Gottman Referral Network

About

Hi! I'm a clinical psychologist working with couples and individuals.

In couples therapy, I will help you shift unhelpful interactional patterns. We will look at what keeps you stuck, how to build new habits, reducing conflict and improving areas like connectedness and collaboration.

Relationship issues I work with include: conflict, boundary issues, communication problems, lack of shared meaning, role problems, co-/parenting issues, sexual issues, unhelpful dynamics (e.g., pursuer/distancer pattern), outside stressors, loyalty binds (e.g., with step-kids or in-laws) and coalitions with third parties.

I offer Discernment Counselling to married couples on the brink, in which one partner is leaning out of the marriage, while the other one is leaning in. Discernment Counselling takes a maximum of 5 sessions in which we discuss three possible paths forward (reconciliation through couples therapy, divorce, or maintaining the status quo). The goals of DC are to gain clarity and confidence about a direction for your relationship, based on a deeper understanding of your marriage and each spouse's contributions to the problems.

In individual therapy I work with relational issues as well as mental health problems.

I'm a clinical psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Association (MAPS). I hold a master's and PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Psychology from University of Marburg, Germany. In addition, I hold German state licences in clinical psychology as a Psychological Psychotherapist and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist.

I work in English and German. I speak, but don't work in Spanish. Being based in Australia, I can offer online therapy to clients in Germany during the morning in Central European Time.

I acknowledge the Custodianship of Gadigal and Wallumedegal people on the Countries I work on and pay respect to their Elders past and present.

Special populations

LGBTQIA+ people, couples on the brink/mixed-agenda couples, CNM relationships, CALD people, trauma