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About Me

Sven Collip
I work with people in times of crisis, transition, and challenging life situations.
My approach combines systemic individual and couples therapy, hypnotherapy in the tradition of Milton Erickson, and psycho-oncological support. I also bring many years of experience in psychotraumatology.
My work is shaped not only by professional training, but by an intensive personal path. Part of this path led me to spend several years in a Buddhist monastery, an experience that continues to inform my therapeutic work to this day.
At the heart of my work is the kind of contact we establish. It allows even contradictory or difficult-to-make-sense-of experiences to be spoken about.
Rather than quickly treating feelings or reactions as problems, we take time to look more closely at how they are being dealt with.
Ongoing professional exchange with colleagues from psychotherapy and medicine is an integral part of my work.
Education and Qualifications
- Systemic Therapist
(SIE – Systemisches Institut Euregio / Dr. Susanne Altmeyer) - Master of Hypnotherapy
(ABH – American Board of Hypnotherapy) - Psycho-Oncologist
(DKG – GermanCancer Society)
(Institut für Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse Rhein-Eifel) - Feldenkrais® Practitioner
(four-year professional training under the direction of Dr. Chava Shelhav) - Licensed practitioner for psychotherapy (Heilpraktiker, Psychotherapy)
Further training with, among others:
Elmar Woelm, PhD (InHypnos), Dr. Gunther Schmidt, Dr. Stefan Ahlstich, Dr. Dan Short (Milton Erickson Institute Phoenix, USA)
Experience and Areas of Work
- Private practice since 2014
- Several years of creative therapeutic work in psychotraumatology
(Gezeitenhaus Schloss Eichholz, Wesseling) - Several years of creative therapeutic work at the Privatklinik Eschweiler (formerly Röher Parkklinik)
- Extensive prevention work in primary schools focusing on the prevention of sexualized violence, including workshops and informational events for teachers and parents
(in cooperation with theaterpädagogische werkstatt gGmbH) - Longstanding experience in special needs education
- Six years living in a Buddhist monastery
(Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu tradition, including a traditional three-year retreat)
Further Training in:
Psychodrama (ifs Essen), Theatre Education, Somatic Experiencing (S.E.)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Personal
- Born 1975
- Married, father of two children
- Languages: English (fluent); French (good passive understanding, limited active use)
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