Emotional Abuse Therapists in Berlin, Germany

Emotional abuse is common and often not named as such. If you are experiencing cruel behavior and verbal or even physical abuse do not hesitate to get help. You may think that you have to take it because you are in love and find many reasons why the other person is not as bad as they act or you may feel you don’t deserve better. You may even think that there is no way out. Please stop, rethink and let’s talk. If you are abusing another person and repeatedly inflict pain , there may be part of you knowing that this is not smart to continue on like this for yourself and everybody involved. You can make a difference and achieve a different life. Let’s talk and face up to it.

If you have experienced emotional abuse as a child or an adult you might struggle with trusting yourself, have negative beleifs relating to yourself and in relationships.You may have patterns of relating which do not serve you.In therapy we would be working to identify how you came to be this way, to assemble the puzzle pieces and make sense of them, to create new ways of relating to yourself and others.

Emotional abuse has many faces and forms, and these can be especially subtle. Having experienced abuse in various ways myself has motivated me to understand and learn how to self-regulate and transform the obstruction and the freeze. This makes me a useful support to others. I am specialist with narcissistic and psychopathic patterns and the subtleties involved in the constellation of all kinds of relationships, personal or professional.

I help people to understand control and abuse so that they can create healthy relationships for themselves.

Berlin's reputation as a hub for creativity, counterculture, and radical self-expression attracts artists, LGBTQ+ individuals, and young migrants from across Europe, generating a therapy community with particularly strong expertise in identity, queer relationships, trauma, and the psychological challenges of creative careers. The German statutory health insurance system funds a significant number of therapy sessions annually through Kassenzulassung-approved providers — though waiting times for publicly funded slots are often long and many residents supplement with private care. Berlin's large Turkish, Arabic, and Eastern European communities drive demand for culturally competent and multilingual therapists, and the city has a well-established network of English-language practitioners serving its large expat population. Berlin's complex history — encompassing division, reunification, and proximity to living memory of authoritarian rule — shapes ongoing themes of political identity, freedom, and intergenerational trauma in clinical work.

Gender ID

	75%	Female
	25%	Male

Session Type

100%

In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

100%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
75%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
50%	Psychoeducational Therapy
50%	Somatic Therapy
50%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
50%	Hypnotherapy
50%	Relational Psychotherapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Senior
75%	Young Adult
25%	Teen

Client Focus

75%	Women
75%	Men
50%	Asian
50%	Middle Eastern
50%	Christian

Emotional Abuse therapists in Berlin, Germany DE

Dr. Birte Nachtwey

Fiona Corbett

Adima Hawkes

Gordon Wax BA HONS MBACP