I was born in 1967 in Ludwigshafen in the southwestern part of Western Germany. I grew up in the Palatinate region of Germany bordering to Alcace in France. For eight years I was engaged a community pastor in the Protestant Church of the Palatinate. Today, I work as a child and family therapist, hypnotherapist, and as chaplain in a general hospital and a psychiatric hospital. I do seminars and workshops on therapeutic storytelling, utilisation (using the seemingly useless), hypnotherapy and hypno-systemic consultation in various countries. I am also leading the Institute of Hypno-Systemic Consultation (Institut für Hypnosystemische Beratung) in Kaiserslautern where psychotherapists are trained in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Therapeutic Storytelling (Narrative Hypno-Systemic Therapy). This is a training of 24 days (8 weekends) in 9 months. As some of the students come from remote areas or other countries the institute can offer a few beds for lodging at the place of training.
I was trained at the systemic institutes for Systemic Therapy in Heidelberg (International Society of Systemic Therapy “IGST” and Helm-Stierlin-Institut) and in the German Milton Erickson Society and am an associated Member of the Milton Erickson Society in Germany. I have been doing workshops for the Milton Erickson Society (yearly conventions in Bad Orb and Bad Kissingen, the children’s convention organised by Bernhard Trenkle in Heidelberg, Gunther Schmidt’s Milton Erickson Institute in Heidelberg), as well as for the Systemic Institute IGST in Heidelberg, for the Vienna psychotherapy training institute VPA and many other organisations in Austria, Switzerland, USA and Germany.
I have also written some books in English.
All items can be purchased at shop.stefanhammel.de.
- Learning Therapeutic Storytelling – The Essentials at a Glance. Springer nature, Heidelberg, appr. 165 pages. To order HERE,
- Transforming Lives With Hypno-Systemic Therapy – A Practical Guide. Published August 29, 2024 by Routledge, 243 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations, ISBN 9781032544632. To order HERE,
- Handbook of Therapeutic Storytelling: Stories and Metaphors in Psychotherapy, Child and Family Therapy, Medical Treatment, Coaching and Supervision. Routledge; 1. Edition 2018, 314 Seiten. To order HERE,
- Therapeutic Interventions in Three Sentences: Reshaping Ericksonian Hypnotherapy by Talking to the Brain and Body, Routledge, 2020, 102 Pages, ISBN 9780367342029, To order HERE,
- The Blade of Grass in the Desert – Storytelling: Forgotten Medicine for Healing the Soul. A Story of 100 Stories for Counseling and Therapy. Nierstein, edition impress 2012 (9,99 Euro). To order HERE.
The English books are also available as an eBook:
- Learning Therapeutic Storytelling – The Essentials at a Glance. Springer nature, Heidelberg, appr. 165 pages. To order HERE,
- Transforming Lives With Hypno-Systemic Therapy – A Practical Guide. Published August 29, 2024 by Routledge, 243 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations, ISBN 9781032544632. To order HERE,
- Handbook of Therapeutic Storytelling: Stories and Metaphors in Psychotherapy, Child and Family Therapy, Medical Treatment, Coaching and Supervision. Routledge; 1. Edition 2018, 314 Seiten. To order HERE,
- Therapeutic Interventions in Three Sentences: Reshaping Ericksonian Hypnotherapy by Talking to the Brain and Body, Routledge, 2020, 102 Pages, ISBN 9780367342029, To order HERE,
- The Blade of Grass in the Desert – Storytelling: Forgotten Medicine for Healing the Soul. A Story of 100 Stories for Counseling and Therapy. Nierstein, edition impress 2012 (9,99 Euro). To order HERE.