sachversicherung AG
Ruhrallee 92
44139 Dortmund
Germany
Responsible for content according to § 55 Abs. 2 RStV:
Michaela Tomazin
Schreinerstraße 5
10247 Berlin, Germany
Legal Notice
For legal reasons, I would like to point out that none of the counseling or therapeutic methods I offer are intended to promise healing or guarantee relief from a condition or issue. This website serves solely to provide general information about my work and myself. The process of inner development is shaped by many factors - both internal and external - and unfolds uniquely for each indivitual.
Logo Design
Martha Hummel
www.marthahummel.de
Consumer Dispute Resolution
I am not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
Liability for Links
My website contains links to external websites of third parties. I have no influence on the contents of those sites and therefore cannot assume any liability for them. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content of linked pages. At the time of linking, the pages were checked for potential legal violations. Illegal content was not identifiable at that time.
Privacy Policy
1. Overview
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the full privacy policy below.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website owner. Their contact details can be found in the site’s legal notice (Impressum).
How is your data collected?
Your data is collected in two ways:
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When you provide it directly, for example by filling out a contact form.
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Automatically, through your visit to the website, such as technical data (e.g., browser type, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically when you visit the site.
What is your data used for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is functioning correctly. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to request information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, you may have the right to request the restriction of processing in certain cases. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
If you have any questions about data protection, you can contact me at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice.
Analytics and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This happens primarily through cookies and so-called analytics tools. Detailed information can be found in the privacy policy below.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery
External Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hosteurope.com). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host provider. This may include IP addresses, contact inquiries, metadata, communication data, contract data, contact information, names, page visits, and other data generated via the website.
Hosting is used to fulfill contractual obligations to potential and existing clients (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
The hosting provider will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow my instructions regarding this data.
3. General Notes and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
As the website owner, I take the protection of your personal data very seriously. I treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data may be collected. This privacy notice explains which data is collected and what it is used for, as well as how and for what purpose it happens.
Please note: Data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information About the Data Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Michaela Tomazin
Schreinerstraße 5
10247 Berlin, Germany
Email: Michaela.Tomazin@gmx.net
Phone: +49 179 44 89 938
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any previously given consent at any time. An informal email to me is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The legal basis on which processing is based is outlined in this privacy policy.
If you object, I will no longer process your affected personal data unless I can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling, to the extent it is related to direct marketing.