Process

A non linear Journey

 Therapeutic work is not a fixed sequence or a linear path. It begins where you are and is guided by what is present in the moment. Within the shared process, the focus lies on noticing what emerges – internally and in relationship – and allowing space for this experience, without rushing to interpret or change it.

IDENTIFYING PATTERNS & INITIATING CHANGE

Over the course of therapy, patterns become visible that shape how you experience yourself, your relationships and your decisions. These patterns have often developed over a long period of time and once served an important function. Noticing them can open up the possibility of relating differently – to yourself and to others.

Change arises where awareness grows and personal responsibility becomes tangible again – not as obligation or moral demand, but as inner flexibility. In this sense, responsibility means taking one’s own experience seriously and increasingly experiencing oneself as an active participant in one’s own life.

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIPS

A central part of the therapeutic process is the exploration of relationship: of closeness and distance, autonomy and dependence. Sustainable relationships do not emerge through adaptation or withdrawal, but through the capacity to remain in connection – with oneself and with others. This capacity can be experienced within the therapeutic space and gradually extend into other areas of life.

I accompany you in this process with presence, clarity and respect, and with trust in the fact that change emerges from lived experience itself.

CONTACT


Swantje Rummel
Alternative practitioner for psychotherapy

mail@swantjerummel.com
+49 177 2349075

Elisabethkirch Straße 17
10115 Berlin

ABOUT ME

Even during my school years, I knew I wanted to study psychology. Life initially led me in a different direction – into the film industry. This path allowed me to work internationally with people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, social contexts and hierarchical structures. During this time, I learned to navigate complex dynamics, mediate conflicts and hold clarity in demanding situations. As a producer, my role was to bring together diverse perspectives and develop solutions that could hold under pressure.

Building on this experience, I co-founded and led two internationally successful companies in the advertising and film industry over a period of more than ten years.

In 2016, I became a mother. With this transition, my attention increasingly turned inward. I began to engage more deeply with my own history, inherited patterns and questions that had accompanied me since early on. This personal process brought me back to my original interest: understanding people and relationships.

I completed a four-year training in experienced orientated and emotion focussed  couple and family therapy at the German-Danish Institute for Family Therapy (DDIF). I subsequently deepened my work through advanced training in systemic therapy, which is currently in its final phase. I am also a licensed psychotherapist under the German Heilpraktikergesetz (HPG).

The experiential approach fundamentally changed my perspective. For a long time, I believed that people remained largely bound to their patterns and that fear or emotional pain were difficult to transform. Today, I know that change is possible. Through both personal experience and professional work, I have seen how mindful therapeutic processes can soften old imprints, allow separation to be integrated, and make new forms of connection possible. Above all, I have come to understand that, unlike in childhood, we have choices as adults.

In my work, I value clarity, openness and genuine respect. I offer a space free from judgment, where what is present is allowed to emerge. My aim is to provide stability, orientation and a resonant therapeutic framework in which development can unfold.

I work in my private practice in Berlin-Mitte and am also active as a family therapist at the Family Centre Weißensee.