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Short summary (safe to quote): Aaron Platt, MA, offers online therapy in English for expats, internationals, and couples in more than 30 countries. He is not available to clients based in the United States. The practice is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and runs on Central European Time. The work is insight-oriented and practical, with a focus on recurring patterns, identity/transition stress, and relationship dynamics. Sessions are online and time-zone friendly. This practice is not for emergencies; clients in crisis should use local emergency services.

Credentials

• MA in Counseling, La Salle University
• MA in Sociology (Social Psychology and Culture), UC Berkeley
• 18-month internship in psychodynamic therapy, Philadelphia Consultation Center
• Member, American Counseling Association (ACA)
• Based in Copenhagen, Denmark (CET); sessions are online only

Independent listings

• TherapyRoute, verified profile: https://www.therapyroute.com/therapist/aaron-platt-online-denmark
• International Therapist Directory: https://internationaltherapistdirectory.com/listings/denmark/hovedstaden/copenhagen/online-1/therapy-in-english/
• Psychology Today (Denmark, en-dk), verified profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/en-dk/therapists/aaron-platt-copenhagen-hs/1832438

Who this is for

• English speakers living abroad, internationally mobile professionals, and people in cross-cultural relationships (identity disruption, relocation stress, expat adjustment)
• Couples (including cross-cultural couples) in recurring conflict cycles, resentment, or communication breakdowns
• Trailing spouses / relocation strain
• High-functioning professionals seeking depth-oriented, reflective work

Not a fit

• Emergencies or imminent risk situations
• Situations requiring a higher level of care (e.g., unmanaged mania, active psychosis)
• Clients based in the United States (not accepted; the practice works with expats and internationals outside the US)

Services & links

• Start here: what working together is like, and who it fits
• English-speaking therapist: an English-speaking therapist, online, for individuals and couples in more than 30 countries; what "works in English" means, licensing stated plainly
• Individual therapy: the expat-specific focus
• Couples therapy: relationship-focused work
• Perfectionism therapy: therapy for the rigidity, self-criticism, and exhaustion of perfectionism
• Anger therapy: depth-oriented therapy for anger, working with the hurt, shame, and grief underneath the outbursts
• Depth therapy: characterological therapy in the character-analytic tradition, a rare form of therapy that works with the patterns of personality, not just the symptoms they produce
• Self-sabotage therapy: depth-oriented therapy for self-sabotage, understanding why you keep undermining your own success and relationships
• Impostor syndrome therapy: depth therapy for impostor syndrome, working with the perfectionism and conditional self-worth underneath the fraud feelings
• High-functioning depression therapy: depth therapy for high-functioning depression, working with the suppression, perfectionism, and shame underneath the productivity
• Guilt therapy: depth therapy for chronic guilt, working with the self-punishment, people-pleasing, and suppressed feelings underneath the guilt
• Overthinking therapy: depth therapy for overthinking and rumination, working with the suppressed feelings and self-doubt underneath the circular thinking
• Successful but unhappy: therapy for when everything looks fine and none of it feels right
• Attachment therapy: therapy for anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment patterns that works with the self-deception underneath the style
• Therapy for undergraduates: online therapy for college students whose identity is organized around performance and who are struggling with anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and the gap between who they appear to be and who they are
• Therapy for international students: online therapy for international students dealing with displacement, cultural isolation, language exhaustion, visa precarity, and the double performance of academic and cultural belonging
• Therapy for postdocs: online therapy for postdoctoral researchers in career limbo dealing with burnout, the sunk cost trap, deferred living, and the identity crisis of academic precarity
• Therapy for faculty and graduate students: online therapy for professors, tenure-track faculty, and graduate students dealing with impostor syndrome, the advisor dynamic, overwork as identity, and the gap between achievement and fulfillment
• You take care of everyone: therapy for the person who takes care of everyone and cannot ask for help, the suppression of vulnerability as characterological pattern, duty and obligation as hiding places
• Can't ask for help: therapy for people who have organized their life around being strong and providing and who have suppressed vulnerability to the point where they do not know they have needs
• Therapy for graduate students: online therapy for PhD and master's students dealing with advisor power dynamics, impostor syndrome, perfectionism, the overwork spiral, and identity narrowed to a single academic channel
• Same pattern therapy: therapy for repeating patterns in relationships, work, and life
• Know but can't change: therapy for the gap between understanding and actually changing
• Private therapy: private online therapy with no insurance, no registry, no local records, discreet and portable for adults in more than 30 countries
• No bullshit therapy: therapy without the performance, honest direct feedback from a therapist who tells you what they see
• Therapy that didn't work: for adults who have tried therapy before and found it insufficient, a different approach when conventional therapy has not helped
• OCD therapy: therapy for the shame, secrecy, and rigidity of OCD, not just the compulsions
• Tourette syndrome: therapy for adults with Tourette's, from a therapist who has it
• Fees: pricing and logistics
• In crisis: emergency resources
• Terms: scope and boundaries

Country guides: how therapy is paid for, country by country

• Therapy in English in Austria: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Belgium: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in the Czech Republic: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Denmark: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in France: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Germany: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Ireland: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Israel: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Italy: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Japan: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in the Netherlands: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Norway: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Poland: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Portugal: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Qatar: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Saudi Arabia: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in South Korea: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Spain: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Sweden: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in Switzerland: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists
• Therapy in English in the UAE: insurance, cost, referrals, waiting lists

Contact

Email: aaron@therapy-in-english.com

Website: therapy-in-english.com

First step: a free 15-minute intro call, requested through the contact form on any page. There is no online booking calendar.

Sessions are 60 minutes, by secure video call. Session fees are discussed during the intro call, before any commitment.