Licensed psychotherapist · 10+ years · EMDR · Lifespan Integration · Certified HeartMath trainer · English, German, Hebrew · Online, worldwide
Licensed psychotherapist · 10+ years · EMDR · Lifespan Integration · Certified HeartMath trainer · English, German, Hebrew · Online, worldwide
FAQ
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Book a first session50 minutes, no commitment beyond it
Book a first session. Fifty minutes by video: you say what's going on and what you've already tried, and we map where the difficulty is sitting. If I don't think I'm the right person, I'll say so and point you toward what might work better.
It's working time, not an intake interview. You describe what's brought you here; I ask a few questions and explain how I'd approach it. By the end you should have a clearer read on what's maintaining the pattern and what would address it — and that holds whether or not we continue.
Straight away, in practical terms. I'm currently accepting new clients, and you can book a first session directly through the website — there's no waiting list and no enquiry step in between.
No. Most people who contact me don't have one and don't need one. A diagnosis can be useful information, but it isn't a prerequisite for the work being effective.
That's a normal starting point. Plenty of people arrive knowing only that something isn't right and that they can't name it. Working out what's actually happening is part of the early sessions rather than something you need to bring with you.
Yes. Online therapy across borders is common, and for English-speaking people living where their own language isn't widely available clinically, it's often the only route to a good fit. The practical considerations are time zones and whether you have local support available if you ever need urgent care.
For most of what I do, yes. Research on video-delivered psychotherapy, including EMDR, generally finds outcomes comparable to in-person work. Fit between client and therapist matters considerably more than the medium.
I work online, in English, with clients across Europe and beyond, and in person in Vienna. If you're outside Europe, time zones are the practical limit rather than anything else — write and we'll see whether the hours work.
Sessions run by secure video. You'll receive a link before each appointment — nothing to install. You'll need a private space, a stable connection, and ideally headphones.
We reconnect, and if it isn't workable we switch to phone or reschedule. It happens occasionally and it isn't a problem.
English, German and Hebrew.
Regulate, then integrate, then consolidate. We begin with nervous-system regulation using HeartMath coherence training, then process what's still generating the reaction using EMDR or Lifespan Integration, then make sense of the pattern psychodynamically. Physiology first, so the deeper work has something steady to land on. More on how I work →
Because insight is slow and verbal, while the reactions causing difficulty are fast and physiological. Understanding a pattern doesn't reach the system producing it. Building the capacity to notice and shift your own state gives the later work something to stand on — and it's usually the fastest visible change.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an extensively researched psychotherapy method for processing traumatic and distressing memories. It's recognised by the World Health Organization, NICE in the UK, and the American Psychological Association among others. It doesn't require describing distressing events in detail, and it often works in fewer sessions than talking approaches. More on EMDR →
Lifespan Integration works with the timeline of your life as a whole rather than targeting individual memories, which makes it well suited to attachment and early experience where there's often no single incident to work with. It's gentle, doesn't require detailed retelling, and is frequently better tolerated by people who find other trauma work overwhelming. Its research base is considerably smaller than EMDR's. More on Lifespan Integration →
HeartMath is a form of heart-rate-variability biofeedback that shows your physiological state in real time and trains you to shift it deliberately. A sensor and screen display make visible whether you're mobilised, shut down or settled, and structured practice builds the ability to change that state on purpose. More on HeartMath →
Yes, I'm a certified HeartMath trainer as well as a psychotherapist licensed by the Austrian Ministry of Health. That combination is unusual — most HeartMath practitioners aren't psychotherapists, and most psychotherapists don't work with biofeedback.
No, though I'd encourage it. It's usually the fastest source of visible change and it makes the later work more tolerable. Some people use it intensively; others only enough to recognise their own states more reliably.
It depends on what we're working with. Regulation changes are usually noticeable within four to eight weeks. Processing work varies widely — from a handful of sessions for something contained, to considerably longer for developmental or attachment material. I'll give you an honest estimate once I understand the situation, and revise it if I turn out to be wrong.
Usually weekly to begin with, particularly in the first two or three months. Some people move to fortnightly later.
Most commonly because it addressed understanding rather than the system producing the reaction. Insight is slow and verbal; the responses causing difficulty are fast and physiological, often formed before language. Talking therapy can produce accurate self-knowledge without changing what your body does under pressure. More on this →
No, and you shouldn't. The self-understanding you've built means we can skip the mapping stage most people need and go straight to what's missing — usually the regulation and processing work rather than more exploration.
Analytical, high-functioning adults who are psychologically curious and willing to practise between sessions. Most are dealing with some combination of insight that hasn't become change, adult ADHD, burnout, or developmental trauma in a life that works from the outside.
I'm not the right fit if you're in acute crisis, need urgent psychiatric care, or need someone who can reach you physically — in that situation local in-person support is what you need. I also don't do assessment or prescribe. And this approach asks you to look at emotional and relational material, not only techniques or data; if that isn't what you want, I'd rather say so at the start.
No. For a formal diagnosis you'd need a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. I work therapeutically with people who are diagnosed and with people who strongly suspect ADHD and want to address the impact regardless. More on adult ADHD →
Tell me, and we'll look at it together. I check in periodically about what's helping and what isn't, and I'd far rather hear that something is off than have you quietly conclude it isn't for you. Sometimes it means changing the approach; occasionally it means I'm not the right person, which I'll say directly.
Whatever is alive and relevant — current situations, patterns you've noticed, things that happened during the week, and where useful, earlier experience. Sessions are structured enough to create clarity and flexible enough to follow what matters on the day.
Fees are set out in full on the fees page, including the individual session rate, the Foundation Block of eight sessions, the Regulation Baseline and group therapy. The first session is charged at the standard rate.
Only if we do HeartMath work, in which case you'll need your own sensor — around €200, available at a 20% discount through me as a certified trainer. It's yours to keep and continues to be useful after we finish.
Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours' notice are charged in full, since the time is held for you and can't be filled at short notice.
Yes. Breaks are normal — for travel, workload, or simply needing time to absorb something. What I'd ask is that we discuss it rather than sessions quietly stopping.
What we discuss stays between us. I keep brief working notes for my own use. If there's ever a reason I'd need to depart from that, I'd talk to you about it first wherever possible.