Benjamin Elan
Narrative Counsellor and Chinese Medicine Practitioner
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About me
I am a Psychological Counsellor and Chinese Medicine Practitioner, and have been doing emotional and physical healing work for over 15 years. My work has taught me that mind and body are interconnected, and they heal best when treated together. I believe that humans do best when they are living beautiful and meaningful lives, and that social bonds and a sense of belonging are essential parts of human health.
I am bicultural, having grown up both in Israel and the United States and have been an expat for the past seven years. I have lived in both Thailand and Indonesia and have practiced and taught holistic medicine workshops all over South East Asia. I work mainly with expat clients helping them dealing with the complexities of living in a culture that is not our own.
My therapy work has been shaped by a long journey through the world of holistic medicine and spirituality. Some of the practices that influence me the most are Qi Gong, Vipassana meditation, journaling, plant medicine, free dancing, embodiment work and breath work to name a few.
There are several other values that are important to me as a therapist and as a person. Here are a few of them: LGBTQ+ allyship, sex-positivity, environmentalism, political activism, community building, multi-culturalism, yogic lifestyle, non-normative relationships, anti-consumerism and anti-fundamentalism, and many others.
https://psychologicalcounsellor.de
I speak:
EnglishHebrew
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Approach
Treatment Approaches
Holistic approachRecommended for those who want to address their mental health through a balanced focus on mind, body, and spirit.
Narrative therapyRecommended for those who want to rewrite the way they view their life story and feel more empowered in their personal journey.
Mind and body are interconnected. In my practice I have found that psychotherapeutic conversations are tremendously helped when done in conjunction with holistic health work. Chinese Medicine in particular has many tools with which to address emotional problems.
My treatment approach is based in Narrative Therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Narrative Therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling, which centres people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes that people have many skills, values, ethics and aspirations that will assist them in bettering their lives. Therapy is a collaborative effort in which the expertise of the therapist and the expertise of the client contribute equally. It seeks to recognize the broader social context in which problems occur, acknowledging the influence of gender, class, race, culture and sexual identity.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (or TCM) is an ancient system of health and wellness that’s been used in China for thousands of years. It is holistic, in that it perceives the physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of a person to be interconnected and interdependent to each other. It views health as a whole and will utilize one of these realms to heal another.
Cost
Individual Session
€80
Insurances
Private Pay
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