Psychotherapy is the treatment of mental illness through dialogue between therapist and patient. This involves taking a detailed look at the patient's life story and current situation in order to gain a new understanding of the context and initiate curative changes. The patient's personal impression is just as important as the therapist's professional assessment.

The initial discussions are initially about clarifying the problem - and whether the patient and therapist like each other. A trusting relationship is essential for good therapy, which is why patients do not have to make a binding decision in favour of therapy in the first sessions.

After the initial discussions, the psychotherapist and patient agree on the framework of the treatment. This takes place as individual treatment in depth psychology-based or systemic methods. Depending on the problem, psychotherapeutic treatment lasts between 15 and 120 hours. Treatment for children and adolescents also includes counselling sessions with parents or other guardians.

During psychotherapeutic treatment, you and the therapist work together in an atmosphere of trust to take concrete steps that will help you to master your life on your own again.

Depth psychology-based and systemic therapies

The institute's outpatient clinic offers two different types of therapy. Depth psychology-based psychotherapy is based on the assumption that stressful life events and biographical influences can trigger conflict and crisis situations and be the starting point for an illness. Accordingly, every person has unconscious conflicts that can be the cause of disorders and symptoms (psychodynamics).

Insystemic psychotherapy, the focus is on understanding the significance of context, interaction and relational dynamics. Systemic psychotherapy works in a focussed, cooperative, resource- and solution-oriented manner. Alternative perspectives and possible courses of action are developed together in order to promote positive changes in social systems.