Counseling & Couples Therapy

I can help you working on inflexible and dyfunctional cogntive and beahavioral patterns to develop adaptive coping strategies for your individual problematic situation. 

 Counseling

Counseling is applied were psychotherapy is not indicated but support is needed in difficulat life situations and with psychological problems outside of mental illnessas. it is not aimed for treating mental illness but for helping resolve psychological or behavioral problems in other contexts. The goal of professional counseling with a scientific and psychological foundation is to expand ones adaptive coping skills in a variety of scenarios and aid adaptation. 

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy can aid in situations of high interpersonal distress in romantic relationships. It's necessary for both partners to be willing to introspect how they contribute (subconsiously) to the problematic interrelational dynamic and be willing to change. As a relational psychoanalyst, I work with the concept of collusion, which postulates that partners often share the same fundamental conflict but with complementary manifestion. Often times interpersonal problems and relationship problems arise due to being triggered by significant changes like parenthood, career change etc. which influence the couples intersubjective field. 

If you need help in scenarios where difficult life circumstances feel burdening or overwhelming, professional support outside of psychotherapy can be helpful. I can support you resolve your individual problem in scenarios like difficult life situations, assessment of career or academic suitably, marriage and couple counseling, psychological assessment for bullying, interpersonal or professional conflicts and many more. Professional psychological counseling relies on evidence based and scientific methodology.

Information about couples therapy

Couples therapy is no protected term in the German medical system. Therefore it's difficult for patients to determine if someone has adequate professional expertise. As a licensed and board certified psychological psychotherapist I have a professional approach with a solid psychological skill set.  Couples therapy can be indicated as an individual health service (IGeL) for the prevention or treatment of pathological conditions due to interpersonal relationship problems by itself or in combination with individual therapy. Couples counseling applies where there is no pathological condition or risk of developing such despite the need for professional support in a relationship crisis.