About Me

My Approach

I believe genuine counselling is built on honesty. No quick fixes, no empty promises — but an interdisciplinary perspective on your whole situation. People are not a collection of isolated problems. Mental health, physical wellbeing, relationships and personal identity constantly influence one another — and that is precisely where I focus.

Salutogenesis & Pathogenesis

What sets my work apart from many others: I bring both perspectives.

This combination is rare. It allows me to support clients both preventively and during acute life crises — always keeping the bigger picture in view.

Professional Background

My clinical experience was gained in supported community living (BeWo) — first in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, then in Düsseldorf — working with people experiencing severe mental health conditions, addiction disorders, and complex life situations. This experience is LVR (Landschaftsverband Rheinland) recognised and has fundamentally shaped my understanding of human crises.

Mental Health Counselling & Key Working: As a dedicated key worker, I provided direct, relationship-based support in daily life, helped clients build sustainable routines, and intervened directly in crisis situations — coordinating closely with physicians, therapists, and other specialists.

Individual Needs Assessment: I conducted structured assessments that determined the scope and intensity of support for clients with specific psychiatric profiles, and authored and reviewed the individual support plans that guided our interventions.

Concept Development: As part of organisational development, I explored new areas of service expansion, built collaborative frameworks with relevant stakeholders across the social sector, and contributed conceptual input to the ongoing development of the service.

Quality Management: I worked to continuously refine internal processes, documentation standards, and care delivery procedures — with the aim of sustainably securing the quality of support provided.

As an EAP counsellor (Employee Assistance Programme) at MindFi — a Singapore-based company — I supported executives, senior managers, and C-suite leaders at multinational organisations, in German and English, remotely and worldwide. EAP is an employer-funded counselling format that provides employees with confidential, professional psychological support for both professional and personal challenges — accessible, discreet, and independent of the employer.

The client profile at MindFi set a particular standard: high-achieving professionals operating under intense pressure, with equally high expectations around discretion and quality. This experience has fundamentally sharpened my understanding of the specific stress patterns and psychological dynamics that arise in demanding leadership roles.

Where I Work

Remote counselling offers flexibility, discretion and efficiency — available nationwide and internationally via secure video call. In individual cases I also offer home visits in the Meerbusch, Neuss and Düsseldorf area for clients who prefer in-person contact, at least at the outset. I am planning to open a practice in this region in the future.