INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Life can look perfectly fine from the outside: busy, successful, even enviable, and still feel off underneath. Most people I meet are holding a lot, doing their best, and quietly wondering when their best stopped feeling like enough.

 

I work with thoughtful, capable people, often international or English-speaking, living in Hamburg or working across borders. You might recognise yourself in that description: someone who has spent years adapting, striving, and holding it all together, yet noticing that something inside has started to shift.

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When things start to feel heavier

At some point, these questions begin to surface:
“Why does everything feel heavier lately?”
“How did I lose my sense of direction?”
“I should be happy, so why am I not?”

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It’s common to find yourself caught in familiar emotional loops such as anxiety, low mood, self-doubt, or relationship tension, and to wonder why nothing seems to shift for long. You might have read the books, tried the tools, or even done therapy before.

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That’s often the point where something deeper starts to call for attention, where it becomes less about managing your feelings and more about understanding them. The goal isn’t to delete anxiety or sadness, but to stop letting them run the show. Therapy can help you notice what’s underneath the pressure and start moving in a direction that actually feels like your own life again.

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When life stops feeling like it fits

It can be unsettling when the life you’ve built no longer feels like it’s working, when what once felt meaningful now feels routine or empty. You might notice yourself on autopilot, juggling responsibilities, relationships, or family life, while quietly sensing that something essential has faded.

 

Sometimes it is burnout. Sometimes it is a quiet voice saying, “I can’t keep living like this.”

In therapy we slow down enough to notice what is happening underneath: the pressure, the perfectionism, the loneliness, the distance from what once felt important, and begin to reconnect with what truly matters.

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The expat experience: more complex than it looks

For expats, relocated individuals, and couples, living abroad can be both enriching and disorienting. You adapt, you build a life, and yet there’s often a sense of “in-between-ness”: between cultures, languages, identities. The excitement that brought you here might fade into a deeper question about belonging, purpose, and what home now means.

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Having gone through relocation myself, I know how deeply it can affect your sense of belonging. Therapy can be a space to explore that, and reconnect with who you are beyond the labels and roles.

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How you know it might be time

You do not need to wait until things fall apart to reach out for support.

It might be time to talk when:
• You feel like you have lost clarity or direction.
• You are functioning well but feel detached or emotionally flat.
• You feel caught between worlds; professionally, culturally, or personally.
• You crave change but don't know where to start.

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Whatever brings you here, this can be a place to pause, breathe, and begin again.

Therapy isn’t only for when things are broken. Sometimes it’s where you come to get your bearings, to reconnect with yourself, and with the parts of life that feel real and alive.

 

What you can expect

You won’t find a clipboard and silence here. Therapy with me is real, sometimes challenging, and often surprisingly full of humour. We might talk about the hard stuff: family patterns, the weight of the past, the feelings you’ve tried to ignore, but also about how to live a life that feels lighter and more genuine.

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I use evidence-based methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), but what matters most is creating a space where you can understand yourself, speak honestly, and start moving toward the life you actually want.

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If any of this resonates

You don’t have to figure it all out on your own.
If any of this feels familiar, we can start with a conversation; no pressure, just a chance to see whether it feels like a good fit.

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