Hi, I’m Claudia.

Voila, this is my story!

I am used to quickly establishing trust with people through my background in commercial photography and this means I am extremely comfortable when listening to and being fully present with others.

I grew up in Germany and have lived in many places, because I have always had the urge to explore and learn about the world.

While I was living in Asia far from my immediate family, my brother passed away. It taught me about grief and how to be at peace with death and loss..

My divorce made me confront my core beliefs. The consequence was that I grieved for the life I had lost, how my childhood had shaped me and the wounds I still carried as a result. In time I faced my fears and saw the process as a tremendous gift. This was a powerful turning point.

In October 2022 my father was diagnosed with cancer and I choose to walk the path with him. While supporting my family I got to understand the deep powers of mulitigeneratioal trauma and what it means to heal it. My father passed away in January 2024, which invited me into a new way being with grief.

When the path presents itself, take it.

I started my Praxis Permission to Bloom in 2019. It has been an ever evolving journey and deepening into the human psyche as I kept studying.
I am humbled by my work. I found my purpose.

To be present, to listen and to connect while creating a safe space is one of the many gifts I am bringing to my clients.
Healing is not just optional - it is gifted to us daily by turning inwards with curiosity.

My work is held in the safe containers & modalities of Compassionate Inquiry (CI), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Focusing (FOT) and the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (FSPM) . I studied Relational Psychedelic Therapy with focus on Integration (PAT). I am also an End of Life Doula and recently completed a yearlong apprenticeship under the guidance of Francis Weller to be a Grief Tender and Ritualist. 

I value the relational aspect and the mutual commitment to the healing process.
I would like to invite you to an intake call in order to get to know each other a bit and to lean into if we are good match.

I offer 1 : 1 online sessions and also work with groups.

Further I consider myself a Global Being, and an Elder in Training.
I am splitting my time between Berlin | Germany and California | USA

I look forward to connecting with you!

Relevant Education & Certifications

- Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner & (private) Mentor
- Certificate of Completion for Clinical Consultation/Supervision Training | Lois Ehrmann
- Polyvagal-Informed Focusing Teacher - in trainiging | Polyvagal Institute & Jan Winhall
- Felt Sense Polyvagal Model for Trauma & Addiction by Jan Winhall | Polyvagal Institute 
- Certified Grief Tender & Ritualist around Sorrow, Loss, Grief after a yearlong apprenticeship with Entering the Healing Ground | Francis Weller
- Focusing | Felt Sensing | Vera R. Fryd Lyngmo, Norway & International Focusing Institute 
- IFS | Richard Schwartz. - Stepping Stones & Trauma informed training 
- Relational Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy & Integration | Beckley Academy 
- Psychedelics &  the Mind | Berkeley BCSP - training & certification as a PAT in conjunction with other therapeutic modalities 
- Certified End of Life Doula | Conscious Dying Institute, Colorado

Talk by Frank Ostaseski, Founding Director of Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco

What People Are Saying

The loss of Self is the essence of trauma.

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