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 Family Psychotherapists in Munich. 3 in all.
What family therapy works with
Family therapy works with the relationships between people rather than one person's symptoms. It is talking therapy aimed at improving relationships among family members 1. It can involve any combination of them.
Families come with conflict, separation, a child's behaviour, illness or bereavement. Some come with the strain of caring for someone. A therapist may also meet members on their own.
It is not a report for a court or a school. The therapist does not decide who is at fault. Ask a practitioner who they would want in the room.
If you are afraid of someone in your family, 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 psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Family and the professional title psychotherapist.
The Munich page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in Germany?
Titles you will see include Psychologischer Psychotherapeut and Kinder-und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeut. Search the register by name at Bundespsychotherapeutenkammer (Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
In Germany the title Psychotherapeut needs a state licence, the Approbation. Doctors may use it too. Ask a practitioner on this list which licence or permission they hold.
References
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