Stefan Hammel, born in 1967, works as a child and family therapist, hypnotherapist, and as chaplain in a general hospital and a psychiatric hospital. 

He is the leader of the Institute of Hypno-Systemic Consultation (Hypno-Systemische Beratung) in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He leads seminars on therapeutic storytelling, therapeutic utilisation, hypnotherapy and hypno-systemic strategies, as well as a 36 day hypnotherapy training following Milton Erickson including systemic skills and narrative techniques .

He was trained at the renowned institutes for Systemic Therapy in Heidelberg (International Society of Systemic Therapy "IGST" and Helm-Stierlin-Institut) and in the German Milton Erickson Society. He is an associated Member of the Milton Erickson Society in Germany.

Stefan Hammel has been doing presentations and workshops on international conventions such as... 

• Psychoonkologie (kbs), Bad Neuenahr, Germany 2013,
• Zukunftskongress METAFORUM Abano Terme, Italy 2014
• Milton-Erickson-Convention (MEG), Bad Orb, Germany 2010
• META Conference, Black Mountain, NC, USA 2011
• Milton-Erickson-Conventions (MEG), Bad Kissingen 2011-2018
• Congress on Suicide Prevention (IMHEL) Luxembourg 2013
• Congress on Family Therapy (VPA) Graz, Austria 2013
• Congress on Couple Therapy (VPA) Linz, Austria 2014
• Congress on Storytelling (VPA) Vienna 2015
• Convention on Therapy with Parts (Trenkle Org.) in Heidelberg 2015
• Convention on Therapeutic Sculptures (SySt) Munich 2015
• European Congress on Hypnosis (ESH) Sorrento, Italy 2014
• 20th World Congress on Hypnosis (ISH) Paris 2015
• Ego State World Congress (MEISA), Cape Town, South Africa 2016
• Convention on Children's Therapy (Trenkle Org.) in Heidelberg 2016
• Convention on Systemic Therapy Frankfurt (DGSH) 2016
• Convention on Systemic Therapy Heidelberg (WISL) 2016
• Festival of Therapeutic Storytelling (hsb), Germany 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025
• European Congress on Hypnosis (ESH) Manchester, UK, 2017
• META Conference, Black Mountain, NC, USA 2018
• Convention "At Eye Level" by the Milton-Erickson-Institute Innsbruck 2018
• Convention on Therapy with Parts (Trenkle Org.), Heidelberg 2018
• European Congress on Hypnosis (ESH) Antalya, 2023: The Art of Therapeutic Storytelling (Info: https://esh2023.org/)
• 9th World Congress on Mind Training for Excellence in Sport & Life / MentalesStärken, Würzburg, Germany: How the real becomes unreal and the unreal becomes real - Therapeutic modeling as work at the limits of the possible
• SMSH Annual Conference 2023, Balsthal, Switzerland, 2023: Therapeutic storytelling - Using clients' metaphors/ No fear of fear - Favorite interventions in working with anxiety-ridden clients (Info: www.smsh.ch)

In 2025, seminars and congress workshops with Stefan Hammel are planned in:

• March 04, 2025, 7-9 p.m.: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• March, 6.- 9, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Trainer seminar 3: TH - body language, multi-level communication, utilization
• March, 14.- 15, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic storytelling, Seminar 2: Writing good therapeutic stories - in 10 minutes & proven narrative structures
• March, 27.- 30, 2025: Kassel, MEG Annual Conference 2025: Therapeutic greetings and other brief interventions in working with traumatized people (Info: www.meg-hypnose.de/veranstaltungen)
• April, 1st, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• April, 11.- 12, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Storytelling, Seminar 3: The Island of Love - Maps and Landscapes in Individual, Couple and Family Therapy
• May, 6th, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• May, 16.- 17, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Storytelling, Seminar 4: Therapeutic Greetings, Deals & Ordeals and other Brief Interventions
• June, 3rd, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• June, 6.- 7, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Modeling, Seminar 1: Introduction to Therapeutic Modeling
• June, 12-15, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Trainer seminar 4: TH - Thematic seminar: Addiction and eating disorders
• July, 1st, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• July, 4.- 5, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Modeling, Seminar 2: Working with symbolic figures and fragmenting and transforming burdens
• July, 24.- 25, 2025: Munich, SySt: The Sofa of Happiness - Therapeutic Modeling with Individuals and Couples
• August, 5th, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• August, 29.- 30, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Modeling, Seminar 3: Transgenerational work and integration of real and fictitious persons from the client's external world
• September, 2nd, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• September, 4.- 7, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Trainer seminar 5: TE - Developing metaphors and stories
• September, 19.- 20, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Modeling, Seminar 4: The Sofa of Happiness - Therapeutic Modeling in Couple and Family Therapy, with Teams and Groups
• October, 7th, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• October, 10.- 12, 2025: Vallendar/ Rhine-Main area: 5th International Festival of Therapeutic Storytelling: Lecture and workshop, Therapeutic Greetings and other short interventions (Info: www.erzaehl-festival.de)
• October, 17.- 18, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Hypnosis, Seminar 1: Trance Inductions and Trance Phenomena in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
• November, 4th, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• November, 6.-8, 2025,  Balsthal / Switzerland, SMSH annual conference: Tinnitus - Why it comes when it comes, why it stays when it stays, why it goes when it goes. (Info: www.smsh.ch)
• November, 9th, 2025, Wuppertal, Bernd Isert Systemic Conference: Introduction to Therapeutic Modeling: (Systemische Tagung Bernd Isert): Einführung in das Therapeutische Modellieren (Info: www.nlp-ausbildungsinstitut.de)
• November, 14.- 15, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic Hypnosis, Seminar 2: Therapy Structure - Anamnesis - Utilization: Transforming Problems into Solutions
• December, 2nd, 2025, 7-9 pm: Online, Zoom, free of charge: Online event “Hypnosystemic bag of tricks - everyday miracles in counseling, pastoral care and therapy” (every 1st Tuesday of the month)
• December, 4.- 7, 2025: Kaiserslautern, hsb - Trainer seminar 6: TE - Therapeutic maps and landscapes
• December, 12.- 13, 2025: Kaiserslautern,hsb - Hypnosystemic training, Therapeutic hypnosis, Seminar 3: Body language, voice and verbal implications (multi-level communication) 

He is offering seminars at renowned institutes such as Gunther Schmidt's Milton Erickson Institute in Heidelberg, the Systemic Institute IGST in Heidelberg,  and Prof. Varga von Kibéd's and Insa Sparrer's SySt-Institute in Munich.

Stefan Hammel is a member of the German Milton Erickson Society (M.E.G.).

Stefan Hammel is the author of several books. For further information please look HERE. 

His International Blog can be found on www.stefanhammel.com/blog.

His German Websites and blog can be found on www.stefanhammel.de and www.hsb-westpfalz.de.

His Online Shop can be found on www.shop.stefanhammel.de.