Patrick Renner
Psychological Counsellor
Native English-speaking counsellor in Berlin who is also comfortable in German. I work in an embodied way to help people attune to their own natural capacity for healing and growth.
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About me
I'm a US Midwest-born British citizen and native English speaker living in Berlin. Originally having come from a very left-brain oriented IT background, I've always balanced this out with a passion for diversity in culture, language and philosophy. I've lived in various countries most of my adult life so I'm aware of the challenges that one faces especially here in Berlin as an expat/immigrant.
In my personal history there has been early childhood trauma, LGBTQIA+ issues, neurodivergence, and social-economic challenges. These life experiences, how I've engaged them in my own therapy, and the mix of psychodynamic, humanistic, and integrative psychotherapy training I've had, have all conditioned my compassionate way of working with suffering of all kinds.
I speak:
Location:
Media Gallery
Approach
'Mindfulness-in-Relation' a co-created relationship between the Client and the Counsellor. We'll bring in awareness of the mind, awareness of the body, and the felt sense in the present to explore the processes one has had to develop, according to their personal history, to simply be in the world. From there we work together to develop new ways of being that are more attuned to one's own core process, their innate capacity to heal and grow.
We'll also bring awareness to the social systems that mould and shape the different identities we hold in life. How we relate to ourselves and the world in terms of ableness, gender and gender identity, neurodiversity, race, sexual orientation and expression, socio-economic status, etc., often presents very specific challenges. We'll make compassionate space for them on the path toward ever closer to a life of authenticity.
I offer a free initial first session to get acquainted and see if the connection feels right. If we both feel like it's a good fit to work together, I ask for a six week initial commitment then the time frame for working together is open-ended.
Experience
Accredited member of the European Association for Psychotherapy Accredited member of the European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy Accredited member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) ID 2011167914. Accredited member of the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists Member of the Ethics Equality and Diversity Committee of the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists
2016-2018 — I worked in a volunteer capacity with MIND in Camden, a UK mental health charity, providing emotional and practical support for people struggling with mental health issues, including those who had been given a diagnosis of personality disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia.
2019-2021 — I worked in a volunteer capacity with Positive East, a UK HIV charity, providing psychotherapy for those with an HIV diagnosis.
2020-now — private psychotherapy in Berlin and online
I also have had a cumulative of over 10 years of personal psychotherapy, so I have a deep experience of the practice of psychotherapy both as a practitioner and a receiver.
Education
Bachelor in German, University of London Certificate of Higher Education in Psychodynamic Counselling and Group Dynamics, University of London Advanced Diploma in Mental Health Practice, Tavistock Trust, Middlesex University MA in Mindfulness-Based Core Process Psychotherapy, Karuna Institute, Middlesex University
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
Insurances
