When old protection shapes closeness and safety today.
Trauma-sensitive work with EMDR and hypnotherapy: stabilisation first, a pace that fits, and careful processing when the ground is steady enough.
When something reacts today that should be over by now.
Trauma is not only an event. It can be a trace in the nervous system. It often becomes visible in relationships, closeness and sexuality.
- Certain situations trigger reactions that feel larger than the moment.
- Closeness is hard to tolerate physically or emotionally.
- Attachment experiences reach into current relationships.
- After sexual trauma, sexuality feels loaded or unsafe.
- Inner parts feel contradictory, split off or hard to hold together.
Safety before depth. Stabilisation is not the warm-up. It is the work.
Common trauma-related themes.
Two methods, one principle: safety before depth.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to help process distressing memories. Hypnotherapy after Milton H. Erickson works with trance as a natural state of focused attention, not as manipulation.
Both methods are used carefully. The frame is stabilisation, resources and integration, not pushing through pain.
- Stabilisation first, always.
- Resource activation before confrontation.
- Bilateral stimulation or trance depending on the concern.
- Parts work where it fits.
- Integration and anchoring of new experience.
Stability before depth. Always.- Torsten Machold
Clear before the first conversation.
- Individuals 55 min · in person or online110 €
- Deepened session 90 min · in person or online165 €
- Reduced fee 45 min · in person or online55 €
- First call · phone or video 15-20 minfree
Private service. EMDR and hypnotherapy are usually not covered by statutory health insurance. Private insurers decide depending on the contract.
What people often want to know before the first call.
01 Do I have to tell the trauma in detail?
No. EMDR can work without a full verbal retelling. The focus is processing the burden, not reliving it in words.
02 How quickly does EMDR work?
With clearly defined single-event trauma, some people notice change after a few sessions. Complex trauma usually needs more stabilisation.
03 Will I lose control in hypnosis?
No. Trance is a natural focused state. You stay able to act, can stop at any time and decide what happens.
04 When is this work not suitable?
With acute suicidality, severe dissociation or acute psychiatric symptoms, another setting may be needed first. This is clarified honestly in the first conversation.
Let us look together at what might help right now.
In a free first call, you can briefly explain what brings you here. Together we clarify the possible frame and whether working together makes sense.