Dirk Ottenheym
I bring stability into chaotic systems.
I work with people whose world has grown louder than they can carry. I hold the ground. I mirror what's hidden. And together we find the one step that brings everything back to scale.
Why I do this
I know what it feels like when everything is too much. I've built systems that overwhelmed me. I've entered worlds that flooded me from the outside. I've torn everything down and started from scratch — more than once.
At 25, in a therapy ward, someone held still while I fell apart. For the first time, no box, no fight. Just space. That changed everything.
Since then I've built communities from zero, run businesses, led teams, managed logistics for thousands of deliveries a week, lived on €500 a month in a truck in Portugal, bought land and let it go again. I've been the one with too much energy and no container. I've been the one who couldn't stop building.
But what I found in that space — I found it inside myself. And it never left. Whatever happens, there's always the next step. The next breath. The next coffee. That clarity carries me. And when you sit across from me, you feel it. Not because I perform it. Because it's there.
Credentials
- Certified Experiential Educator
- Outdoor Trainer Certification — technical skills, group leadership, safety
- Advanced Training in Systemic Consulting & Gestalt-Based Approaches
- Silver Lifeguard (DLRG)
- Additional professional qualifications — documentation available on request
Whatever happens — there's always the next step.
Work with me