PEM Teachers
The only up-to-date list of certified PEM teachers around the world.
Quality, Safety & Integrity
At Kalliso, we are dedicated to maintaining the quality, efficacy and safety of the original PEM pedagogy developed by Stephan Perdekamp in the 1990s.
All Certified PEM Teachers:
• Must complete a comprehensive program and pass the certification process
• Meet bi-annual quality and safety support checks
• Be certified directly by PEM Founder Stephan Perdekamp & Master Teacher Sarah Victoria
Meet the founder of PEM
Stephan Perdekamp is a multi-talented artist known for his work as a director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer in Germany and Austria. He has authored 36 stage plays and has a strong focus on exploring physio-psychological and physio-social processes in his work. Perdekamp delves beneath the surface of culture to critique underlying pressures, taboos, and unspoken rules. His keen awareness of energetic processes within human bodies led to the development of his method, the Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM).
In addition to his theatrical pursuits, Perdekamp has directed operas, movies, and theatre productions, and has worked as an actor and voice-over artist. Over the years, he has founded theatre companies and acting schools across the German speaking countries, as well as launching programs that offer business coaching in emotional communication. He is currently the director of the PEM Center Hamburg, which provides a variety of emotional health and acting programs, as well as functioning as an independent theatre.
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Perdekamp’s plays have premiered in Germany and Austria, with many of them being revived multiple times. His acting method, PEM was developed between 1991 and 2004, received accreditation from the University of Vienna in 2004. PEM has since been widely adopted by actors, voice-over artists, singers, musicians, dancers, presenters, and artists across Europe and America.

Stephan Perdekamp
Director & Founder of PEM

Stephan Perdekamp
Founder of PEM
Stephan Perdekamp is a multi-talented artist known for his work as a director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer in Germany and Austria. He has authored 36 stage plays and has a strong focus on exploring physio-psychological and physio-social processes in his work. Perdekamp delves beneath the surface of culture to critique underlying pressures, taboos, and unspoken rules. His keen awareness of energetic processes within human bodies led to the development of his method, the Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM).
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In addition to his theatrical pursuits, Perdekamp has directed operas, movies, and theatre productions, and has worked as an actor and voice-over artist. Over the years, he has founded theatre companies and acting schools across the German speaking countries, as well as launching programs that offer business coaching in emotional communication. He is currently the director of the PEM Center Hamburg, which provides a variety of emotional health and acting programs, as well as functioning as an independent theatre.
Perdekamp’s plays have premiered in Germany and Austria, with many of them being revived multiple times. His acting method, PEM, which he developed between 1991 and 2004, received accreditation from the University of Vienna in 2004. PEM has since been widely adopted by actors, voice-over artists, singers, musicians, dancers, presenters, and artists across Europe and America.
Meet our Certified Instructors
The only instructors worldwide who are certified to teach PEM are listed on this page. If someone claiming to teach PEM is not listed here, we cannot guarantee the safety, quality, or accuracy of their teaching, nor can we confirm that it reflects the original PEM method.
When you learn PEM from a certified instructor, you can trust that you’re receiving authentic, accurate training in a safe and supportive environment.

Sarah Victoria
PEM Master Instructor
Developer of PEM Bodywork
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Kristina Heuer
PEM Certified Instructor
Developer of PEM Voice
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Özlem Winkler-Özkan
PEM Certified Instructor
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Inka Butz
PEM Certified Instructor
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Stefanie Bentsch
PEM Certified Instructor
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Enna Blake
PEM Certified Instructor
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Blake Hackler
PEM Certified Instructor
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Lincoln Barros
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Tina Benko
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Cynthia Bassham
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Sean Dennehy
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Constance Ejuma
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Nicole Cowans
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Omar Shafiuzzaman
PEM Teacher-in-Training
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Sarah Victoria
Master Instructor
Developer of PEM Body Work
Sarah Victoria is an actress, PEM Master Instructor and CEO of Kalliso and PEM International. She became a certified PEM Instructor and wrote her master’s thesis about PEM in 2004, and has trained directly with Stephan Perdekamp for over 20 years.
As Master Instructor, Sarah has held masterclasses at drama universities globally. She has taught at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, SMU – Southern Methodist University, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane, the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, the National School of Drama in Delhi, the University of Johannesburg, Babes-Bolyai-University in Romania and many more.
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Sarah is on the board of directors of the PEM Center Hamburg as well as an actor in the PEM Ensemble Hamburg and the PEM International Ensemble.
As Head of PEM International she has been leading workshops in the US, UK, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Japan, Russia and Europe. She is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and travels to the United States regularly.
Sarah has also taught PEM for wellbeing purposes to people in prisons, asylum seekers, neurodivergent people, and for those with PTSD, anxiety, alexithymia, panic attacks and more.
Blake Hackler is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country as well as in TV and film. He is currently Chair and Head of Acting at Southern Methodist University and is the director of Yale University’s Summer Conservatory for Actors. He was a 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and is a proud member of the Brierley Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theatre Center. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama.

Blake Hackler
Certified PEM Instructor

Blake Hackler
PEM Instructor
Chair and Head of Acting at SMU
Blake Hackler is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country as well as in TV and film. He is currently Chair and Head of Acting at Southern Methodist University and is the director of Yale University’s Summer Conservatory for Actors. He was a 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and is a proud member of the Brierley Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theatre Center. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama.

Enna Blake
Certified PEM Instructor
Enna Blake is an actor, musician, and Certified PEM Instructor based in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2019, she has trained with PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria and PEM Founder Stephan Perdekamp and became certified to teach PEM in September 2022. Enna has assisted teaching PEM workshops at NIDA and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and has held in-person workshops in Melbourne and San Francisco.
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As an actor, Enna has played supporting and lead roles in independent short and feature films such as ‘Land of Honey’ (2019) and ‘The Library Boys (2022) which won Comedy Vanguard Feature at Austin Film Festival. She has also starred in music videos such as ‘Loose Ends’ by Illy ft G Flip (2020) and released her own EP ‘Under Dusk’ with singer/songwriter Harrison Storm in 2022. Enna is currently a proud member of the Melbourne PEM Production Group and teaches PEM at Melbourne Actors Guild, and to actors internationally online.
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