Gestalt Counseling

Finding sense in your life––this is counselling with Seven Senses.

You are welcome to get to know me and my work in a free consultation call online.

In the call, you and I find out if working with me would support you.

My expertise is to offer an inspiring space in one-on-one sessions, and circles, with clients and therapists by

• orienting you in finding your own way in a world that changes
• giving insights into the latest soul science from Embryo development to Collective Intelligence
• offering tools to navigate through life so you can trust in your own inner guidance.

Trained in Gestalt Therapy, I am offering support with all seven senses.

The five senses––smelling, touching, hearing, tasting, and seeing––offer a beautiful but limited way of relating to the world. To develop a sixth sense––the intuition––can be trained to serve as a guiding sense for the soul.

The seventh sense to me is the sense that allows the spirit to guide and support a meaningful life. 

In addition to the training in Gestalt, I attended lectures and trainings from the emotional development of embryos to collective dynamics of societies. As an expert in systemic relations, I offer deep insights into inter-generational and collective dynamics that influence each individual. Through my work with clients who live all over the world, I also share knowledge about inter-cultural aspects of life.

I offer my expertise in systemic relationships (within a person, in the core family, in companies, and societies) to therapists in circles, and in sessions one-on-one.

With that, I developed two programs mapping out the journey of the soul:

-"Etz Adam –– The Tree Of Humans" –– Making your ancestors your resource for your future.

-"Brothers Of Heart" –– Circles delivering emotional intelligence for men.

Together with you, I am dedicated to find your next step towards your sense in life by orienting you on the path of the soul, and providing new methods which nourish an unfolding meaningful life.

Finding sense in your life––this is Seven Senses with me.

I wish for you to succeed on the journey of your soul wherever you are on your path, and in the world.

Michael Joachim C. Wehnelt
(friends and clients call me by my Jewish name Michael)

Systemic Gestalt Counselor

Therapist and Educator

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Phone (WhatsApp): 052-8114038

Book a free consultation call directly in the app here. The call takes about 15 - 20 minutes. In the call, you get to know me and my work without costs. This enables you and me to find out if working together would support you.

This Is What Clients Say

 "I take away from the sessions a clear definition of where I stand; how does it feel, where I am, how, and where I want to go. I appreciate the clear leadership in the support of Michael Joachim Wehnelt to stick to the topic, the accurate reflections and summaries of his perceptions, which evoked an even resonance within me."

"The experience of being able to establish direct (eye) contact via webcam connection was a highlight for me. There was great intimacy and we were in a 'space' where real, genuine, direct exchange was possible. Even over a distance, only via the webcam connection, Michael Joachim Wehnelt was able to establish sensitive, direct contact. This enabled me to feel safe and to follow his suggestions to try new things with confidence."

"The guidance was clear and structured. The lightness in the leadership, and the playfulness carried the process. I felt safe."

More feedback and resonance here

Meaningful Conversation: To Prevent Terror And War––How Can Work With Collective Trauma?

How can we even begin to work with the soul to resolve trauma induced by atrocities––and prevent war from happening again? In a beautiful conversation with hosts Lio from Israel and Seth from the US, we unpacked the dynamics of collective trauma in the light of the atrocities in Israel on Oct. 7th, 2023. In the work with perpetrators and victims, I was invited to include my own background as a descendant of my grandfather Rudolf who supported the Nazis, and how this supported me to find my path as a systemic Gestalt Counsellor working with inter-generational trauma. If we do not take care of it, it is passed on through the generations. So how to start with allowing it to resolve? I suggest to begin with the key that each of us holds in one's very own hand––the key to open to true connection that is hidden for many; healthy boundaries.
Thank you Lio and Seth for inviting me to your show and for this inspiring conversation to deepen our awareness about the most fundamental topics that drive the world. More about his show and more episodes here.

