Individual Counseling for Artists & Cultural Workers
I offer psychological counseling and therapy coaching to a wide range of clients, including musicians, dancers, artists, cultural workers, and others. My work supports those navigating creative, personal, and professional challenges, with a focus on cultivating psychological flexibility, resilience, and authenticity.
Some ways of working together are:
Resourcing: identifying external and internal resources to navigate difficult phases
Artistic Systemic Therapy: addressing psychological needs through artistic means and a systemic approach
Navigating interpersonal challenges with colleagues, family, and friends
Exploring Integration into a foreign culture and society
Managing, taming, or even befriending performance anxiety
Cultivating the conditions that enable peak performances
Themes that often arise in our work include:
Burnout
Perfectionism
Managing Stress
Work-Life Balance
Performance Anxiety
Identity
Complex Trauma (Certified: Clinical Trauma Professional Training CCTP)
Relationship Issues (partner, family, colleagues, friends)
Narcissism and its Impacts
Creative Blockages
Meaning and Purpose
My work is informed by various psychological approaches, for example: systemic and person-centered psychology, by my academic studies (MSc Psychology, Certificate in Musicians’ Health from UdK / Hans Eisler, Artistic Systems Therapist training), and by my life experience.
Psychological counseling is available in my center: The Green Room in Cologne, Germany. These sessions can also be conducted online.
Donation-Based Psychological Counseling Offer
Recognizing that many artists and cultural workers experience financial and emotional strain, The Green Room offers up to four individual counseling sessions on a donation basis.
This low-barrier program is designed for those in phases of stress, transition, or exhaustion who currently do not have access to therapy through health insurance or cannot afford private sessions.
Up to four 50-minute sessions
No documentation of financial hardship required
No cancellations or rescheduling within the program
Languages: German, English
Lectures, Workshops, Residencies:
Foto: Marion Koell