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: 5 minutes What Psychotherapy and Counselling Means to Your Work in Private Practice in BerlinWhat to Consider When You’re Working in Private PracticeCounselling vs. PsychotherapyGuidelines to Playing it Safe and…
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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 home country, German legal intricacies mean they can’t just call themselves psychotherapists when promoting their therapeutic services. Instead, the go-to title for those who want to be on the safe side is “counsellor”. Why is this?
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!
Reading Time: 9 minutes When I moved to Berlin, everything that happened to me seemed to happen by lucky chance. Unexpectedly, within a couple of months, I was my own boss, working…
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