Our Trainers and the Team
Internationally renowned trainers have joined our team to launch the Somatic Experiencing® journey in Hungary.
Each module is conducted by a member of Somatic Experiencing® International's training faculty. We work with a different instructor every year, as each of them enriches the curriculum with their own unique, special character and experience, helping to further enhance the learning experience.
The instructor is supported by a senior assistant and a large team of assistants, which includes several assistants of Hungarian origin or who speak Hungarian.
About our Trainers
SEP, CMT, LMFT, Ph.D., SE® instructor, faculty member of Somatic Experiencing® International and the Foundation for Human Enrichment
Abi integrates Somatic Experiencing® with clinical research, psychobiological principles of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in both her professional practice and teaching. She conducted her own research on the role of implicit memory with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel among others.
She often collaborates with Peter Levine, and they currently offer two workshops in the USA.
SE® Trainer, Rolfer
Anne Janzen is a licensed body therapist and Rolfer in private practice since 1997. Since finishing the Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training in 2004, she has assisted SE® trainings with several SE® faculty members and deepened her understanding.
SEP, LMFT, MS, SE® Trainer,
somatic sex educator
Ariel has been working in the world of body-focused trauma processing for over 20 years. She is a senior trainer at Somatic Experiencing® International and conducts training for professionals worldwide.
She is extensively trained in prenatal and perinatal psychology, childhood developmental traumas, and has volunteered as a doula for years.
SE® Trainer, body-oriented psychotherapist
Dominique Degrange is a body-oriented psychotherapist, counselor and educator. A French native, Dominique Degranges has an educational background in painting and Anthroposophy. He began his psychiatric practice in art and counseling therapy 1981 and from 1984-1992 he studied process-oriented psychotherapy with Arnold Mindell, focusing with Eugene Gendlin, and polarity therapy. He then trained in craniosacral therapy with Franklin Sills. Since 1994 Dominique has been an instructor at l’Institut für Ganzheitliche Energiearbeit at Zürich teaching polarity therapy and process work, birth dynamics with Franklin Sills, and birth process and prenatal psychology with William Emerson.
SE® Trainer, psychotherapist
Doris Rothbauer is a licensed psychotherapist working as a teacher and trainer in different countries as well as in private practice in Munich for more than 20 years. Originally trained in communication and cognitive psychology, also holding a trainer certificate in NeuroLinguistic Programming (Dr. Christina Hall). She also completed the educational training in NARM (Dr. Lawrence Heller) as well as in Neuroaffective Developmental Psychology (Dr. Susan Hart and Marianne Bentzen).
SE® Trainer, psychologist, Rolfer
Cornelia Rossi lives in São Paulo, Brazil, and has been working as a somatic therapist for over 30 years. She is a senior trainer for both Somatic Experiencing® International (SEI) and the Rolf Institute® for Structural Integration (RISI).
Having lived in numerous countries, she enriches SE® education with a truly multicultural perspective. As a survivor of World War II and a refugee, she experienced firsthand the powerful healing effects of SE®.
SE® Trainer, CO, MT, RCST, BCST
Osteopath and craniosacral trainer, Kavi is a teacher and co-director of the International Institute for Craniosacral Balancing® and a training member of Somatic Experiencing®. As a teacher of the SE® methodology, Kavi shares his knowledge and passion for anatomy, physiology, and neurobiology in his groups - with clarity, passion, and creativity.
Assistant Team
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Florentina Niculescu
Assistant, SEP, clinical psychologist
She is an integrative psychotherapist and clinical psychologist. She has been a SEP (Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner) since 2018 and is now also an assistant on all levels. She has been working as a psychotherapist since 2014. She is the founder of the Association Pasi catre tine (www.pasicatretine.ro), a local non-profit organization.
Mila Covali
Assistant, SEP
Integrative psychotherapist based in Bucharest. She has been using Somatic Experiencing® in her professional practice for 6 years.SE® has provided her with a language, a large and valuable set of tools, and has changed the way she connects with and cares for herself.
Razvan Stan
Assistant, SEP, psychotherapist
He lives in Bucharest, Romania, and works as a psychologist (BA) and psychotherapist. So far, he has trained in Somatic Experiencing®, transactional analysis, and experiential art therapy (MA) methods. Additionally, he has studied and gained research experience in sociology and cultural anthropology.
Szász Andi
Assistant, SEP, clinical psychotherapist
Andi is a clinical psychotherapist and trauma specialist. She works in private practice in Sydney and is an auxiliary clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney. The foundation of her work and method is psychodynamic psychotherapy, the 'Conversational Model', Somatic Experiencing®, and she also utilizes the findings of attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology.
Nora Takieddine
Assistant, SEP, consulting psychotherapist
Currently, she lives and works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She completed her SE® training in California in 2015 and has since had the opportunity to further her education in master classes with Dr. Peter Levine, as well as participate in trainings led by Kathy Kain and Steve Terrel.
Saskia Mc Cafferty
Assistant, SEP, focusing practitioner
Lives in the north of England. She is a Focusing and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. She worked for 26 years in therapeutic social care with children and young people who needed special support. SE® showed her the missing puzzle piece that helped her understand what is necessary for change and healing.
