Udo Baer

Udo Baer works as an educator, creative body therapist, author, and researcher in Germany, examining emotion, trauma, dignity, and relationships. He helped establish the Zukunftswerkstatt therapie kreativ and has served as scientific director of the Institute for Social Innovation. Das große Buch der Gefühle, written with Gabriele Frick-Baer and published by Beltz, treats emotions as meaningful signals within personal history and development. Rather than reducing feelings to simple labels, the book discusses their uses, risks, suppression, and expression, supported by examples, reflective prompts, and questionnaires. Its sixth edition appeared in 2024, showing the title's continuing place in the authors' psychology catalogue. Baer has also written Das Abc der Gefühle and Wie Kinder fühlen, extending the same concern into emotional vocabulary and childhood experience. His work with the Stiftung Würde and children's dignity initiatives connects these publications to a broader professional focus on respectful therapeutic and educational relationships.