It's Complicated

Katharina Maria Ippisch

(she/her)

Psychosocial Counsellor & Relationship Coach

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Available for new clients

I'm a Traumatherapist specialized on relational trauma. I support individuals and couples in building a more stable, honest, and vibrant relationship with themselves and with each other.

I specialise in:

At a glance
Vienna, AustriaAvailable online and via text
Offers free 20 minute introductory callThis provider offers a free introductory call
Note from Katharina Maria Einzelsitzungen & Paarbegleitungen Online & via Text möglich.
Illustration of a smiling sun peeking over a cloud, symbolizing warmth and positivity for connecting with the therapist.
Usually responds within 2 hours

About me

Hello and welcome - Happy to meet you here

My name is Katharina Ippisch. I am a certified life and social counsellor with specialized training in psychosocial counselling and Person-Centered Trauma Therapy.

My work focuses on attachment and relationship trauma. I support individuals who find themselves facing recurring conflicts, deep-seated fears, anger, insecurity or repetitive, harmful patterns in their relationships.

I speak:

GermanEnglish

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Location:

1040 Vienna, Austria

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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.
Couples therapySupport for couples working through problems and who want to gain insight into the relational dynamics that contribute to the problem.
EFT: Emotionally focused therapyRecommended for couples or individuals who want to strengthen emotional connections in relationships by exploring feelings and attachment.

Perhaps you know the feeling of losing yourself in a relationship.
Your needs and boundaries get blurry and you loose contact to your deeper inner knowing about who you truly are.
Or maybe you have a hard time to open up for love and always keep a save distance to your person - which also hurts really bad.
Maybe you are finding yourself caught in similar dynamics again and again, even with different people.

I support you in reconnecting with yourself, becoming more aware of your needs, fears and boundaries. I support you to find a way to trust in yourself again—so that you can experience yourself in relationships with greater clarity, freedom, and a stronger sense of being grounded in who you are.

If you have a hard time letting opening up to people and let love in, I'm really happy to support you to dive into that topic too.


Couples Counselling

In couples counselling, I support you in exploring and understanding the roots of recurring conflicts, relationship-related fears, or anger and in finding ways to reconnect and communicate with one another.

I help you develop a deeper understanding of each other, recognize relationship patterns that may have become stuck, and find new ways of relating that strengthen and nurture your connection.

This creates space for both of you—for your feelings, needs, and boundaries, and for exploring how you can shape your relationship in a more conscious, connected, and vibrant way.

My Approach

My work is trauma-sensitive and relationship-focused. At its heart are compassionate self-affirmation, empathy, and a respectful approach to our inner resistance, survival patterns, boundaries, and needs.

I aim to create a space where you can bring all of who you are and whatever is present for you—and gradually reconnect with your own feelings, lived experience, and inner knowing.

I'm also specialized in working with people during problematic break - ups in toxic relationships dynamics.

My Professional Background

My work is grounded in training and education in:

  • Person-Centered Trauma Therapy based on the work of Carl Rogers
  • Certified Life and Social Counselling / Psychosocial Counselling
  • Trauma therapeutic approaches developed by Brigitte Koch-Kerstens, with a particular focus on compassionate self-affirmation and working with inner resistance
  • Developmental, attachment, and relationship trauma and the survival strategies that can emerge from these experiences
  • Shame and guilt in social and interpersonal contexts
  • Connected Breathwork

My own experiences of personal growth and development also shape my approach and the way I meet and work with people.

I support you in taking yourself and your inner experience seriously again, trusting yourself more deeply, and experiencing relationships—with yourself and with others—with greater clarity, freedom, and authenticity.

Experience

3 years in practice

2021 - ongoing: Working with Clients
2019 - 2023: Working with People, influenced by Mobbing in Schools & on Workplace

Education

  • Certified Person-Centered Trauma Therapist based on the work of Carl Rogers
  • Certified Life and Social Counselling / Psychosocial Counselling
  • Trauma therapeutic approaches developed by Brigitte Koch-Kerstens, with a particular focus on compassionate self-affirmation and working with inner resistance
  • Developmental, attachment, and relationship trauma and the survival strategies that can emerge from these experiences
  • Shame and guilt in social and interpersonal contexts
  • Connected Breathwork

Services

Intro Call

Free 20 min Online

Individual Session

€100 1 hr 30 min Online & Text
In der 90 minütigen Einzelbegleitung haben wir genügend Raum langsam und sanft in deine Themen, damit verbundenen Gefühle und Widerstände einzutauchen.

Individual Session

€75 1 hr Online & Text
In der Traumasensiblen Einzelbegleitung nehmen wir uns Zeit für dich, deine Gefühle, deine Widerstände, Lebensthemen und Lebensfragen. Ich freue mich darauf, dich ein Stück auf deinem Weg begleiten zu können.

Couples Session

€150 1 hr 30 min Online
In der Traumasensiblen Beziehungsberatung begegnet ihr euch als Paar, mit allen euren Bedürfnissen, Wünschen und emotionalen Wunden. Die Paarsitzungen dauern immer 90 Minuten und sind aktuell Online möglich.

Insurances

Private PayPrivate Insurance
At a glance
Vienna, AustriaAvailable online and via text
Offers free 20 minute introductory callThis provider offers a free introductory call
Note from Katharina Maria Einzelsitzungen & Paarbegleitungen Online & via Text möglich.
Illustration of a smiling sun peeking over a cloud, symbolizing warmth and positivity for connecting with the therapist.
Usually responds within 2 hours
Next available: Sep 28