Finding a therapist in Germany who works in English with real depth, not just serviceable English, is harder than it looks. The Krankenkasse covers therapy but the waitlists run six to twelve months, the approved modalities are narrow, and most English-speaking private options in Berlin and Munich have long waits and premium prices. The system is thorough in theory and hard to access in practice.
I work with anyone who needs support in English and happens to be in Germany. That might mean you've been here two years and the adjustment is harder than you expected. It might mean you've been here a decade and something unrelated to Germany entirely has finally caught up with you. It might mean your relationship is under strain, the kind that builds when two people relocate and land in different places emotionally even when they're in the same apartment.
Or it might have nothing to do with any of that. Relationship difficulties, a low you can't quite name, a career that's gone sideways, something that's been running underneath everything for years. You don't need to know exactly what's wrong. You just need to be willing to look at it.
The work
The work I do is relational and pattern-focused. I don't run through intake checklists or assign exercises between sessions. I pay attention to what happens in the room: what you're saying, what you're not saying, the moments when something shifts or goes flat or speeds up. That's the material we work with.
Most people arrive already knowing the story of their situation. They've told it to themselves a hundred times and always land in the same place. What's missing is a different angle, someone watching in real time who can name what's invisible from inside it. That's what I offer. Not interpretation from a distance, but attention in the room, offered as it happens.
I work with individuals and couples. Individual work is usually about finding the pattern underneath the presenting problem, the thing that keeps recurring in different forms across different circumstances. Couples work is about finding what the argument is really about, which is rarely what it appears to be about. Both come down to the same thing: seeing what you haven't been able to see, and from there, actually being able to do something different.
One thing working in English actually solves: you don't have to do therapy in a language where you can't fully access yourself. That's not a small thing. In a second language, people tend to speak more carefully, more managed. What's lost is often exactly what therapy needs.
Being in Germany
Germany has a particular quality that some people find steadying and others find alienating: a culture that rewards self-sufficiency and precision, where asking for help, especially for something as intangible as feeling stuck in a life that looks fine, can feel like a character flaw rather than a reasonable response. It isn't. It's just honest.
If the specific texture of life in Germany is part of what you're dealing with: the difficulty of entering social circles, the question of whether this is actually where you belong, the culture of stoicism that mmmakes it hard to name what isn't working. We can work with that directly. If what brings you has nothing to do with Germany, that's fine.
What people bring to online therapy
The people I work with in English come for a wide range of reasons: anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, anger management, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, loneliness, self-esteem issues, procrastination, sleep problems, attachment patterns, self-sabotage, perfectionism, identity questions, and existential concerns. Online counseling makes this work possible from wherever you are, whether you need an English-speaking therapist, a virtual counselor, or simply someone who can work in your language at a depth that matters.
How it works
Sessions are online via secure video call. I work with individuals and couples (60 minutes). Before your first session, we have a brief 15-minute call to see if this feels like the right fit for you.