Building a Life Together Across Cultures Is Beautiful — and Sometimes Hard.
Intercultural couples therapy online and in person in Berlin, in English, German and Turkish for couples navigating migration, identity, belonging and life across cultures.
Intercultural Couples Therapy in Berlin & Online
A transcultural and systemic approach for couples navigating love, migration, identity, family and belonging.
When two people build a life together across cultures, the challenges often go beyond cultural differences alone.
Questions of belonging, family expectations, parenting, identity, language and the future can become sources of tension, even in loving relationships.
Therapy can offer a space to better understand these dynamics, strengthen communication and create new ways of moving forward together.
Why Relationships Across Cultures Can Feel Especially Complex
Building a life across cultures can take many forms.
You may come from different countries or cultural backgrounds. Or you may share a similar background while navigating migration, relocation and the experience of creating a life in a new country together.
Over time, differences in experiences, expectations and ways of making sense of the world can become sources of tension. Sometimes, it is not the conflict itself that becomes overwhelming, but the exhaustion of having the same conversations again and again — of explaining yourself and still not feeling fully understood.
What may look like a disagreement about an everyday decision can carry much bigger questions underneath:
Where do we feel at home?
How close do we want to be to our families?
What does partnership mean to each of us?
How do we create a shared future while honouring the different experiences that have shaped us?
The challenge is often not cultural difference itself. It is finding a way to build a shared life while carrying different histories, expectations and experiences.
Therapy can offer a space to understand what is happening beneath these recurring conflicts — and to find new ways of moving forward together.
My Approach
My work combines systemic psychotherapy with a transcultural perspective.
Rather than seeing partners as representatives of different cultures, I am interested in the unique stories, relationships and experiences that shape each person and their way of being in the world.
In our work together, I bring an attitude of curiosity and genuine interest. Rather than looking for quick solutions or deciding who is right and who is wrong, we take time to explore the patterns, assumptions and experiences that shape your relationship — and what becomes possible when both perspectives are given space.
Having built a life across cultures myself and raising my children across three languages, I am familiar with some of the questions that can emerge when different languages, cultural references and senses of belonging meet within a family.
At the same time, I remain deeply respectful of the uniqueness of every relationship and every story.
Two Ways to Work Together
ONGOING WORK
Couples Therapy
For couples who want to explore their relationship over time.
Regular 60-minute sessions offer space to understand recurring patterns, work through conflict and explore the questions shaping your relationship together.
60 minutes · €190
FOCUSED WORK
Couples Focus Intensive
For one important question that needs more space.
Sometimes a couple is not looking for an ongoing process. There may be one question, transition or recurring issue that has become difficult to move through together.
The Couples Focus Intensive creates a concentrated space to slow down, understand what lies beneath the question and give both perspectives room — without the pressure to arrive at a quick solution.
120 min Intensive Session
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1–2 weeks Integration
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60 min Follow-up
Complete format · €550
When can an intensive be helpful?
A decision about where or how to live. A major life transition. Questions around parenthood. Different expectations about family or the future. A recurring conflict you keep returning to.
The aim is not to force a decision within one session. It is to understand more clearly what the question means for each of you, where your perspectives meet and differ, and what may help you move forward together.
Let's Start with a Conversation
Whether you already know which format feels right for you or are still unsure, you don’t need to have everything figured out before getting in touch.
If you would like to begin regular couples therapy, you are welcome to book an initial session directly online.
If you are interested in a Focus Intensive, or would simply like to explore which format might fit what you are bringing, feel free to reach out through the contact form below. I also offer a complimentary 15-minute introductory call if you would like to have a brief conversation before deciding how to begin.
Practical Information
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Online across Germany & in person in Berlin
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Couples therapy is offered on a self-pay basis
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Sessions are not covered by statutory health insurance
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Couples Therapy · 60 min · €190
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Couples Focus Intensive · €550 complete format
Get in Touch
If you have questions about couples therapy, the Focus Intensive or availability, feel free to reach out using the contact form below.
I look forward to hearing from you.