Christine Gerike, M.A., Trauma-Informed Coach and Facilitator

As a trauma-informed life coach, integrative breath facilitator and social presencing group facilitator, I am passionate about personal and collective transformation. We are living in complex and challenging times. The conscious onboarding of our past through the deep inner work of integration facilitates and accelerates healing and peace in us and through each of us in the world. More and more, we are coming home to present moment awareness and to who we truly are.

I moved with my familiy from Munich, Germany, to near New York City in the summer of 2015.  In my private practice Passion into Purpose, I offer transfomrational and healing work in 1:1 coaching, and integrative breathwork for individuals and groups. 

I regularly faciliate social witnessing and presencing group processes. I have supported and collaborated with NGOs, such as the German Center for Human Emergence, the Institute for Global Integral Competence e.V., and the global non-profit organization The Pocket Project.

Before opening my own practice, I worked as an organizer and manager for a number of local and international educational organizations.  I hold a Master of Arts degree at the University of Münster, Germany, in U.S.-American Studies, Economics, and Political Science.

last updated in July 2025

Professional work:

• Mentor, Integrative Breath Facilitator Training, 2025
• Facilitator, Collective Trauma Integration Lab, The Pocket Project, 2024
• Facilitator / Trainer of The Art of Global Social Witnessing, 2020-22
• Co-Founder and Facilitator of Worldwitnessing Practice and Community since 2017
• Trainer and Member at NGO Center for Human Emergence Germany 2015 to 2023
• Co-Founder and Faciliator of Social Architects Community of Practicing (SoArCo) in 2014
• Private Practice bmc-Passion into Purpose since 2011
• Business Manager, Arche Nova Montessori School e.V., Munich, 2005 - 2010
• Head of Fundraising, Stiftung Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium (School Foundation), Aachen
• Business Manager, Leipzig International School e.V., Leipzig
• Cultural Specialist, U.S. Consulate Leipzig

Professional training:

• Certified Integrative Breath Facilitator Training, 2024/25
• Collective Trauma Facilitation Training, 2022-23
• Timeless Wisdom Training by Thomas Hübl, 2022-23
• Gene Keys Guide studies, 2021
• The Principles of Collective Trauma Healing, 2020/2021
• Training on Intergenerational and Collective Trauma work, The Pocket Project, 2017/18
• U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society and Self, MITx; 2015
• Practicegroup Leader Training Transparent Communication, Academy Inner Science Germany, 2015
• Social Architect Training, Center for Human Emergence Germany-Austria-Switzerland, 2013
• Spiral Dynamics integral, Center for Human Emergence Germany, 2013
• Quantum Energy Healing training (Level 1-4), Heede-Institute, Germany, 2012-13
• Team Coach training, Steinbeis-Hochschule, Berlin, Germany, 2012
• Systemic Business Coach, Steinbeis-Hochschule, Berlin, 2011
• Social-Management-Studies, Forum Berufsbildung, Berlin, 2004
• Master of Arts, University of Münster, Westf, (Westfälischen-Wilhelms-Universität), Germany, 1993