Reading Time: 5 minutes ‘How can the light that burned so brightly, suddenly burn so pale’ (Art Garfunkel / Bright Eyes) As I attempt to debrief myself after a recent break-up, I…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Having relocated my private praxis to Berlin, I quickly spotted a tendency: How often the people I work with reveal that they are struggling with being emotionally connected…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes It’s Complicated is a platform making the search for a therapist easier. Launched in its beta form just three months ago, the directory already covers a long list…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Common fears around going to counselling is this the right time for me? how will i know? in life, it is never quite the right time. we are…
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are psychological concepts that become so in vogue that they embed themselves permanently in our language and culture. One such phenomenon is the impostor syndrome.
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are varied opinions on the topic of how language affects therapy. Some claim that nonnative therapy is less effective than therapy in your mother tongue, and some…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Amongst foreigners working as mental health care practitioners in Berlin, it’s common knowledge that even if they have trained to be a certain kind of psychotherapist in their…
Reading Time: 12 minutes Working as a therapist can be just as complicated as it can be rewarding. For starters, when dealing with another human, many factors are impossible to predict and control. Add to the mix that many clients don’t know what exactly they’re looking for, and might not know how to even conceptualize the problem at hand. Therapy is hard work!