If you or your children are not safe, contact your local emergency services or the police.
Crisis numbers in Switzerland
- Opferhilfe Schweiz, the victim-support number 142: Tel: 142, answered day and night.
- All crisis lines in Switzerland
What couples counselling is
In couples counselling the relationship is the client.
Titles you will see include Psychologe, Eidgenössisch anerkannter Psychotherapeut (Federally recognised psychotherapist) (eidg. anerk.) and Eidgenössisch anerkannter Kinder- und Jugendpsychologe.
It is not arbitration and nobody rules at the end. Couples counselling is for people married and unmarried, together and separating.
Is couples counselling the right first step?
The usual reasons not to start jointly are moderate to severe aggression between partners, active alcohol or other substance misuse, a continuing affair, and psychotic symptoms 1. Individual or specialist treatment comes first.
Couples sessions require safety. If one of you is afraid of the other, that is a safety question first.
Bern has 3 therapists listed on TherapyRoute who work with couples.
If the problem is safety rather than the relationship
Where there is violence, control or fear at home, the first call is not to a counsellor.
The NO MORE Global Directory lists domestic and sexual violence helplines country by country, and covers almost every country the United Nations recognises 2. The NO MORE Foundation built it with the United Nations and the World Bank.
A number from another country will not help you. Look up the one where you are.
Of the 3 who say how they work, 3 offer online sessions.
Couples work here is offered by psychologists and counsellors.
Couples sessions here are offered in English, French, Arabic and German.
Nearby places and related listings
- Every therapist listed in Bern (6)
- Marriage counselling in Basel
- Marriage counselling in Zurich
- Marriage counselling in Geneva
- Marriage counsellors by city, the marriage counsellors page, not tied to a place
- Marriage counselling across Switzerland
References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
