It's Complicated

Sarah Salmhofer

(she/her)

Psychological Psychotherapist

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👩‍🎓 psychotherapist (CBT) 💻 online counseling 📍 based in Berlin ▶️ specialized in anxiety, stress, burn-out, depression, trauma and eating disorder

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Berlin, GermanyAvailable in-person and online
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Experienced on It's ComplicatedOver 3 years and 500+ sessions on It's Complicated
Your story is important.Feel free to contact me here if you feel that we could be a good fit.
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About me

I am a psychological psychotherapist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). I offer both on-site psychotherapy in my own practice in Berlin Schöneberg (U-Bahn Nollendorfplatz) and online psychological counseling.

I am very passionate about my work. Seeing how clients develop, solve problems and break old behavioral patterns is something I find enriching every time. I see my work as "helping people to help themselves". Openness, transparency and working together as equals are very important to me.

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German

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Location:

Maaßenstraße 10, 10777 Berlin, Germany

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Approach

Treatment Approaches
CBT: Cognitive behavioural therapyRecommended for those looking for practical support and accountability to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors.
Psychotherapy Recommended for those who want to work through emotional or mental health challenges by talking with a trained psychotherapist.
Schema therapyRecommended for those who want to break out of negative patterns or "schemas" that they developed early in life and keep repeating.

My aim is to build a trusting relationship in which you feel comfortable and can open up. In an initial consultation, I will listen to your current situation, your difficulties, possible clinical symptoms and your goals. In the long term, I would like to support you in identifying and resolving unfavorable behavioral patterns in order to reduce clinical symptoms, achieve better self-regulation, improve relationships with others and understand yourself better.

I focus on two areas: ▶️ My first focus is on current problems in the present. For this, I use classic methods of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). In situation analyses, we find out which factors trigger and maintain your problem. These can be, for example, deeply rooted beliefs, unconscious behavioral patterns (e.g. avoidance behavior), difficulties in dealing with emotions or poor interaction styles. Once we have found out what triggers your problem, we develop concrete strategies or skills that can be applied practically and promptly in everyday life. This phase is therefore very action- and goal-oriented.

▶️ My second focus is on influential childhood experiences. We look at what influences your attachment figures or certain experiences in your biography have had on you and how you can deal with them or work through them. To do this, I use modern methods from the so-called "third wave" (e.g. elements from schema therapy, emotion work, mindfulness or self-compassion). Elements from trauma therapy can also be applied here.

Through this approach, I try to answer the two questions "How can I solve my problem?" and "Why did my problem emerge in the first place?"

Experience

6 years in practice500+ sessions on It's ComplicatedOver 3 years at It's Complicated

01/2020 - 07/2020: practical work at a treatment facility for PTSD and trauma-related disorders

08/2020 - 05/2021: practical work in a psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic (mainly for patients with depression, burn-out and anxiety disorders)

06/2021 - 10/2023: psychotherapeutic treatment of outpatients under supervision (mainly patients with depression, burn-out, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, somatoform disorders and personality disorders)

since 01/2023: psychological online counseling on it's complicated

since 07/2024: Psychotherapy (CBT) in own practice in Berlin-Schöneberg

Education

10/2015: Magistra (equivalent to Diploma / Master of Science) in Psychology at the University of Vienna / Austria, main focus: clinical psychology and applied child and adolescent psychology

04/2024: License to practice as a psychotherapist (CBT)

Services

Individual Session

€134 50 min Online & In-person

Insurances

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At a glance
Berlin, GermanyAvailable in-person and online
Last active
Experienced on It's ComplicatedOver 3 years and 500+ sessions on It's Complicated
Your story is important.Feel free to contact me here if you feel that we could be a good fit.
Illustration of a smiling sun peeking over a cloud, symbolizing warmth and positivity for connecting with the therapist.
Usually responds within 8 hours
Usually responds within 8 hours