Contact me
If you are interested in counseling or therapy, call me at 0176 99 13 94 25, text me over whatsapp or write me an email, preferably naming your concerns. By phone we can have a short orientation talk.
Appointments are usually possible within a week, weekend appointments are possible at no extra charge, if available.
Before booking an appointment, please consult with your partner for possible dates and let me know 2-3 options. Usually one of them fits.
The earliest possibility for an appointment is at 9:00 am, the latest possible appointment is 7:00 pm. Weekend appointments are also available at no extra charge.
Booked appointments are binding. Online appointments must be paid for in advance, within 24h after making the appointment.
Your subject
Not a must, but has often proven helpful: Please write me a few lines about what leads you to me so that I can better adjust to the consultation. What is your most important concern?
Who comes?
It is possible to make individual appointments beforehand. May it be because you would like to get a clearer picture for yourself first or the situation is so tense that a constructive dialogue does not seem probable. If the latter is the case I recommend this strongly.
If your partner is skeptical about couples therapy, coming alone will also help. You can stabilize your mood, get clarity from a neutral experienced counterpart, get help on how to contribute to talk better with your partner again. Learn more here: Relationship counseling for individuals.
Procedure
A couple session usually lasts 90 min. to a maximum of 120 min.
To use this time effectively, please address the issues that are really important to you. In order for the session to be successful, I'd like you to imagine your ideal best possible outcome. How would it make you feel? What would you do differently or what would your partner do differently? How likely do you think it is to reach that outcome?
You decide what the goal shall be. The partners can have different ideas about the ideal outcome. When your ideas are quite opposite we would have to find something acceptable that you both can agree on. If keeping the relationship is your goal I'm also interested in what motivates you to feel that way.
I provide a guided framework to make it easier for you to talk things through, while keeping your feet on the ground.
I support you in figuring out what are key issues for you, and in thinking about whether or how change is possible. If necessary, I suggest a potentially more helpful attitude or point out more favorable forms of communication.
In the first session, you will have the opportunity to get to know me and my approach. Afterwards, you will receive a recommendation on how to proceed. You decide how to proceed. We will arrange following appointments together.