My name is Anna. I live in Hamburg, Germany, and I work both face-to-face and online with individuals and couples struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, and psychological trauma. Among my clients, you can find German nationals residing both in Germany and abroad, individuals born in Germany and other countries who consider Germany their home, members of transnational families, and people of diverse nationalities and cultures. For more than ten years, I have supported my clients in dealing with cultural transitions, losses, grieving, and adaptation to new environments. Additionally, I have been helping transnational families to establish and maintain an emotional connection between family members of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. My counseling room is your safe space to feel connected, understood, and accepted just the way you are. My goal is not only to help you heal from your symptoms, but ultimately to assist you in developing more resilience, well-being, and positive regard through connecting to yourself and others.

I work with individuals ages 25-95 from many different cultures, religions, and nationalities. I invite you to read about my therapeutic approach and counseling experience, and I hope it will help you decide whether working with me feels comfortable and right for you.

I am an emotionally focused therapist and counselor. With my support, you will learn how to handle your feelings, become better connected to yourself, you will find the meaning in your stories, integrate lessons from the past, and move forward into the future of your choice.

I use Emotionally Focused Therapy developed by Dr. Sue Johnson. I guide couples to make sense of their emotional interactions, and to experience how emotional connection and a felt sense of security soothes their bodies and hearts and allows them to find a safe haven in each other’s arms.

The goal of my workshops is to support mental health. According to the World Health Organization, mental health is not only the absence of disease; it is “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes their potential, [and] can cope with the normal stresses of life…”