English Psychotherapy in Vienna

Are you thoughtful and self-reflecting, yet still feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in emotional patterns that don’t really serve you?
I offer psychotherapy in English in central Vienna, grounded in years of working closely with people in deep psychological processes. My work is calm, focused, and evidence-informed, supporting those who want to understand themselves more deeply and create lasting psychological change.

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Rotem Hess, MA, Psychotherapist

Rotem Hess

Psychotherapist

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
EMDR Therapy
Group Therapy
Neurofeedback

English - German - Hebrew

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areas I can help with

ADHD

ADHD is mostly about learning how to work with your brain instead of constantly fighting it. Many difficulties come from trying to function in ways that don’t fit how your brain works.

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Relationships & Identity

Themes around recurring relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, chronic anxiety or sadness, identity & life direction struggles, effects of early childhood experiences

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Trauma

EMDR helps you process painful memories so they no longer shape your life today. Through bilateral stimulation, your brain releases emotional weight, creating space for clarity and change.

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Group Therapy

For improving relationships and communication, building confidence and self-esteem, managing stress, exploring personal patterns and blind spots, enhancing self-awareness and resilience, cultivating belonging and connection

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Explore. Process. Integrate.
from insight to lasting change

How I Work

"You can't heal what you can't feel" - Jan Winhall

My goal is not to make therapy last forever, but to support meaningful progress in a way that is as efficient as possible without overwhelming you. Healing requires awareness, and change becomes possible when difficult experiences can be felt and understood rather than avoided. We work at a pace that respects your available resources, slowing down or moving forward depending on what is needed at each stage of the process. 

I am active in sessions and ask careful, sometimes challenging questions, especially when something important seems to be happening beneath the surface. At times, this means staying with an experience rather than moving on too quickly—because what cannot be felt cannot be worked through. At the same time, I always respect what you are ready for. Therapy involves working not only with thoughts, but also with emotions and bodily responses, allowing difficulties to be understood more fully rather than only managed. 

Therapy with me is collaborative. We work as a team, and open, honest communication is essential. Safety and trust are a priority, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. I use methods that have been helpful for many clients, while remaining attentive to what works for you. If something is not supportive, we adjust and find a different way forward.

A NEW GROUP STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, 12.11.2025

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We all know people with whom it is best not to share anything that matters to us. If we have experienced something exciting, and if we tell it to those people, it will seem almost dull. If we have a secret, we will keep it safe from those people, safe inside us, untold. But, if you are lucky, you know one person with whom it is the other way around. If you tell that person something exciting, it becomes more exciting. A great story will expand, you will find yourself telling it in more detail, finding the richness of all the elements, more than when you only thought about it alone. Whatever matters to you, you save it until you can tell it to that person.

- Eugene Gendlin

Before you take the next step, pause and meet yourself where you are.

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