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Rebekka Lehmann
Clinical & Health Psychologist and Trauma Therapist
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In our online sessions, I hold a safe space for you to learn how to care for yourself as well as you care for others. As you look inward and reflect, I'll help you find compassion for yourself and your unique situation.
- €95 / session
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About me
I specialize in the areas of stress, burnout, compassion fatigue*, and secondary trauma**. I largely work with people in helping professions and caregiving roles, including animal rights activists.
I myself have worked in the helper system (with kids & youth, refugees, and people in rehabilitation) and have experienced the obstacles we face when we want to stay healthy while doing our important work in this world.
Next to my one on one work in my private online practice and through an employee assistance program called ifeel, I have a part-time role dedicated to working with people who are dealing with transitioning into new work roles.
While I'd describe myself as an introvert, I thrive on connecting with people one-on-one. I've spent many years abroad and live in a binational relationship. I work in English and German and speak Spanish on a conversational level.
Walking my own talk is something that is important to me, and I'm doing my best to take good care of myself while I care for others. If I'm not passionately working on my vision, you’ll find me on my yoga mat, reading, writing for Elephant Journal, skinny-dipping, or taking a walk in one of Berlin’s parks.
My approach
In our sessions, we create something together. While I might be the one who is knowledgeable in my specific field and can offer you useful tools and insights, you're the expert on your own personal experiences.
I strongly believe in the connection between mind and body, and my holistic approach is influenced by my background in mindfulness and yoga. I work in a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and feminist way, which includes looking at the systems and resources you live and work in.
This is important because helping professions (especially the ones that are not compensated fairly) are systemically still 'women’s work' and caregiving roles and tasks in our families are still distributed unequally.
What I'm offering you in our sessions is something I’ve found to be helpful when I go to therapy myself: A non-judgmental, honest, and open-minded space where my presence leaves room for you to explore whatever you need to explore, gently nudging you to go deeper.
Our therapy process aims to meet your individual needs, and may bridge the gap between your past experiences and the here and now.
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If this is something you may connect with, contact me here or via hello@rebekkalehmann.com for a free 30-min exploration call to get to know each other and see if we're a good fit.
Our sessions last 60 min and may be reimbursed by your employer. I'm part of the Employee Assistance Program of It's complicated. You can find out if this might be an option for you here: https://complicated.life/en/for-companies
Finally, if you like, grab your weekly dose of self-care here: https://rebekkalehmann.com/signup/
* Compassion fatigue describes the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of helping others — resulting in a diminished ability to help.
** Secondary trauma is the emotional stress that results when someone (repeatedly) hears about the firsthand traumatic experiences of a survivor.
Where I practice
Qualifications and experience
Education
2024 — Buddhist Psychology Training, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, United States
2021 — Instructor "Mindfulness for Stress Management", taohealth Akademie, Berlin
2019 — Trauma Sensitive Yoga Practionier, Akademie für integrative Traumatherapie, Berlin
2018 — Holistic Trauma Counseling and Therapy, Campus Naturalis, Leipzig, Germany
2015 — 200hrs Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, 200h, Samma Karuna, Koh Phangan
2014 — M.A. Clinical and Health Psychology, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
2011 — B.Sc. Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
since 2014 — self-experience in various meditation modalities and self-compassion as well as supervision in psychodynamic therapy approaches
Experience
since 03/2022 — psychologist for rehabilitation (part-time) — 1:1 counseling; leading peer intervision groups for our team of social workers
since 08/2021 — private online counseling practice — 1:1 clients, workshops about compassion fatigue for people in helping professions, courses around mindfulness meditation as well as self-care courses for caregivers, yoga for mental health teacher training (guest teacher)
2019 to 2020 — psychologist, refugee camp, Berlin — 1:1 work with refugees; connecting them to necessary care providers in the city
2016 to 2018 — caregiver, children's home, Berlin — caregiver to the kids, 1:1 work with parents, schools, as well as child and youth services
Languages
English
German
Insurances
Private Pay
Published articles
5 Ways Yoga can Support your Mental Health
It’s been eight years since I took my first yoga teacher training. Eight years since my yoga mat has had my back, both literally and figuratively. Having that safe space to return to again and again has been an incredibly powerful tool for my own healing when life throws curveballs. While I don’t believe everyone
A Listening Partnership – a Self-care Tool For Helping Professionals
If you're in a helping profession, like therapy or counseling, you know how important self-care is to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. And if you haven't already, you might want to consider adding a listening partner to your self-care toolbox. In this article, Rebekka Lehmann guides you through what a listening partnership is, how it works, and why it can be so beneficial for mental health professionals.Usually responds within one day