Insightful Interview: Being And Becoming A Man

How can you become the man you want to be? In a beautiful conversation, my dear colleague Gabriel Ellis interviews me about the benefits and challenges of being and becoming a man today. Why do many men lead their lifes as lone wolves? What is the benefit of it? How can we honor the need of a men more fully?

Thank you Gabriel for this inspiring invitation to deepen our awareness! More about Gabriel and his work here.

Offerings At A Glance

This is what you get with Seven Senses Online

• Clients online: sessions of Touching Presence to dive into the flow of life again
• Visionaries:  "Fruits Of Your Roots" as a new resource for humanity
• Companies: in-house workshops on strengthening communication in teams (text in German)
• Explorers: the Hero’s Journey to get the tools to reach your goal
• Men: Brothers of Heart is an online community for men to support each other.

For more feedback from clients, please click here.

You can book a free consultation call directly here (taking about 15 min) to get to know me and my work.

What is Collective Work? How can humanity benefit from it? In this video clip, you get a brief explanation to a dear part of my work.

English subtitles: Please use the settings wheel in the lower bar of YouTube to add English subtitles

About me

My path, ways to work, and my resources

Exploring and shaping life with seven senses;

this is my passion and competence.

Welcome to Seven Senses.

My name is Joachim Michael C. Wehnelt, and I was born in Berlin, Germany. Now I live in Israel. Friends and clients like to call me Michael.

Professionally, I first met people as a reporter. The curiosity and joy in meeting people such as orphan and author John Irving, the Holocaust survivor and president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Ignatz Bubis, and Paul Spiegel, with nearly deaf musician Evelyn Glennie and the former entrepreneur Schweisfuhrt who became an organic farmer, inspired me to go further.

What is possible in life, how can we develop if we have the courage and support for it?

This question guides and motivates me to this day.

I started a training in humanistic psychotherapy called Gestalt. It was founded by the Jewish therapists Fritz and Laura Perls who were drawing on the Jewish wisdom and created instruments for a meaningful life.

I specialized in online counselling in individual sessions and group facilitation, 

in well being and soul development of men and in working with collective trauma (pandemic, Holocaust, gender politics).

In my clinic, I offer to find ways to the essence together.

What is essential to me?

I am excited to be a companion for people.

I think the world is crazy enough and that we find many creative ways to handle fate and challenges.

It becomes difficult when these solutions, which we have often found in childhood, cause suffering in ourselves and with other people.

Then it's time to take the next step and find new ways.

I love life and am committed to ensuring that "everything that lives, can live" (Doctor Albert Schweitzer).

In doing so, I let myself be guided by the higher wisdom, the seventh sense.

My study of the wisdom of Kabbalah supports me in this.

My goal is to nourish soul, body, and spirit through my work to support clients to live their highest potential.

In workshops and one-on-one sessions I work with the calling to find the inner resources,

exploring your own narrative and ways to transform it. I also like to work with the matrix of the Hero's Journey.

I developed this instrument of power further and love to pass it on ever since then.

Developed by Gestalt therapist Paul Rebillot and based on the insights of mythologist Joseph Campbell,

the Hero's Journey leads through the landscape of the soul.

Women and men encounter their unique qualities, feeling their richness and diversity that empower them at work and in personal relationships.

How about finding your own instrument of power, and meet your spirit guide?

I am excited to support you in accessing them in a safe and mindful space.

These are my areas of expertise in the work:

• Empowering men and women in 1-on-1-sessions and circles
• The ancestors as a resource: Drawing on the wisdom of the forefathers and foremothers
• Hero's Journey: Finding your inner hero and demon
• Support: Passing on the most exquisite tools to therapists, counselors, and body workers

As a systemic Gestalt Counsellor and curious journeyer, a listener to the whispers of life, I am happy to accompany you with my heart and knowledge to step with you into the not-knowing, letting the answer unfold that awaits for you within the questions and beauties of life.

Trust and curiosity,

Michael Joachim C. Wehnelt

(friends and clients call me by my middle name Michael)

Systemic Gestalt Counsellor

To learn about the resonance of clients please click here

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