The First Time

Things aren't going too well for Paula right now. She's new in town, has stress at home and is unhappily in love. And the other girls arae not only more good-looking than she - they are all involved with boys and even have hot stuff going on. She's the only one who's left behind. And whereas the others go to Cancun for the holidays, she's supposed to go to her aunt somewhere boring on the shore of Lake Michigan. But then a lot of things start happening - with Matthew and love and her body. And she discovers that a lot of stuff is not at all the way the others have been telling her.

Karin Linnander has been teaching courses for adolescent girls for over 15 years, often in schools and public facilities. They focus on the transition to womanhood and the preparation for "the first time." Having completed her studies of German language and literature, she studied Psychology and Counseling (M.A., Prescott College, Arizona, USA), focusing on youth sexuality. Karin Linnander has a psychological practice of her own and offers seminars for holistic personality development and phenomenological systemic constellation work. She has for several years been offering rites of passage for youths and adults, which she has adapted to today's world. She lives with her husband in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. To contact her, write to K.Linnander@das-erste-mal.info