
Building Intimacy That Stays​​
​​1:1 program for people who want to build sustainable intimate relationships without losing themselves​
Perhaps it’s been a while since you've been close to someone.
You crave intimacy.
You want to develop sustainable and lasting connections (monogamous, romantic or not),
where you are also being seen, not just seeing and holding others.
Where there is space for you and honest vulnerable communication.
To have a place in your life that is beyond labels and pressure to perform and fulfil expectations.
Yet - it hasnt happened.
It might feel like all this is bigger than you and out of your hands.
But is it?
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This program is an invitation to explore this very question together. We will look systematically at how you get close to people, and start to understand the difficulties you tend to encounter. From there, we will clarify the ways you usually respond to these challenges. By gaining clarity on these patterns, you open the possibility to change your relationship with them — which, in turn, can transform how you relate to others, and how others relate to you.
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This program might be for you if:​
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You long for lasting, deeper, more honest connections in your sexual/romantic life, where you can feel safe and be seen.
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You wish for intimacy, whether in a committed-monogamous frame or an alternative one, but at the same time it terrifies you.
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You feel stuck in relational patterns or in loneliness, but don’t know what you can do about it.
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You are drawn to work with boundaries, shame, and vulnerability in an experiential container, instead of just talking about it.
This program is not for you if:​​
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You are currently carrying complex, unresolved sexual trauma that hasn’t been addressed in a therapeutic setting (this work may not offer enough containment. I’m happy to refer you elsewhere).
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Your current primary interest is in erotic or pleasure-based practices rather than relational inquiry.
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You are not interested in engaging in a slower, reflective process that involves looking closely at your own patterns and responses in intimacy.
To be realistic:
This work isn’t going to dissolve all your relational pain and challenges. Rather:
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You will get an overview of the places you tend to get stuck in, and develop the ability to recognize your habitual responses to them and empathically understand where they are coming from.
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It will introduce different tools to relate to difficulties in creating and maintaining intimacy. So that the next time they show up, you might have a better idea of how to go about them differently, and respond from a more empowered and capable position.
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We will work on translating vague bodily impulses and sensations into concrete communication about boundaries, needs, and wishes.
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We will look together at internalized social expectations, and distinguish between them and what you really want.
What is included
6 individual sessions with me (in Berlin or online).
In each session, we explore a different theme in the field of sexuality and intimacy through talking, constellation work, movement, and touch (if in person).
Session 1: Mapping the Space
An overview of how I am already creating and maintaining intimacy in my life. Drawing together a map of recurring difficulties, their origins and how you tend to handle them, while also getting more precise about what I want to have.
Session 2: From Embodiment to Communication
Practicing listening to oneself through the body and finding a language to share and talk about these experiences.
Session 3: Communication – Boundaries, Needs, and Wishes
Introducing and practicing tools for actively facilitating safety for myself and realizing desires.
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Session 4: Rejection
A journey into the land of rejection. Making contact with it, finding ways to support myself when it occurs, and putting it in an appropriate context.
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Session 5: Nudity
Practicing the skills we have developed in the context of undressing/dressing, with the option to undress as much as you feel comfortable, with me as a supportive witness.
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Session 6: Integration
Looking back at the work we did and deepening it. Exploring how you understand intimacy and its challenges from where we arrived.
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This predetermined route is to provide an external structure to hold the process, while taking each person into their own unique journey. However, this structure is flexible. And so If a particular theme calls for more time, or if a topic that isn't on this list feels more relevant/appealing - we can talk about it and adapt.
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Also included:​​
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1 in-person workshop in Berlin — or 2 online workshops on conscious and embodied sexuality.
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Videos and written materials with exercises to support integration between sessions.
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Ongoing support from me throughout the entire program.
Logistics​​​
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The program runs for up to 10 weeks, and sessions take approximately every week.
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Workshop(s) can be attended up to 4 months after the first session.
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The price for the program is €700. Installments are possible.
If it speaks to you, and you would like to find out more, I invite you to reach out for an initial mapping of the intimatie space: a free 40-minute call, where we will reflect together on where you are at now, where you want to get and what prevents you from reaching there. And also get to know each other and understand if we are good fit.