LGBTQIA Health
counseling and Therapy
“It’s not enough to be LGBT* friendly, you need an in-depth knowledge of people’s identities and how they’re evolving.”
“It’s not enough to be LGBT* friendly, you need an in-depth knowledge of people’s identities and how they’re evolving.”
LGBTQIA Health: Sexual identity is an important part of every person. People who do not conform to cis- and heteronormative, i.e. general, expectations still often suffer from discrimination and thus more stress – and this can promotepsychological and psychosomatic illnesses. Psychological symptoms are often developed to compensate for anxiety and suffering.
Growing up in a world where you learn as a child to have to follow the heterosexual image can often be very hard and cause dysfunctional cognitive thinking patterns, depression, anxiety problems, and trauma,among other things.
As a therapist who has also been assisting LGBT* people for over 10 years, I believe that ensuring a supportive and understanding therapeutic environment is extremely important. Of considerable importance here is understanding the impact of society’s stereotypes and heteronormative expectations on people’s psychosocial development.
I attach great importance to this. In this sense, after acquiring the additional title of sexual medicine(Berlin Medical Association- Ärztekammer Berlin), I have undergone additional training and qualification. my continuing education includes also mytraining in LGBTQIA affirmative therapy (LGBTQIA Affirmative Therapy Certification Program, AdvancedMental HealthTraining Institute in Florida, USA).
If your specific problem is missing from the list, feel free to contact me anyway. We will then see together whether I can make you a suitable therapy offer.
The sessions can be held in German but also in English and Greek.
I consult by appointment. This means, you don’t have to wait. I also offer flexible scheduling for working professionals.
It is often difficult to take the first step and seek professional help. Maybe it’s helpful if you firstcontacted me by email: kontakt@psychiater-praxis-berlin.de
I’m also available by phone at 0174 311 8908. We can arrange appointments for an initial consultation promptly or you can book your appointment directly:
Dear patients, the practice will be closed for vacation from 29.01 to 20.02 inclusive.
Existing patients may contact from 29.01-02.02 and from 11.02-19.02 the practice Dr. Marie Bretel (Tegeler Weg 4, 10589 Berlin, 015752425732) for urgent inquiries, during the office hours indicated there (and only by appointment).
In case of emergency contact the Berlin crisis service (Berliner Krisendienst) of your district.