About Me

Sebastian Bechinger
BA Hons

Systemic Coach
Dyslexia and Learning Support Coach

I grew up in London, was born in Bangor, Wales, in 1989 and have lived in Vienna since 2018. I was diagnosed with dyslexia at school in 2000 and benefited from the UK's statutory dyslexia support until I graduated from university.

Feeling that there was a missing link in my sensory and movement integration, I trained in an approach to somatic education developed by occupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, studying movement analysis and movement development in relation to physical movement and psychological integration.

Following this, I started working with individual clients in 2014 and have been developing my coaching skills ever since.

After moving to Vienna, I saw a massive gap — no one I could find was explicitly supporting neurodivergent people, or if they were, were taking a very deficit-based view! I decided to do two coaching trainings, one focused on children and one on adults. I co-founded 'Plexus', which combines artistic production and education with neuroscience research.

I've been exploring my neurodivergence and strategies for navigating its challenges and strengths.

I'm the proud father of a beautiful daughter, born in 2015.

Qualifications:

• BA Hons Choreography with Community Arts Practices (2008) — Dartington College of Arts, UK

• Somatic Movement Educator (2014) — Moveus Gbr, DE

• Dyslexia Trainer and Learning Coach (2021) — Bildungsforum Rampitsch, AT

• Systemic Coach (2022) — Ansorge Training International, AT