A Companion
with an Eye for What Truly Matters
I am Karin Maria Zimmermann
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– a questioner, a listener, theologian and systemic counselor in training.
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For me, accompanying people on their inner paths is not just a profession, but a way of being.
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The windrose is an image that has long inspired me.
In it, wind and rose come together — opposites that meet and open questions about what guides us, what inspires us, and what within us wants to unfold.
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Orientation – not by fixed routes, but through our own inner compass.
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Movement – not to lose ourselves, but to experience inspiration, creativity, and connection.
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Blooming – not to please others, but to unfold our true nature.
I accompany with space, with respect, with resonance.
Open to meaning, transformation, depth, and new questions.
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Perhaps our paths will cross.
What Guides Me
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Systemic thinking — and openness to questions of meaning and being.
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Transformation requires space:
space to speak and to be silent, to laugh and to grieve, to feel, to understand, to try out, and to take first steps.
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Space simply to be. To be real. To be present.
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I believe that everyone carries their own path within them. My task is not to provide ready-made answers, but to create spaces where answers can emerge.
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What guides me is a love of life, connection, and clarity — and the trust that even in times of disorientation, new ways can appear as we walk.
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I accompany with mindful presence and appreciation for whatever wants to show itself — in dialogue, in nature, in creative expression.
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Always with awareness of systems, contexts, past and future — yet with the human being at the center.
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To work systemically means to think in relationships.
And within that, to find the freedom to discover new perspectives.
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Light. Courageous. Meaningful.
How I Work
Solution- and resource-oriented
Resilience-strengthening
Trauma-sensitive
Methodologically diverse
My Journey
From theology to systemic counseling — with heart, methodological clarity, and a wide horizon.
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Studies in Protestant Theology
Diploma at the University of Halle
Focus on resource-oriented pastoral care, identity formation of minorities & constructivism, religious education in plural and digital contexts
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Life and work in Germany, Romania, and Italy
Developing intercultural and interreligious sensitivity
Two years in Romania | living in Italy since 2020
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Guidance and educational work
With young people and adults in phases of transition
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Systemic counseling training (SG-certified)
Currently in training at the Weinheim Institute
Member of the Systemic Society (SG)
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Founding of Windrose Guidance (2025)
Independent practice for systemic and meaning-oriented counseling in Trieste
Focus Areas
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Meaning & Expression
Attentive guidance that integrates questions of meaning, values, and existential themes — with openness for quiet, creative, and symbolic approaches. Texts, rituals, or images from nature can serve as resonant spaces where inner processes become visible and tangible.
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Personal Development in Nature
Counseling in unique settings, attuned to the rhythm of nature, with mindfulness, body awareness, and creative impulses.
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Guidance in Times of Transition
For people in phases of change — personal, professional, or societal. In moments of farewell, reorientation, or new beginnings, I offer space to sort, feel, clarify, and move forward with courage.
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Culturally Sensitive Counseling
With openness to identity, heritage, religion, and diversity — especially for people living in intercultural contexts.
The world grows more beautiful with every day,
we never know what still may come,
but the blooming does not cease.
Ludwig Uhland