English-speaking therapy in Switzerland is available in Zurich and Geneva but expensive, and the options for sustained depth work are limited. Basel and anywhere outside the major cities, the pool gets small quickly. The Swiss system is high quality and largely inaccessible to people who don't speak German, French, or Italian.
I work with anyone who needs support in English and is living in Switzerland. Relationship difficulties, a low you can't quite name, a life that looks excellent on paper and doesn't feel excellent to live. Something long-standing that's finally reached a point where it can't be managed. Couples who moved here together and found that Switzerland works differently for each of them.
You don't need to justify needing support. You just need somewhere honest to think.
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.
Being in Switzerland
Switzerland has a specific quality that some people find steadying and others find suffocating: orderly, functional, quiet, and socially conservative in ways that take time to understand. The quality of life is genuinely excellent. Entering Swiss social circles takes years. The sense of belonging can take a long time to arrive, if it does.
For people who moved here for a partner's career, who didn't choose Switzerland so much as arrive in it, the isolation can be particularly acute. The country works well. The language barrier is real. The professional networks are tight and closed. If that specific combination is part of what you're carrying, we can work with it. If what brings you is something else, 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.