About me
For 20 years I am helping clients as a Psychotherapist, Couple Therapist and Heart IQ Coach to understand how past experiences shape current perceptions and influence decision making.
My therapeutic experience include working with couples and adults in private practice as well as working for a Charity supporting those experiencing domestic violence.
My therapeutic work helps to rewire unhealthy connections of thoughts and beliefs, feelings and behaviours and demystifies relationship pattern.
I am trained in working with Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, Loss, Rejection Sensitivity, ADHD, Relationship Problems, Couple Therapy, Infidelity, Affair, Divorce, Separation, Life transition, Stress, Trauma, Late Diagnosis ADHD and Adult ADHD.
I have a great mix of professional know-how and cultural and personal experiences giving my work an extended expertise for those who want to find healthier relationships both with oneself and with others, want to reduce life stresses and discover once again joy, inner peace and fulfilment.
Prior to training as a therapist I worked as a Fraud Investigation Auditor for accountancy firms. My fascination to understand the unconscious and unhealthy behaviours often leading to unnecessary suffering, stresses, confusions and disappointments, ignited my decision to train as a psychotherapist.
I was born in Germany, partly growing up in Brazil and now for half of my life calling London my home. I am married, have one teenage son and a dog and a good understanding on complex family dynamics and finding a healthy work-life balance. I have arrived at a point in my life filled with inner peace, contentment and fulfilment and my wish is to support clients to make the right choices for themselves and for the people that matter to them.
I work out of West London - Chiswick and Earls Court, or alternatively online.
Training, qualifications & experience
Katja is a couple therapist and relational integrative psychotherapist. She is fully certified and qualified with a Master (MA) degree by Roehampton University, London and a certified and qualified Heart IQ Coach.
Katja is an experienced relationship and couples therapist and trained in working with Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Loneliness, Loss, Rejection, Complex Relationship Problems, Infidelity, Affair, Divorce, Separation, Life transition, Stress and Burnout, Late Diagnosis ADHD and Adult ADHD.
Katja provides a save and confidential environment to work on personal challenges. In addition high-profile clients appreciate her insights with their pressure, isolation and personal relationship challenges that arise from their status.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£90.00 - £130.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Individual Fee £90
- Couple Therapy £130
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I work out of my practice in Chiswick and Earls Court.
I offer couple therapy and individual therapy online.
Further information
As a relational integrative therapist I combine the following types of therapy:
Couple Therapy - a warm, practical approach that strengthens communication, heals patterns, and reconnects partners, drawing on Ellyn Bader, Gottman, Imago, and EFT and IFS. The aim is to move partners reactive conflict pattern to an understanding of the underlying deeper emotional needs and create a secure reconnection.
Psychodynamic – gives insights how your early & past experiences shape current emotions, relationships and way of coping.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – recognising unhelpful thoughts and build practical tools that support healthier emotions, behaviours and relationships.
Attachment Therapy – demystifying patterns in your relationships by exploring how early connections influence the way you trust, communicate and relate to others.
Person-Centred Therapy – explore where you are now and where you want to be by becoming a better authentic version of yourself.
Clients report back through this integrated approach they gained valuable insight and developed helpful new ways of responding. They experienced great emotional calm and balance and above happier connections in their relationships.
