Your Story Matters
Psychotherapy & Coaching in Berlin-Friedrichshain
Authentic narratives for a new future
What if… this were the beginning of a new chapter?
Maybe you sometimes feel different - and that your story doesn’t match the person you want to become. Here, you can explore a new version of it: a narrative that takes you seriously, strengthens you, and helps you come back to yourself - so your life fits you again.
Because it’s not what happened to you that defines who you are – but the way you speak about it..
German & English · intercultural · gender-sensitive · in person & online
If you’re ready to give your story a new direction, you’re in the right place.
👉 Book a free introductory session
You’re in the right place if you…
▸ often feel caught between cultures, life phases or roles
▸ haven’t felt truly understood in traditional therapy settings
▸ have tried many things and are looking for a new approach
▸ want to decide for yourself how often and how regularly to meet
▸ prefer that your diagnosis stays private
▸ need support while waiting for insurance-covered therapy to begin
🤝 Miriam Rürup
Quality & Ethos
✧ Master of Arts in Biographical and Creative Writing
✧ Heilpraktiker licence (limited to psychotherapy)
✧ ✧ Narrative Therapist (The Institute of Narrative Therapy, UK)
✧ Systemic Hero’s Journey (training with Holger Lindemann)
✧ Certified Integration Coach
✧ Storytelling as a guiding principle
🌀 Your story is not the problem - it’s the beginning.
Duration: 50 minutes · Fee: 85 € · Reduced ratefor multiple sessions
In therapy or coaching, it’s not about what’s “wrong” with you.
It’s about understanding what has shaped you – and how you want to tell your story differently now.
I work with you continuously and clearly – step by step, without pressure.
Typical themes:
- recurring relationship patterns or self-doubt
- exhaustion, emptiness, overwhelm
- orientation in transitions or life changes
- questions of meaning, identity, self-understanding
- creative or professional reorientation
Goal
More inner stability, confidence and freedom to act – through a process that fits you.
If this resonates with you, use the contact form or learn more about
Single Sessions & Services
🪶 Story Shift
Duration: 90 minutes · Fee: 120 €
When you feel stuck, a Story Shift can help you regain clarity. Together we make sense of what has happened – and find the version of your story that strengthens you instead of holding you back.
For whom:
For people in acute stress situations who want to create a tangible change – in just one session.
Solution-focused, narrative, clear – a shift in perspective that makes a difference.
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🌄 Systemic Hero’s Journey
Duration: ca. 120 minutes · Fee: 160 €
The Systemic Hero’s Journey helps you see your path more clearly. You’ll recognize where you are right now, what’s holding you back, and what’s ready to emerge next.
For whom:
For people in times of change, making important decisions, or beginning a new chapter.
Based on the method developed by Holger Lindemann – a structured process to regain orientation and self-confidence.
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🌍 Living between Worlds
Duration: 50 minutes · Fee 85 €
Living between two cultures can be deeply enriching – and at times, challenging. This coaching helps you find orientation and confidence while staying true to yourself.
For whom:
Expats, returnees and international professionals seeking belonging, clarity or balance – in their work or personal lives.
Culturally sensitive, bilingual (German & English), solution-focused – for a life that truly fits you.
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What Makes My Work Unique
Therapy meets Storytelling
🪶 Personal Storytelling – your own narrative Personal Storytelling - your own narrative
We uncover the meaning within your experiences, values, and wishes - so a coherent narrative can emerge that gives you direction and strengthens you.
🎨 Creative, yet grounded
I work with language, images, symbols, and short writing impulses - not for analysis, but to make new perspectives visible and open up room for action.
🌍 Intercultural & gender-sensitive
I see you within your full context - cultural, familial, social. Your story deserves space, even beyond expectations and norms.
🕊️ Narrative
Why our stories matter
We live in a time in which different stories (narratives) shape how we see the world — in media, politics, work, and identity. Narrative Therapy and storytelling help you orient yourself within all of this: What do I say about myself? What is said about me? And what do I want to say in my own words?
This work is personal — and at the same time socially relevant. Because every changed narrative also changes the way we live together.
Narrative Therapy
Internationally established – still new in Germany
Narrative Therapy has long been established in many English-speaking countries – including Australia, Canada, the UK and the United States. It is based on the understanding that people are more than their problems, and that change begins when we start to tell our stories differently.
I am among the few therapists in Germany who specialize in this approach. It is innovative, deeply human and effective – because it helps you regain meaning, agency and a sense of self-efficacy, without labels or pathologizing.
You are not the problem.
The problem is the problem.
Tip
The TED-Talk „The Danger of a Single Story“ (english) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an inspiring invitation to explore new perspectives – and to discover the depth and richness of your own story.
What if...
you took the next step now?
Schnelle Hilfe
Solltest du dich in einer akuten psychischen Krisensituation befinden, wende dich bitte an den Berliner Krisendienst:
In crisis?
If you are currently experiencing an acute mental health crisis,
please contact the Berlin Crisis Service: