Mareike Ringena, Dance Movement Psychotherapist, moving barefoot among bluebells in a woodland, arms raised mid-movement

Come home to yourself,
through your body.

Dance Movement Psychotherapy & Focusing Sessions. In person in Bristol and online, in English and German.

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Does this sound like you?

You spend a lot of time in your head, thinking.
You long to feel more connected to your body and your inner feelings.
You struggle with feelings of loneliness, anxiety, self-judgement or low self-esteem.

You either get overwhelmed by your feelings, or feel numb and disconnected from them.
You long to feel closer to yourself, and to the people around you.

Mareike Ringena, Bristol therapist, seated calmly against a tree trunk with bluebells around her

Hi, I’m Mareike —

I'm a fully registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist (MA, ADMP UK) and certified Focusing Practitioner (BFA), with over ten years' experience across schools, mental health organisations and charities. Originally from Germany, I've been living and practising in Bristol since 2016.

I offer a warm, attuned presence and a gentle, embodied space to explore your emotional world, deepen self-understanding, and reconnect with yourself through body-based awareness, movement and creative processes.

DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY (MA, ADMP UK) · FOCUSING PRACTITIONER (BFA) · CHILDREN’S FOCUSING COMPANION · RADICAL ALLOWING PRACTITIONER · BSC PSYCHOLOGY

I support people to come closer to themselves, through movement, Focusing and creative expression.

Two ways of working together

Two distinct pathways. Each honours the wisdom of the body, but they offer different kinds of support.

DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy through movement and the body

A therapeutic process that works through movement, creativity and the therapeutic relationship. Together we use movement, body awareness, play and creative expression to explore your emotions, life issues, your relationship with yourself and others.

CHOOSE THIS IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR

A creative, embodied approach to psychotherapy
Emotional support and a therapeutic relationship
A space to explore deeper patterns, trauma and life issues within the safety of a therapeutic relationship.

Explore Dance Movement Psychotherapy

FOCUSING SESSIONS

Listening to the wisdom of the body

A gentle inner-listening practice in its own right. Here I'm not your therapist but your Focusing guide and companion, supporting you to come into an empathic inner relationship with your experience and bodily knowing. Suitable whether you're new to Focusing or already familiar with the practice.

CHOOSE THIS IF YOU’D LIKE TO

Deepen your connection to your own inner knowing
Grow a quality of self-acceptance and self-compassion
Explore your experience in a grounded, embodied way, without entering psychotherapy

Explore Focusing Sessions

Which option is right for you?

Dance Movement Psychotherapy

Choose this if you'd like a therapeutic relationship, and a space to explore deeper emotional or psychological themes over time.

Focusing Sessions

Choose this if you'd like to learn or practise an inner-listening approach, with me as a companion and guide rather than a psychotherapist.

Still not sure?

You're warmly welcome to book a free 30-minute consultation. A gentle space to ask questions, explore what you're looking for, and sense together which pathway would support you best.