Zlata Koštejnová
Senior Assistant, SEP
Zlata obtained her SEP certification in 2013 and she is a member of the Czech Republic's assistant team since then. She is a co-founder and current president of the Czech Somatic Experiencing® Association and a member of the European Association of Somatic Experiencing® (EASE). Zlata organizes workshops in the Czech Republic with Maggie Kline and also runs EmotionAid® in her home country.
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Zena Takieddine
Assistant, SEP, yoga teacher
Yoga teacher who considers it one of her main missions to teach others gentle methods and techniques that help tired people feel full of life again.
She conducts yoga trainings incorporating SE® for refugees and social workers, artists, and activists in Lebanon and Syria.
To become an assistant, you must first be a practicing SEP (Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner). Assistants providing supervisory consultation must have assisted in at least two full training cycles, while those offering individual consultations must have completed one. Collectively, the assistant team has extensive experience both as practitioners and in supporting group processes.
In the Hungarian training, as in the London training, there is a 3-to-1 ratio of participants to assistants, and we believe this greatly contributes to the high quality of our training.
The assistant team will be with you throughout the entire 3-year training - with occasional exceptions. This is their commitment to the training.
Silvia Munoz
Assistant, SEP,
psychologist
She lives in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and is a psychologist, specializing in psychological first aid, SEP (2016), and ISP (2018). She works with individual clients and groups, teaches about trauma, critical events, and crises, and collaborates with various organizations (both public and private) alongside her private practice. She speaks English, Spanish, Italian, and French.
Ligia Stella Correia
Assistant, SEP
Lives in Paraty (Rio de Janeiro state), Brazil. In 2017, she joined the SE® community in Brazil, and since then, it has become an important part of her life. She completed her three-year SEP (Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner) training in Brazil and Uruguay, becoming an SEP in 2019.
Mark Stroud
Assistant, SEP
He lives in Frome, in rural England. He spent part of his career in the charity sector in the UK and internationally, providing services, managing contracts, and fundraising. More recently, he has focused on his work as a trainer and facilitator, and has also qualified as a coach.
Rachel Cooper
Assistant, SEP, consultant
She lives in Brighton, in the south of England. She is a qualified counselor, working mostly with young people and those living with life-limiting illnesses.
SE® has made both her life and her profession much more meaningful and joyful.
Anki Karr
Lead Assistant, SEP, psychotherapist
Anki lives in Singapore and has been working in private practice as a psychotherapist for over 15 years. For many years, she has been interested in how we can develop and grow as human beings. She is experienced in both individual and group therapy, and has gained extensive experience in treating drug and alcohol addictions.
Elspeth Messenger
Senior Assistant, SEP, psychotherapist
She gained work experience with students at the University of Edinburgh, with companies and businesses in Sweden, and in state health education programs in Nigeria. She initially trained as a psychotherapist, then as an individual and group counselor/psychotherapist supervisor. Through personal experience, she learned that trauma requires specialized support.
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Roskó Marika
Senior Assistant, SEP, polarity therapist
Marika was born in Hungary and has been living in Switzerland since '56. She resides near Weggis, allowing her to participate in several of Peter Levine's live seminars every summer. She seizes every possible learning opportunity to help those who come to her find their own path to self-regulation. She has been an SEP (Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner) for over 15 years and has been a senior assistant since 2020.
Penny Boyland
Senior Assistant, SEP, stress and trauma therapist
Penny has been a stress and trauma therapist for 16 years. Fascinated by health and illness since childhood, she initially built a career in pharmaceutical research, studying anxiety and depression. The main characteristic of Penny's method is the integration of somatic felt sense with Western traumatology and physiology, and the Taoist philosophy of Chinese medicine.
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Defne Erdur Rabuel
SEP, Dance and Art Therapist
Defne works in the fields of health, education, culture, and arts, having trained in trauma resolution (Somatic Experiencing®, Integral Somatic Psychology, Full Embodiment), contemporary dance (doctoral degree), sociology (university and college degrees), intermodal expressive arts therapy, body-focused therapies (Deep Tissue Release, Trigger Point & Movement, integrative craniosacral therapy), and meditation.
Domján Eszter
Assistant, SEP, psychotherapist
She works with somatic psychotherapy methods in her private practice in New York. She has been an SEP since 2019. She completed her psychology degree at ELTE in Budapest, specializing in developmental and cognitive psychology, and later graduated in Mental Health Counseling in New York.
Dr. Hajós Katalin
Interpreter of our programs
Alongside her French-Communication (film specialization) studies, she completed the BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) conference interpreting program with an English-Hungarian-French language combination. She is an active player in the translation industry, managing a translation agency with nearly 30 years of history. We can see and hear her interpreting in various fields, but the work she finds most dear is alongside helping professions.
Ujvári-Pintér György
Interpreter of our programs
After completing his Hungarian-French degree, he simultaneously began working as a translator-interpreter and as a cultural manager. Additionally, he composes electronic music. He completed the coaching program at ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) and views his interpreting work with SE® as an extension of this.