It's Complicated

Maja Helena Harmes

(she/her)

Systemic Therapist

Verified by It's Complicated
Available for new clients
Creating an open, accepting environment for you to explore how you want to grow, how to take care of your needs and how to communicate them. For authenticity and connection. Neurodiversity and 2e informed

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At a glance
Berlin, GermanyAvailable in-person and online
Last active
Experienced on It's ComplicatedAbout 4 years and 1550+ sessions on It's Complicated
Offers free 30 minute introductory callThis provider offers a free introductory call
Note from Majamessage me for a complimentary first 30min online session to explore what you would like to address and how I can support you
Illustration of a smiling sun peeking over a cloud, symbolizing warmth and positivity for connecting with the therapist.
Usually responds within 24 hours

About me

I've always been curious about how we percieve the world does actually shape our experience of it. And in finding my own clarity as a way of supporting others. This has led me from studying visual arts over meditation and mindfulness to becoming a counsellor and therapist.
I have been working as a counsellor for almost a decade, supporting people and families in difficult circumstances, children with disabilities, gifted, neurodivergent or neurocomplex children and young adults with Autism / ADHD.
Since 2020 I work as a systemic counsellor and coach, supporting clients in developing their own ways. I have completed the training as a systemic counsellor and am currently deepening my understanding of a variety of very valuable methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema-Therapy and Emotion-Focused therapy for individuals and couples. In my practice I use all of the above depending on what is best suited for your situation.
Also I have been practicing mindfulness and meditation for over ten years and find it to be a key to understanding myself and others and to actually being present with my clients.

I speak:

EnglishGerman

Location:

Stresemannstraße 21, 10963 Berlin, Germany

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Approach

Treatment Approaches
ACT: Acceptance and Commitment TherapyRecommended for those who want to stop fighting negative thoughts and learn how to live with more acceptance and focus on what really matters in life.
EFT: Emotionally focused therapyRecommended for couples or individuals who want to strengthen emotional connections in relationships by exploring feelings and attachment.
Systemic therapyRecommended for those who want to understand how their relationships and environments influence their behavior and emotions, particularly within family or organizational systems.
In my experience the way we perceive the world is key to our thriving or contentment. Sometimes we struggle finding a perspective that makes us feel like we can actually do something to make things easier and brings us closer to what is really important to us.
Creating a supportive environment for you to explore how you want to grow, how to take care of your needs and how to communicate them in your relationships or in your professional field.
My task is asking the right questions, that enable you to come closer to yourself, to what is really important to you and how to deal with the struggles along the way.
In the process I draw on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema-Therapy and Emotion-Focused therapy for individuals (and couples).

Experience

5 years in practice1550+ sessions on It's ComplicatedAbout 4 years at It's Complicated
2020 - today private practice for Mindfulness-based Systemic Counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy for individuals and couples

2019 - 2023 Coaching for Parents of Kids on the Autism-Spectrum, Fundament Berlin-Brandenburg

2014 - 2022 supporting neurodivergent children and their families in difficult circumstances, with ADHD or on the Autism-Spectrum

Education

2024-2025 in depth training in EFT-C, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy after Dr. Les Greenberg with Prof. Dr. Rhonda Goldman, Dr. Serine Warwar at IEFT Berlin

2021 - 2023 training in Mindfulness-based Systemic Therapy, Schema-Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and couples, SIA - Systemisches Institut für Achtsamkeit, Berlin

2019-2021 training in Mindfulness-based Systemic Counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, SIA - Systemisches Institut für Achtsamkeit, Berlin

2016 M.Ed Art and Special Needs Education

2014 -2017 qualification in working with children and young adults on the Autism Spectrum
Fundament Berlin-Brandenburg gGmbH

2013 BA Art and Special Needs Education

Services

Intro Call

Free 30 min Online & In-person

Individual Session

€90 50 min Online & In-person

Individual Session

Sliding scale
€70 50 min Online & In-person

couple session

€150 1 hr 15 min Online & In-person

Insurances

Private Pay
At a glance
Berlin, GermanyAvailable in-person and online
Last active
Experienced on It's ComplicatedAbout 4 years and 1550+ sessions on It's Complicated
Offers free 30 minute introductory callThis provider offers a free introductory call
Note from Majamessage me for a complimentary first 30min online session to explore what you would like to address and how I can support you
Illustration of a smiling sun peeking over a cloud, symbolizing warmth and positivity for connecting with the therapist.
Usually responds within 24 hours
Next available: May 28