Alissa Maxman • Individual and couples therapist in Berlin-Prenzlauerberg
ABOUT
ME
There were several stops in my life at home and abroad, until I came to Berlin as a student in 2007, stayed, got married, became a mother and finally settled down with my small family in Berlin-Mitte. A dog came along later.
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As a family sociologist and psychologist, with several years of professional experience in family research and in the Scientific Advisory Board for Family Issues at the BMFSJ, I have gradually shifted my focus more and more from theory to practice, from working «on» families to «with» the families, from «learning» to «doing», until I finally joined a practice group for couples therapy and family counselling and opened my own practice. The bridge to science still exists for me: I attach great importance to always being informed about the latest therapeutic methods and to constantly continuing and further education, which allows me even more flexibility and individuality in my work with couples and individuals.
Training and qualifications (selection)
Emotion-focused couples therapy by Dr. Sue Johnson
EFT-Advanced Externalship with Dipl. Psych. Matthias Angelstorf
International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (ICEEFT)
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Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
Training with Christine Weiß
International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (ICEEFT)
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Systemic sex therapy
Training with Dr. Ulrich Clement
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Attachment Science in Practice
Training with Dr. Sue Johnson, Canada
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Behavior and communication trainer
(Focus: Nonviolent Communication)
Artop, institute at the Humboldt University Berlin
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Separation counseling and mediation
Advanced training at the Berlin Institute for Mediation (BIM)
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Doctoral student at the University of Hildesheim, Faculty for General Family Research
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MA Family Sociology and Migration Research,
Free University of Berlin / University College London
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MA Psychology,
Institute of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Moscow
For more than 10 years I have been working and researching on the topic of "Family and Partnership" and examining family change and family diversity in all their complexity as a therapist, mediator and researcher.