Let us say yes to who or what turns up, before any determination, before any anticipation, before any identification…
Markus is a rabbi, drama and movement therapist, clinical and pastoral supervisor, Playback Theatre and bibliodrama / bibliolog trainer, speaker and workshop facilitator based in Potsdam, Germany.
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Markus holds an MA in Jewish Studies (King’s College London) and an MA in Drama & Movement Therapy (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama).
He also has a diploma in Creative Approaches to Supervision from the London Centre for Psychodrama, a certificate in Playback Theatre Leadership from the Centre for Playback Theater in New Paltz/NY, and has been accredited as trainer for Bibliodrama / Bibliolog by the Bibliolog Netzwerk International.
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Markus is currently working on translating some of the Institute’s publications into German.
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Markus is a frequent consultant, lecturer and workshop facilitator at hospice services and palliative care training institutions across Germany and Austria.
He also teaches on a wide range of biblical texts, rabbinic sources, and Jewish subjects in educational and interreligious settings. Further, he runs both Playback Theatre and Bibliodrama / Bibliologsessions and training courses.
He co-facilitates with Michael Paterson on the Danish Diploma in Group Supervision.
Alongside his clinical work as a drama & movement therapist, he has been involved in the training of drama therapists at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen(2020-22), of dance movement therapists at Goldsmiths, University of London (2017-19), and of rabbis and cantors at the University of Potsdam (2012-22).