Tamara Ruhberg
Somatic Counsellor & Body Counsellor
Come home to your body. Come home to yourself: I blend somatic therapy, EMDR & attachment work to help you feel more ease, trust and connection in your nervous system and your relationship with yourself and others.
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About me
Many of the struggles we face as adults like anxiety, people-pleasing, overthinking, difficulties with closeness or boundaries, are not flaws. From an attachment and nervous system perspective, they are intelligent strategies that once helped us stay connected, safe, or in control.
Since 2018, I’ve been deeply dedicated to supporting people in finding new ways forward with their psychosocial and physical wellbeing. My work began in the corporate world, where I focused on preventive approaches that help leaders and employees navigate social stress and high-pressure environments without burning out.
Over time, I focused more on somatic and attachment-based therapeutic work. Thus today, I specialize in supporting humans who, from the outside, seem to have it all together, yet internally feel tense, self-doubting, overwhelmed or disconnected.
Having lived in Germany, China, Switzerland and now the Netherlands, I deeply understand, what it means to rebuild safety and belonging in unfamiliar environments, to adapt and start over.
In my work, I help you gently reconnect with your nervous system, your boundaries, your needs and your sense of self, so new ways of relating can emerge, not from effort, but from felt safety.
I welcome people of all backgrounds, orientations, and identities. Whether you’re new to this work or have been on the path for a while: you’re welcome just as you are.
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Location:
Media Gallery
Approach
I offer a supportive, and non-judgmental space where we explore what currently feels challenging for you and find new ways to create lasting change in the way you relate to yourself and your environment.
My approach is needs-oriented and combines mindful dialogue with somatic methods that slowly include your body and nervous system in the process.
Normally, our nervous system regulates itself after stress: we mobilize energy to take action, and then return to rest and recovery. When this cycle is interrupted, the system remains on high alert. Over time, this can lead to all kinds of physical and psychological symptoms.
In our work together, the focus is on gradually restoring this capacity for regulation. We work with your thoughts, feelings and body sensations, so that change is not only understood but also felt in the body.
Each person is different: with their own story, their own pace. That’s why every session is shaped individually and with mindful collaboration, in a way that feels right for you.
To support this, I draw from my trainings in Somatic Experiencing™, NARM® (Neuro Affective Relational Model), IFS (Internal Family Systems) and EMDR, as well as embodiment and mindfulness practices with my background in Corporate Health Management. This allows me to combine deep trauma-informed work with practical tools for everyday life and professional contexts.
Experience
2023 - present Independent practice in Zurich & Amsterdam Oud-West.
2022 - 2025 elipsLife AG (Zurich): Corporate Health Consultant -Consulting & training for leaders on burnout prevention, stress management, resilience, and trauma-sensitive communication
2018 - 2022 Consciousness Solutions GmbH: Mindfulness Meditation teacher
2018 - 2021 move UP - Gesundheitsmanagement GmbH (Hamburg): Corporate Health Consultant -Consulting & training for employees & leaders on mental health and workplace-related healthy nutrition & exercise programs
2016 - 2018 Soreha China AG (Beijing): Health Consultant Implementation of German health prevention concepts in the Chinese market
Education
-EMDR (2025-2026) - Paracelsus School, Germany
-IFS (Internal Family Systems) (2025) - Foundational Training at IFS-Institute Berlin.
-The IFS Clinician’s Guide: Restoring Self, Healing Trauma and Deepening Therapy (2025) - Dr. Frank Anderson
-Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder Firstline Treatment (2025) - NOCD Academy
-Healing Attachment Wounds: Building Emotional Safety; Trauma-Based Anxiety: Restoring Safety and Connection (2025) - Dr. Diane Pool Heller, Dr. Terry Levy
-Somatic Experiencing® (SE) - Center for Inner Ecology in Zurich (2023–2025): A body-based method that helps regulate the nervous system and process trauma and stress stored in the body.
-Restoring Resilience: Somatic Healing from Complex Trauma (2024) - Dr. Diane Pool Heller, Dr. Peter A. Levine
-The NeuroAffective Relational Model® (NARM, 2021–2022): NARM - Complex Trauma Training Center, Dr. Laurence Heller
-Master of Arts in Prevention and Health Management (2013–2015), major: Stress Management and Sports Psychology
-Bachelor’s in Fitness Economics (2010–2013), major: training science, and nutritional science
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
Individual Session
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