Process

Identifying Patterns & Initiating Change

Identifying Patterns

My initial focus is to guide you in developing a deeper sense of observation. Together, we work to identify and understand the patterns formed by past experiences and examine the resulting behaviors. We sort these patterns together and look at how they affect your behavior today.

Questioning Perceived Realities

Often, our “perceived reality” matches what we experienced in the past but is no longer suitable for our present life and experiences. I support you in feeling and understanding that many of the reactions that are now internalized are no longer necessary. Although they once had meaning, they often hinder us today.

Creating New Experiences and Enabling Development

Once you recognize these patterns, you can create new experiences and initiate positive development step by step. This process opens the path to a more authentic life and more sustainable relationships.

Building Sustainable Relationships

To build sustainable relationships—whether in partnership, family, or professional life—two important prerequisites must be met:

Self-Responsibility and Awareness

Everyone involved must become aware of their own desires, needs, and boundaries and take responsibility for their behavior. This self-reflection is the first step toward a stable and healthy relationship.

Creating Space for Shared Development

It requires a willingness to create space for shared development and to engage with each other. Relationships are dynamic and develop in dependence on one another. Actively shaping this process requires time, patience, and mutual trust. Throughout this journey, I will support you with understanding and guidance.

Balancing Autonomy and Dependence

A sustainable relationship always consists of a balance between autonomy and dependence. Just like a bird that relies on its environment—air, light, wind, and currents—to fly freely, we humans are also part of a network of relationships that shape and support us.

We are social beings from birth. Just as an infant needs the reflection of another person to perceive themselves, we adults also sometimes need this feedback. Therapy can offer this reflection, allowing growth and change to happen.

CONTACT


Swantje Rummel
Couple and Family Therapist

mail@swantjerummel.com
+49 177 2349075

Elisabethkirch Straße 17
10115 Berlin

ABOUT ME

Already during my school years, I had a desire to study psychology. However, life initially led me in a different direction—into the film industry. This decision allowed me to travel the world and work with people from diverse cultures, social backgrounds, and hierarchical levels. During this time, I gained valuable experience in managing conflicts that arise when different perspectives and backgrounds intersect. As a producer, my role was to harmonize all these perspectives and bring them into alignment.

With this expertise, I co-founded and led two internationally successful companies in the advertising and film industry over the past ten years.

In 2016, I became a mother and began to delve more deeply into my own story and the patterns that have shaped me. This exploration led me back to my original interest in psychology.

I decided to start a four-year training program as an experiential couples and family therapist at the German-Danish Institute for Family Therapy (DDIF). This training, which I am now expanding with further studies in systemic therapy, has fundamentally changed my way of thinking.

For a long time, I believed that people were trapped in their behavioral patterns and that it is almost impossible to change. However, through the DDIF’s experiential approach, I learned that change is possible. I experienced firsthand how therapeutic work can break through destructive behavioral patterns, overcome separations and enable connections. I have internalized that today, unlike in childhood, I have a choice.

In my work, I place great value on openness, appreciation, and respect. I provide an unbiased space—it's never about judgment or condemnation, but about allowing everything to be as it is.