About the Institute for Emotional Pedagogy®
A specialised institute for professional emotional competence in leadership and collaboration. We support people in positions of responsibility to act clearly under pressure, understand emotional dynamics and guide others with confidence. Our recognised training pathways lead to certification as an Emotional Pedagogue (IHK).
The institute was founded to make emotional competence systematically teachable — as a professional qualification for people who work with others and carry responsibility.
Our mission
We strengthen the emotional competence of people in responsibility roles — so they can act clearly under pressure, communicate effectively and guide others with confidence.
We work with people who carry responsibility for others — in education, social and health professions, HR, organisations, and self-employed professional roles.
Practical
Short, focused sessions with tools you can use the same day in meetings, conversations, teams and client work.
Human
Warm, down-to-earth guidance that respects real workloads, emotional dynamics, and organisational contexts.
Recognised
Quality-assured programmes with certificates and IHK-certified training that count as formal professional development.
Katrin Michl
Founder of the Private Institute for Emotional Pedagogy®
Based in Bavaria (Germany), working with participants across the German-speaking region.
Senior education director with extensive experience in teaching and professional training.
Founder of Emotional Pedagogy® as a structured method for teaching emotional competence.
Developer of clear, repeatable tools for emotionally demanding professional situations.
Focus on professional education and structured competence development — not therapy or clinical treatment.
Development of the Emotional Pedagogy® method
Practice in the education system
Teaching in schools and working with learners revealed how strongly emotions influence learning, safety, cooperation and collaboration.
Professional reality
Crises, conflicts, responsibility and boundary-setting in professional life made clear that emotional competence is essential — and must go beyond intuition alone.
Method development
Research, teaching practice and professional experience were translated into clear, repeatable tools — for perceiving, regulating and using emotions constructively in professional roles.
Institute foundation
The Private Institute for Emotional Pedagogy® was founded to offer structured training programmes that strengthen emotional competence where it is most needed: in people who carry responsibility for others.
Today, people learn at the Private Institute for Emotional Pedagogy® to consciously develop emotional competence and apply it in their professional and personal lives.
Our credentials
IHK
Recognised professional education routes
DEKRA
Quality checks for processes and materials
ZFU
Compliance for distance-learning formats
Funding options
Funding options may apply by region and employer
All certificate programmes follow assessed quality standards and recognised professional frameworks.
Who we work with
If you carry responsibility for people, this training helps you stay clear and steady, even in emotionally demanding situations.
Professionals in education & teachers
De-escalate tension in classrooms and meetings, set clear boundaries with students and parents, and stay steady in conflict situations.
Social & health professionals
Hold emotionally loaded situations with clients, patients and families, without losing your own stability or overstepping your role.
HR & people managers
Navigate difficult conversations around performance, conflicts and restructuring, and support healthier team dynamics.
Team & project leads in NGOs, public sector and organisations
Guide teams through pressure, change and crisis while maintaining orientation and emotional safety within the group.
Self-employed helping professionals
Therapists, counsellors, trainers and consultants who want a clear, recognised framework for the emotional side of their work — beyond personal intuition.
Wie Emotionspädagogik® den beruflichen Alltag verändert
More than a training programme
This training was far more than a professional development course. It was a journey to myself. I understood old patterns better, perceived emotions on a new level and gained enormous clarity — both personally and professionally. Many of the methods now flow naturally into my everyday work.
Head of HR, Dental Practice · Emotional Pedagogue® (IHK)
Finally understanding how emotions work
The Emotional Pedagogy training is exactly what I had been searching for for years. Here I learned to perceive my own emotions and those of others more consciously and to deal with them constructively. Many of the methods I now use in my work with my team and in trainer education — with impressive results
Dance Educator · Emotional Pedagogue® (IHK)
The courage to pass something on to others
The closing of the training was a very special moment for me. Seeing what ideas and concepts had emerged in the group was incredibly inspiring. I was especially moved by the feedback on my presentation — it encouraged me to reflect even more deeply on my own path and to pass on more of what I had learned to others.
Marketing Director · Emotional Pedagogue® (IHK)
Discovering new strengths
Through the training, I was able to discover sides of myself that had long been there only in the background. Working with emotions helped me recognise patterns more clearly and perceive new strengths in myself. What was especially inspiring was the appreciative way Katrin guides people and shows them what already lies within them.
School Director, Emotional Pedagogue® (IHK)
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