Annette Orphal

Annette is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and a Feldenkrais practitioner, having integrated the Feldenkrais Method into her professional practice from the very beginning. Her work focuses on the interplay of body awareness, emotional dynamics, and cognitive development, emphasizing how these factors shape our relationships with ourselves and with our environment from early childhood onward. She practices in early-childhood care settings and in private sessions with people of all ages. Additionally, she teaches in several training programs related to education and caregiver-patient relationships.

Background Highlights

• DESS in Clinical and Pathological Psychology (1997, Paris Descartes University)

• Therapeutic interventions in early parent-infant interactions (Munich)

• Doctoral Thesis (Dr. phil., 2012, Bremen/Germany, Inclusive Pedagogy): Movement—Learning and Development. A dialogue between Henri Wallon’s developmental theory and the Feldenkrais Method

• Trained in the Child’Space Method by Dr. Chava Shelhav (Cologne) 

• University Diploma in Psychotraumatology (Paris Descartes University)