Andrés G. Axthammer
Psychoanalyst in training & Children and Adolescent Counsellor
As a psychoanalyst in training, I provide a reflective and supportive space to explore how early and present relationships shape feelings, difficulties, and new possibilities for change
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About me
I am a psychoanalyst in training, working with children, adolescents, and adults. Having lived in several countries both as a child and as an adult, I know first-hand how formative different cultural contexts and transitions can be. These experiences have given me a deep interest in identity, belonging, and the ways early and later relationships shape who we become. Before starting my clinical training, I studied and completed my studies in Film Direction. My background in film and my broader interest in art continue to influence how I listen and pay attention in therapy — to stories, to images, to atmosphere, and to what is often left unsaid, or cant focus. I believe that creativity and imagination are essential in finding new ways of understanding and relating. I see psychotherapy as a space where complexity is welcomed. Rather than trying to reduce people to symptoms, I aim to meet each person in their uniqueness and to provide a reliable, thoughtful space in which difficult feelings and experiences can gradually be worked through.
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Approach
My therapeutic style is grounded in British and Latinamerican psychoanalytic thinking, with a particular focus on attachment and object relations. This means that I pay close attention not only to the difficulties and symptoms that are present, but also to the underlying emotional patterns and early relational experiences that may still be active in the present. By listening carefully to both what is said and unsaid, I work together with clients to understand the unconscious dynamics that shape their feelings, relationships, and ways of coping. I aim to create a reliable, reflective, and containing space where painful, confusing, or overwhelming experiences can be safely explored. Therapy is not about quick solutions, but about making sense of what feels too complicated to carry alone. In this process, new perspectives and possibilities for change can emerge, helping clients to relate differently to themselves and others, and to move toward greater resilience and emotional freedom.
Experience
Private Practice, Berlin (since September 2024) Providing psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Psychologist and Psychotherapist in Training – KJP Charlier, Berlin (2024 – present) Therapist in Training – Asklepios Fachklinikum, Lübben (2022 – 2023) Psychotherapy with children and adolescents in a psychiatric and psychosomatic clinic. Family Support Worker – GamBe gGmbH, Berlin (2020 – 2022) Palliative Psychologist – Charité, Berlin (2020) Psychological support on the COVID-19 intensive care unit. Clinical Assistant – Hospital Psiquiátrico Vilardebó, Montevideo (2009)
Education
Education International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), Berlin, Germany Master of Arts (M.A.) in Psychology, 2016 – 2020 Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA), Madrid, Spain Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology, 2012 – 2014 Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay Psychology studies, 2007 – 2009 Escuela de Cine del Uruguay (ECU), Montevideo, Uruguay Film Direction, 2007 – 2009 Current Training Ongoing postgraduate training in Analytical Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at the Esther Bick Institute, Berlin (since 2020) Meltzer Research Group. APdeBA Buenos Aires, Argentina Ferenczi Study Group. The New School, NYC, USA
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
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