For over six years, I was able to lead therapeutic groups at the gay counselling service Schwulenberatung Berlin: the coming-out groups and the ‘contact workshop’ that I initiated. These focused on strengthening social skills, dealing with loneliness and the challenges that queer people can experience in areas such as dating or self-acceptance. Since 2020, I have led some of the groups online.
I am looking forward to offering a German-language, weekly and open-topic online group for queer people soon (spring 2025). There you can share your concerns in a safe space, receive impulses and benefit from the experiences of others. The group offers you the opportunity to exchange ideas, learn new things and grow together. The group should consist of a fixed number of participants (maximum 12 people). It is planned for 3 months, i.e. about 12 dates (probably Wed, 18:00 - 19:30). I ask for a contribution per date, which you can choose yourself (10 euros as a guideline).
If you are interested, please get in touch: preliminary talks will take place in January. This is to ensure that the group is a good fit. I look forward to getting to know you.
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Mit meinen Themen – Zukunftsangst, unklare Lebensziele und Unsicherheit über meine sexuelle Orientierung – fühlte ich mich gut bei dir aufgehoben. Herzlichen Dank für deine einfühlsame, inspirierende und bestimmte Art, mich zu unterstützen. Hilfreich und spannend fand ich auch deine methodische Vielfalt: Neben unseren Gesprächen denke ich an Psychodrama-Sequenzen und Arbeit mit bunten Kärtchen auf dem Fußboden. // Lieber Patrick. Ich möchte mich nochmals bedanken. Der Austausch mit dir bedeutet mir sehr viel. Du inspirierst, leitest Gedanken und hörst auch einfach zu. Und das alles mit einer sehr angenehmer Art und Weise und einer sanften Stimme. Dafür DANKE!
I have found Patrick to be a most empathetic and sympathetic counsellor. I am English speaking based in Berlin and was wary of having counselling from a native German speaker but Patrick not only speaks English fluently he also understands the nuances of our conversations as though it was his first language . I have really benefitted from my sessions with him. He listens carefully and each session I come away with a different, fresh take on things. He also makes me laugh more than any other counsellor I have had!
Ich fühle mich bei dir gut aufgehoben, Patrick.
Patrick helped me to regain my focus over my life for the past few years, successfully so! Great therapist, using creative methods to approach complex problems. Always serene, peaceful, and calming the mind.
I first met Patrick in 2017 when I was feeling stuck on a number of topics, especially in relation to work, life and development as a catholic boy and compulsive behaviours. I felt very well taken care of by him as a therapist. In under 10 therapy sessions Patrick enabled me to change my thinking, behaviours and make progressive steps to living a better life, all thanks to the tools and techniques that Patrick introduced in our sessions.
Now 5 years later - after some life changing experiences and some new topics that were ruminating in my head and holding me back, I had no hesitations in knowing who could help me.
Patrick is without doubt a first class Therapist - who equipped me with tools to raise up and get back to living my life; empowered and confident in my own skin - liberated from all the societal burdens of life which were conscious or previously otherwise within me.
Hallo Patrick,
ich weiß nicht, ob Du dich noch an mich erinnern kannst. (...) Mir ist sehr wichtig, dir nochmal Danke für die wertvollen Gespräche zu sagen! Ich fand sie extrem gehaltvoll, lehrreich und ich konnte mich dir gegenüber immer super öffnen.
In zwei probatorischen Sitzungen und einigen Folgeterminen konnte ich mir einen kleinen Eindruck von zwei anderen Therapeuten vermitteln und meine sagen zu können, dass Du schon echt gute Arbeit machst. Lange Rede kurzer Sinn: Du machst einen super Job, mach weiter so! Liebe Grüße und alles Gute für dich!
Get together!
For over six years, I was able to lead therapeutic groups at the gay counselling service Schwulenberatung Berlin: the coming-out groups and the ‘contact workshop’ that I initiated. These focused on strengthening social skills, dealing with loneliness and the challenges that queer people can experience in areas such as dating or self-acceptance. Since 2020, I have led some of the groups online.
I am looking forward to offering a German-language, weekly and open-topic online group for queer people soon (spring 2025). There you can share your concerns in a safe space, receive impulses and benefit from the experiences of others. The group offers you the opportunity to exchange ideas, learn new things and grow together. The group should consist of a fixed number of participants (maximum 12 people). It is planned for 3 months, i.e. about 12 dates (probably Wed, 18:00 - 19:30). I ask for a contribution per date, which you can choose yourself (10 euros as a guideline).
If you are interested, please get in touch: preliminary talks will take place in January. This is to ensure that the group is a good fit. I look forward to getting to know you.
Get together!