Dr. Frederik Unseld

My approaches focuses on patterns that shape how you relate, often quietly and outside of your awareness.

Together, we explore how these patterns developed over time, and how they once made sense.

This may include experiences from childhood, difficult relationships, or periods of emotional insecurity.

It can show up as anxious attachment, avoidant strategies such as emotional shutdown or distance, or the push–pull dynamics often described as fearful avoidant (sometimes also called disorganized attachment).

This work is often more experiential than people expect.
Many people notice meaningful shifts once we begin working directly with inner experience.

Rather than explaining patterns away, we work with new ways of experiencing situations in the present.

Over time, this changes how you move through moments of closeness, distance, or conflict.
Your system begins to respond differently, and new choices become available.


How do we work together?

My sessions combine reflective conversation with guided inner work.

The inner work gently shifts your attention inward, allowing deeper emotional layers to become accessible in a contained and supportive way.

We move at your pace, and together find a rhythm that feels right.

After each session, you receive an audio recording of the guided part. Listening to this regularly helps deepen and integrate the experience into your daily life.

Over time, you may notice concrete shifts.

Self-doubt becomes less dominant.
A quieter, more stable inner center begins to emerge.
Fear of abandonment can soften.
Patterns like people-pleasing or self-erasure become less compelling, making space for a more grounded and authentic way of relating.

All sessions take place online.
You can join from anywhere, in your own space.


Free 60-minute conversation

If you’d like to explore whether this way of working is right for you, we can begin with a free 60-minute conversation.

If you’re interested, simply send me a message with your availability, and I’ll suggest a time.

Attachment-oriented work is something I care about deeply. Over the years, I’ve worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, relationship forms, biographies, and trauma responses. Each journey has been different, and each has shaped how I work today.

I draw on several years of training in attachment-focused and experiential approaches, including:

2026: The Mettagroup Method™ Certification Program | Certified Trauma Informed Coach, with George Haas

2024 - 2026: Training in integrative and contemplative psychology with John Churchill (student of Dr. Daniel Brown)

2021 - 2024: Training in repair for attachment disorders in adults (developed by Dr. Daniel Brown, Harvard Medical School)

2024: NLP Master-Trainer, certified by the German Society for Neurolinguistic Programming (DVNLP)

2023: NLP Master, certified by the German Society for Neurolinguistic Programming (DVNLP)

2022: NLP Practitioner, certified by the German Society for Neurolinguistic Programming (DVNLP)

2021: Hypno-Systemic Coach, certified by the German Professional Association for Coaching (DFC)

2020: PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Basel, Switzerland