Who I Work With
Others come because they love each other yet keep finding themselves in the same painful place, unsure how to move forward. For others, the struggle is quieter but no less significant — a lifelong question of identity, belonging, and where home really is after growing up between cultures.
I work with individuals, couples, and, where appropriate, families. Together, we will explore what has brought you here, understand the patterns shaping your experience, and find some room to move, even in the parts that have felt stuck the longest.
Sessions are available in person at my practice in Vienna or online.
Couples
Cross-cultural relationships are shaped by the experiences, histories, expectations, and cultures that each partner brings to the relationship. These differences sometimes become a source of growth. At other times, they leave couples feeling caught in patterns they no longer understand or know how to change.
Couples therapy is an opportunity to step back from those patterns and look at the relationship together. Rather than deciding who is right or wrong, we become curious about what is happening between you two. As understanding grows, different ways of communicating, responding, and connecting often emerge.
Whether you are navigating recurring conflict, cultural differences, or a major life transition, this is where those experiences are worked through together.
Individuals in Cross-Cultural Relationships
Sometimes, it is not the relationship that needs attention first, but the person within it.
I work with people in cross-cultural relationships who want a space that belongs entirely to them — a place where they can understand their own experiences without feeling responsible for anyone else’s.
People often arrive feeling overwhelmed by their relationships, uncertain about the future, disconnected from themselves, or simply exhausted from trying to hold everything together.
We work through what is overwhelming you, notice the patterns that may be shaping your life, and make room for real clarity about what matters most to you.
Individual therapy can stand alone or complement couples therapy. Sometimes, one partner begins therapy before the other. At other times, one partner may attend an individual session during couples therapy. These sessions provide space to explore experiences that may feel difficult to bring into the shared conversation while continuing to support the wider work of the relationship.
Adults Who Grew Up Between Cultures
Some people have spent much of their lives moving between cultures, languages, and ways of seeing the world. Others grew up feeling that they belonged to more than one place, yet never completely to any one of them.
Living between cultures can enrich a person’s life, but it can also raise questions that are difficult to explain to those who have never experienced them.
Where do I belong?
Which parts of myself feel like home?
How do I honour everything that has shaped me without feeling divided between the worlds I carry?
This is a space to explore these questions with curiosity rather than judgement. What has shaped you does not have to remain in separate pieces. This is where the different parts of your story start to speak to each other rather than compete.