Family Counseling
Individual psychological counseling for adults on parent–child relationships, intergenerational patterns and boundaries within the family.
The family is our first relationship model.
We learn love, trust, conflict and boundaries for the first time in our family. Every relationship we form as adults — at work, in friendship, in love — carries in some way the traces of this first model. If your relationship with your family still troubles you today, that is not a “shortcoming” but the signal of an unresolved pattern.
According to the psychodynamic approach, family dynamics are not just childhood memories; they are a living system that is still active today and shapes your decisions and relationships. The boundary you have with your parents, the rivalry with your siblings, your family’s expectations of you — all are part of this system.
What do I work on?
- Relationship with parents as an adult — setting boundaries, guilt, the search for approval
- Intergenerational patterns — recognizing the patterns you inherited from your family
- Sibling relationships — rivalry, comparison, roles within the family
- Balancing family expectations and your own identity — the fear of “disappointing my family”
- Concerns about parenting — shaping your relationship with your own child independently of your own past
- Communication within the family — the unspoken, recurring conflicts, the balance between closeness and distance
My approach
I do not offer classic family counseling in which family members attend sessions together; I provide individual psychological counseling. The aim is not to “fix” your family but to see the pattern on your side, understand your place within the family system and build a healthier position for yourself from there. This change often creates a noticeable softening in family relationships as well — because when one part of a system changes, the dynamic changes.
Connection to relationship problems
The patterns we learn in the family often repeat in our romantic relationships too. If, beyond family dynamics, you also experience recurring relationship patterns or attachment difficulties, you may also want to look at our relationship problems page.