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Beratungsstelle Familienzelt

Selbstbestimmte Geburt und Familie e.V.

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

HealthMental healthChildren & YouthTax-deductible donations
AssociationFounded 1982Local reach
Profile last updated: March 20, 2026

About

Founded in 1982, Beratungsstelle Familienzelt is a non-profit association based in Berlin, Germany working on health, mental health, children & youth.

Selbstbestimmte Geburt und Familie e.V. is a non-profit association founded in 1982 in Berlin. Through its counselling centre, the Familienzelt, it offers free psychosocial counselling to parents and families in Berlin during pregnancy, birth, the first years of a child's life, and after miscarriage or stillbirth. It also runs courses and groups, including baby massage, PEKiP, Pikler-based play sessions, first aid for infants, and bereavement and self-help groups. The association is denominationally and politically independent and is funded in part by the State of Berlin and by donations and membership fees.

Location

Berlin, Germany

Founded

1982

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

e.V.

Legal name

Selbstbestimmte Geburt und Familie e.V.

Registration

VR 7044 B, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg

VAT number

DE743702050

Focus areas

perinatal mental healthpsychosocial counsellingparenting groupsbereavement supportbaby massagePEKiPBerlin

Languages

DEEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthMental healthChildren & Youth

Works for

FamiliesWomen & GirlsChildren

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Psychosoziale Beratung

Mental health · Germany

Free, low-threshold psychosocial counselling for pregnancy, birth, peri- and postpartum crises, life with a baby, miscarriage, stillbirth and traumatic birth experiences.

Trauergruppe

Mental health · Germany

Grief support group for parents who have lost a child during pregnancy, birth or the first months after birth.

Selbsthilfegruppe

Mental health · Germany

Self-help group for women experiencing psychological crises around childbirth.

PEKiP

Children & Youth · Germany

Prague Parent-Child Programme courses for parents and babies in the first year of life.

SpielRaum nach Emmi Pikler

Children & Youth · Germany

Movement and play sessions for children aged four months to two years in a stimulating environment.

Babymassage

Children & Youth · Germany

Baby massage courses that foster parent-child closeness and bonding.

Erste-Hilfe-Kurs für Säuglinge & Kleinkinder

Health · Germany

Course teaching parents first aid and emergency measures for infants and toddlers.

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsMembership feesGovernment funding

Ways to support

DonateMembership

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband BerlinFeministisches Netzwerk für Gesundheit BerlinGesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.

Partnerships

Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege Berlin, Schatten und Licht e.V.

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