Martin Runge

My counseling and therapy work is primarily influenced by a psychodynamic perspective with a particular attention to unconscious processes and how they influence your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. At times, we are oblivious to the beliefs and fears that influence the way how we perceive and live in the world because they are so deeply embedded in our unconscious mind. Unfortunately, this absence of awareness can cause us to automatically repeat harmful behaviors, feeling trapped in miserable relationships and/or impede our emotional, creative and professional evolution. Together we will thus explore your inner world and analyze your past and present relationships as well as significant life events to identify patterns and re-enactments that originate from past experiences and influence your present behavior and may have a negative impact on your current well-being. By exploring and uncovering your unconscious motives and desires, we can reveal together why you tend to make certain decisions or behave in a specific way – whether in a private or professional context. Ultimately, the aim of our work is to increase your ability to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your behavioral patterns in order to strengthen your self-awareness and enable you to make more deliberate decisions and live a more empowered and satisfying life. Since the most important aspect of a successful working alliance is authenticity and mutual trust, my goal is to provide an unbiased and open space in which every topic or thought can be expressed and addressed no matter how uneasy or disturbing it may feel at first. Thus, during the first session(s) we will get to know each other and find out if we are a good match and want to work with each other for a longer period of time. We will then also discuss your long-term goals and decide on the frequency of the sessions and the duration of the overall process.

Since 2024 | Psychodynamic Psychotherapist in Training Since 2023 | Clinical Psychologist & Psychodynamically Oriented Naturopath for Psychotherapy in Private Practice 2013 - 2018 | Academic Assistant to various professors: Chairs of Clinical Psychology, General Psychopathology, and Psychotherapeutic Intervention, IPU Berlin 2017 - 2018 | Guest Listener for one semester at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute - Karl-Abraham-Institute 2016 - 2017 | Clinical Intern at the Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Service, IPU Berlin 2015 | Research Intern at the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 2010 - 2015 | Psychoanalytic Self-Experience 2013 - 2014 | Student Assistant at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Campus Mitte 2013 | Research Intern at the Department of Developmental Psychology, IPU Berlin

2024-2028 | In training for licensure (Approbation) as a Psychological Psychotherapist, specializing in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Berlin Psychological University 2024-2028 | Master of Science – Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Berlin Psychological University 2023 | Naturopath (Heilpraktiker) for Psychotherapy 2018 | Master of Arts – Clinical/Psychodynamic Psychology, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin 2015 | Bachelor of Arts – General Psychology, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin Memberships: - German Association of Psychotherapists (GAP) - German Association for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (GAPP)