About me

Marc Strüder

I am interested in how people understand themselves, make decisions and relate to others. I look both at personal experience and at the circumstances in which someone lives and works.

My professional path has taken me through different fields: social work, executive coaching and psychotherapy. I worked as a lawyer and mediator in employment and medical law. My bodywork is grounded in training in yoga, Thai bodywork and meditation. These experiences shape the questions I ask and what I pay attention to.

What you can expect from me

I work attentively and directly. I take time to understand your perspective and share my own observations. Contradictions and difficult topics are welcome too. What matters is what you want to work on and which setting is appropriate for that.

In bodywork, this means carefully agreeing on touch and intensity. In conversation, it means looking more closely and exploring connections together. My previous work as a lawyer and mediator sharpens my awareness of conflict dynamics and the different interests behind entrenched positions.

Training and experience

Professional background

I hold a German permit to practise healing restricted to psychotherapy (Heilpraktiker, beschränkt auf das Gebiet der Psychotherapie). I am a Diplom-Sozialarbeiter (FH), a graduate in social work, and a qualified jurist with a Prädikatsexamen, a distinction-level German law examination. Previously, I worked as a lawyer in employment and medical law. My main occupation is as a Regierungsdirektor, a senior civil servant, in a federal ministry. I offer the services described here as an independent activity alongside my main occupation.

Psychotherapeutic work

Training and continuing education in talking therapy, humanistic psychotherapy, Buddhist psychotherapy and somatic psychotherapy, as well as hypnosis, EMDR, constellation work and body-oriented methods, among others. Volunteer work in psychosocial emergency support for the Land Berlin.

Coaching and mediation

Training as a mediator and business coach, along with practical experience in individual coaching for managers, particularly around conflict and difficult working relationships.

Bodywork and meditation

Well over 1,000 hours of training and continuing education in yoga, Thai massage and acupressure. Privately certified training in yoga and Thai massage. Private study of Buddhist teachings, including in person with Chogyal Rinpoche, alongside in-depth exploration of body awareness and Vipassana meditation.

I am happy to explain which of these experiences are relevant to our work together. The approach we use depends on the concern we have agreed to address.

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