Barbara Rode has been closely associated with TelefonSeelsorge for decades, first as a volunteer and now as a supervisor and trainer for telephone and chat work.
Ludger Storch, theologian and social educator, is leading the TelefonSeelsorge Bochum forthe 13th year.
Barbara Rode and Ludger Storch
Workshop leaders
We let ourselves be touched / As we touch upon touch itself / We touch upon what touches us and put it into words
Workshop
As early as the first weeks of pregnancy, touch is already present. It lays the foundation for how we perceive ourselves and the world around us. Touch is essential to how we feel and how we connect with others. In this workshop, we will explore the language of touch–both physically and emotionally. Short theoretical inputs will be complemented by experiential exercises, self-touch practices, and the verbalization of emotional responses. We will reflection how physical experience can be translated into words–especially within the context of written and spoken encounters, like those we engage in through telephone counselling. This is an invitation to quite literally come to grips with touch: to feel, reflect, express–and to engage body language as a resource for connection and presence.