If you or your children are not safe, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or police station immediately. The lines listed below are gender-based-violence lines.
Crisis numbers in Germany
- Hilfetelefon Gewalt gegen Frauen, for women facing violence and those supporting them: Tel: 116 016. 24 hours.
- Hilfe-Telefon Sexueller Missbrauch, sexual abuse helpline: Tel: 0800 22 55 530. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 2pm; Tuesday and Thursday 3pm to 8pm. Closed on national public holidays and on 24 and 31 December.
This page lists Couples Counsellors in Berlin. 9 in all.
What the counsellors on this page do, and how to choose one
Assessment, diagnosis and medicine sit outside counselling; ask who provides them where you are. Open the profiles below to compare experience, language, fee, and whether they work online. Ask how soon each one can see you.
If you are afraid of your partner, say so to the practitioner before any joint session is booked. Ask to be seen on your own first. The support numbers at the top of this page are for that situation.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems.
The training emphasises the conversation itself. Sessions usually stay close to something happening now: a loss, a relationship, work, a decision. That focus is what most often separates counselling from longer psychotherapy.
A counsellor is not a medical doctor and does not prescribe or diagnose. Ask a counsellor what they work with, and for how long.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Couples and the professional title counsellor.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Berlin?
Bezirksamt Lichtenberg Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst. Phone +49 30 90296 7562. The district states that its social-psychiatric offers are free of charge. Adults with mental illness or mental-health problems may use the service. That includes depression, anxiety, serious social difficulties and related psychosocial problems, and relatives or close contacts may also come. Consultation can be anonymous, and the district publishes open consultation hours.
2 of these counsellors offer a sliding scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do both of us have to come?
Usually. Partners are almost always seen together1. Couples sessions require safety.
Some practitioners will see one partner alone where the other will not attend. Ask what a practitioner does when one person is unwilling.
Is this for married couples only?
No. Couples counselling is for people in a relationship, married or not, of any gender, living together or not. The same practitioners work with couples deciding whether to separate, and with couples who have already separated and are parenting together. Say which of those describes you at first contact.
Will the therapist say who is right?
No. The work is with what happens between two people rather than with a verdict on either of them. Effective work with couples needs its own theories and methods, drawn from research on relationships. Ask a practitioner how they handle it when you disagree in the room.
Can couples counselling be done online?
Yes, and many practitioners offer it. Couples therapy by video shows few significant differences from face-to-face sessions2. Symptom reduction, engagement and the therapeutic alliance are comparable.
Sitting in the same room at home suits some couples and not others. Ask what a practitioner offers.
Who registers therapists in Germany?
See the Germany page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
Sessions here are offered in English and German.
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References
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
