Hendrik Berg
(he/him)
Counsellor
Available for new clients
As a systemic therapist in trn., I’m committed to supporting people with care and respect - both in facing everyday challenges and in exploring their identity and always with sensitivity to their own lived experience.
I specialize in:
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Note from HendrikDiversitysensibel, diskriminierungskritisch, mit Sensibilität für gesellschaftliche Ungleichheiten und strukturelle Benachteiligungen.
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About me
Hi! I’m Hendrik. I was born around the time of the political transition in East Germany, have been a secondary school teacher as well as a teacher for special educational needs and previously worked as a school principal. Today, I work as a systemic therapist and counselor, an anti-discrimination trainer and lecturer specializing in diversity, classism, and ableism, as well as a doctoral candidate focusing on educational inequalities and discrimination-sensitive school development.
Over the past few years, I have lived and worked in Leipzig and Berlin among other cities. What shaped me most during that time was my work as a SEN teacher for children and adolescents with mental health challenges and as a teacher in a closed juvenile detention project. However, what has had the greatest impact on me is my own biographical, professional, and political engagement with inequality and discrimination.
As a therapist, I therefore consciously strive to work in a diversity-aware and discrimination-critical way, and I use inclusive and gender-sensitive language. Having grown up with both Christian and Muslim influences, I also bring sensitivity to religious needs and experiences into my practice.
I am perceived as male, I am white, from a working-class background, queer, and chronically ill. In my work, I focus on supporting people with:
◽ struggles in personal life, in academic or school contexts, and in professional environments,
◽ challenges related to chronic physical or neurological conditions, with a particular focus on ADHD and dis/ability, as well as
◽ questions and concerns related to LGBTQIA+ identities (especially for trans* people).
I speak German as my first language and I am fluent in English. I offer systemic therapy as well as - for specific and rather short-term concerns - systemic counseling in both languages.
Over the past few years, I have lived and worked in Leipzig and Berlin among other cities. What shaped me most during that time was my work as a SEN teacher for children and adolescents with mental health challenges and as a teacher in a closed juvenile detention project. However, what has had the greatest impact on me is my own biographical, professional, and political engagement with inequality and discrimination.
As a therapist, I therefore consciously strive to work in a diversity-aware and discrimination-critical way, and I use inclusive and gender-sensitive language. Having grown up with both Christian and Muslim influences, I also bring sensitivity to religious needs and experiences into my practice.
I am perceived as male, I am white, from a working-class background, queer, and chronically ill. In my work, I focus on supporting people with:
◽ struggles in personal life, in academic or school contexts, and in professional environments,
◽ challenges related to chronic physical or neurological conditions, with a particular focus on ADHD and dis/ability, as well as
◽ questions and concerns related to LGBTQIA+ identities (especially for trans* people).
I speak German as my first language and I am fluent in English. I offer systemic therapy as well as - for specific and rather short-term concerns - systemic counseling in both languages.
I speak:
GermanEnglish
Location:
10777 Berlin, Germany
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Approach
Treatment Approaches
CounsellingRecommended for those who want to talk through their emotional challenges with a professional in a safe, supportive environment.
Systemic ApproachRecommended for those who want to look at how different systems—like family, work, or society—affect their behavior and relationships.
Systemic therapyRecommended for those who want to understand how their relationships and environments influence their behavior and emotions, particularly within family or organizational systems.
As a systemic counsellor and therapist, as well as a family therapist in training, I work following the principles of systemic therapy.
In systemic counselling and therapy, the focus lies on examining the entire system, the social environment in which a person operates, and seeing the person both as a part of the system and as an individual with all their abilities and strengths, appreciating their uniqueness.
The systemic approach is characterized by respect, empathy, and an encounter on an equal footing. It assumes that each person is an expert in their own life. In my work, I collaboratively explore individual solutions for the challenging situations experienced by the client, utilizing systemic questioning techniques and methods.
In systemic counselling and therapy, the focus lies on examining the entire system, the social environment in which a person operates, and seeing the person both as a part of the system and as an individual with all their abilities and strengths, appreciating their uniqueness.
The systemic approach is characterized by respect, empathy, and an encounter on an equal footing. It assumes that each person is an expert in their own life. In my work, I collaboratively explore individual solutions for the challenging situations experienced by the client, utilizing systemic questioning techniques and methods.
Experience
2 years in practice
2015: Inclusion assistant for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2015-2017: Teacher at a grammar school in Berlin
2017-2021: Teacher for special educational needs for neurodivergent teenagers in Berlin, teacher in closed juvenile detention for teenagers, responsible teacher for diversity, advising teenagers and those working with them on diversity issues
2021-2023: School principal of an elementary school in North Saxony
Since 2023: Self-employed as a Systemic Counselor and Therapist, as well as a Family Therapist in training
2015-2017: Teacher at a grammar school in Berlin
2017-2021: Teacher for special educational needs for neurodivergent teenagers in Berlin, teacher in closed juvenile detention for teenagers, responsible teacher for diversity, advising teenagers and those working with them on diversity issues
2021-2023: School principal of an elementary school in North Saxony
Since 2023: Self-employed as a Systemic Counselor and Therapist, as well as a Family Therapist in training
Education
2009-2014: Master's degree in Teaching at Grammar Schools at the University of Leipzig
2018-2020: Supplementary studies in Special Education, focusing on Emotional and Social Development, and Learning at the University of Potsdam
Since 2023: Training as a Systemic Counselor and Therapist, as well as Family Therapist
2018-2020: Supplementary studies in Special Education, focusing on Emotional and Social Development, and Learning at the University of Potsdam
Since 2023: Training as a Systemic Counselor and Therapist, as well as Family Therapist
Services
Intro Call
Free • 30 min • Online & In-person
Individual Session
€90 • 1 hr • Online & In-person
Individual Session
Sliding scale
€75 • 1 hr • Online & In-person
Systemische Beratung / Systemic counseling
€60 • 1 hr • Online & In-person
Insurances
Private Pay
At a glance
Last active
Offers free 30 minute introductory callThis provider offers a free introductory call
Note from HendrikDiversitysensibel, diskriminierungskritisch, mit Sensibilität für gesellschaftliche Ungleichheiten und strukturelle Benachteiligungen.
Usually responds within 4 hours
Next available: Apr 10