Nicki Koethner

Nicki Koethner, MA, MFT is a Somatic Expressive Arts Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Educator, Consultant and Multi-media Artist offering individual and couple sessions online and in person in Berkeley, CA in German and English. She specializes in transforming trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic illnesses, sexuality and identity questions, communication issues in relationships into empowerment by offering trauma-informed spiritual integration tools.

She invites her clients to enter a deep self-inquiry process to work through childhood wounds, intergenerational and cultural traumas in a compassionate and non-judgmental way through talk, expressive arts therapy including poetry, storytelling, drawing, music, dramatherapy, movement, energy healing and somatic inquiry and working with dreams.

She is an interactive therapist who brings a lot of joy to the work with her clients and offers a unique blend of humanistic, transpersonal-oriented therapy to enhance communication in relationships, a wholesome expression of sexuality, work and spirituality, and address the grief of losses as they manifest in chronic illnesses, self-esteem issues and other imbalances in our bodies and behaviors. Her style is versatile and inclusive to meet the unique person she is working with.

She has worked with a variety of clients in a variety of contexts (including hospitals, jails, rehabilitation programs and the streets) across various cultures, ages and sexual orientations and life-styles. She also teaches other therapists to include creative expression for healing and transformation. She has organized holistic dance events, offered spiritual ceremonies, run expressive arts conferences as well as offered workshops and trainings internationally.

She is a contributing author to “Anxiety Warrior Vol 2,” “Anxiety meets Compassion;” the Mental Health Trainer’s Guide: "Unlocking Stigma" working with LGBTQI2-S children, TAY, adults and older adults”, the Expressive Arts Workbook for Healthcare Workers. Compassion Fatigue, Well-Being, And Burnout, and the Wellness Playbook #2: Mindfulness, Yoga, Expressive Arts and Music