German Therapists in Philadelphia, PA
I aim to create a warm, safe, and empowering environment where you can comfortably explore your thoughts and emotions. Together, we’ll work on enhancing communication, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution, fostering healthier relationships and a deeper understanding of yourself. Therapy also offers a valuable opportunity for self-exploration, helping you uncover your values and strengths, boosting confidence, and solidifying your identity.
I aim to create a warm, safe, and empowering environment where you can comfortably explore your thoughts and emotions. Together, we’ll work on enhancing communication, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution, fostering healthier relationships and a deeper understanding of yourself. Therapy also offers a valuable opportunity for self-exploration, helping you uncover your values and strengths, boosting confidence, and solidifying your identity.
I now offer therapy to folks in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware. I help you to capitalize on strengths and identify and move beyond unhelpful mental and behavioral patterns lurking in your blind spots.
Rather than talk endlessly about your problems, we will instead use various empirically supported techniques to step back from your problems and explore new behavioral and belief options that better correspond to your key goals and values. Then you'll practice these new perspectives and strategies at home in your real life until they feel more natural.
Please phone me first as I do not always have daily email access.
I now offer therapy to folks in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, & Delaware. I help you to capitalize on strengths and identify and move beyond unhelpful mental and behavioral patterns lurking in your blind spots.
Rather than talk endlessly about your problems, we will instead use various empirically supported techniques to step back from your problems and explore new behavioral and belief options that better correspond to your key goals and values. Then you'll practice these new perspectives and strategies at home in your real life until they feel more natural.
Please phone me first as I do not always have daily email access.
Even when we’re doing our best, many people find themselves struggling
with anxiety, depression, or dread. Therapy can offer a space to slow
down, reflect, and better understand what’s shaping how you feel both
now and in the context of your past. Together, we’ll explore patterns
in your thoughts, relationships, and experiences, with the goal of
helping you feel more grounded, clear, and connected.
Even when we’re doing our best, many people find themselves struggling
with anxiety, depression, or dread. Therapy can offer a space to slow
down, reflect, and better understand what’s shaping how you feel both
now and in the context of your past. Together, we’ll explore patterns
in your thoughts, relationships, and experiences, with the goal of
helping you feel more grounded, clear, and connected.
I believe therapy is most helpful in an atmosphere of acceptance and respect. In a safe and collaborative environment, we can work together toward your personal goals. I am passionate about helping my clients cope with life stressors, to get relief from painful emotional symptoms, and to feel understood. Beginning therapy is not easy. My approach to therapy begins with helping clients to define their goals and to empower them to move toward the most fulfilling life possible.
I believe therapy is most helpful in an atmosphere of acceptance and respect. In a safe and collaborative environment, we can work together toward your personal goals. I am passionate about helping my clients cope with life stressors, to get relief from painful emotional symptoms, and to feel understood. Beginning therapy is not easy. My approach to therapy begins with helping clients to define their goals and to empower them to move toward the most fulfilling life possible.
You’re not looking for someone to just nod and listen; you want real change. Whether you're coming to therapy as an individual or with your partner, I offer a straightforward, compassionate approach that blends honest feedback with evidence-based tools. My style is active and engaged: I’ll help you identify what’s not working, teach you skills to cope more effectively, and support you in making real, lasting changes.
You’re not looking for someone to just nod and listen; you want real change. Whether you're coming to therapy as an individual or with your partner, I offer a straightforward, compassionate approach that blends honest feedback with evidence-based tools. My style is active and engaged: I’ll help you identify what’s not working, teach you skills to cope more effectively, and support you in making real, lasting changes.
I am not taking on new clients now, but I have a waitlist. Are you looking for a radical therapist with a sense of humor to support you and someone you care about in navigating an interpersonal issue? Are you experiencing anxiety or depression and would like to develop a more loving and understanding relationship with all of your parts? I don't believe anything works for every client, but I find myself using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy the most often. I strive to create a therapeutic environment that feels accepting and nonjudgmental without compromising opportunities for growth and expanded possibilities.
I am not taking on new clients now, but I have a waitlist. Are you looking for a radical therapist with a sense of humor to support you and someone you care about in navigating an interpersonal issue? Are you experiencing anxiety or depression and would like to develop a more loving and understanding relationship with all of your parts? I don't believe anything works for every client, but I find myself using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy the most often. I strive to create a therapeutic environment that feels accepting and nonjudgmental without compromising opportunities for growth and expanded possibilities.
I have been practicing as a Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Child and Family Advocate for many years. I have post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Modern Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy. I have extensive experience working with children and adults coping with depression and anxiety, grief, loss, life transitions, chronic illness and relationship issues. My focus is to assist individuals receiving services access self-knowledge and improve their functioning and quality of life.
I have been practicing as a Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Child and Family Advocate for many years. I have post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Modern Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy. I have extensive experience working with children and adults coping with depression and anxiety, grief, loss, life transitions, chronic illness and relationship issues. My focus is to assist individuals receiving services access self-knowledge and improve their functioning and quality of life.
Are you feeling overwhelmed and anxious? Are you seeking guidance in managing conflicts? If you are looking for support while adjusting to changes and creating balance in your life, we will work together to help navigate these challenging waters. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families to address emotional challenges, questions of identity and relational conflicts. Integrating different theoretical approaches, I help my clients to make the changes they long for.
Are you feeling overwhelmed and anxious? Are you seeking guidance in managing conflicts? If you are looking for support while adjusting to changes and creating balance in your life, we will work together to help navigate these challenging waters. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families to address emotional challenges, questions of identity and relational conflicts. Integrating different theoretical approaches, I help my clients to make the changes they long for.
Ideally, for my telehealth practice, I would like to limit it to clients struggling with unusual experiences such as near-death, paranormal/synchronistic encounters, and other things that might be disturbing on some level but are often not discussed in therapy because of fear of being ridiculed, pathologized, and the experience being dismissed. These experiences can generate levels of anxiety, depression, self-doubt, self-sabotaging behaviors affecting relationships, and quality of life - and so can be important things to explore. Other areas of focus would be addictions and compulsive disorders, and military life issues.
Ideally, for my telehealth practice, I would like to limit it to clients struggling with unusual experiences such as near-death, paranormal/synchronistic encounters, and other things that might be disturbing on some level but are often not discussed in therapy because of fear of being ridiculed, pathologized, and the experience being dismissed. These experiences can generate levels of anxiety, depression, self-doubt, self-sabotaging behaviors affecting relationships, and quality of life - and so can be important things to explore. Other areas of focus would be addictions and compulsive disorders, and military life issues.
I believe you already hold the answers to your challenges. My role is to help you uncover them, embrace them, and take meaningful steps toward the life you envision. Together, we’ll explore your goals, clarify your priorities, and create a personalized path forward. You are the expert on your life, and I’m here to guide you with compassion, curiosity, and unwavering support.
I believe you already hold the answers to your challenges. My role is to help you uncover them, embrace them, and take meaningful steps toward the life you envision. Together, we’ll explore your goals, clarify your priorities, and create a personalized path forward. You are the expert on your life, and I’m here to guide you with compassion, curiosity, and unwavering support.
Are you longing for greater emotional closeness, passion, joy, or easeful communication in your relationships, but feel stuck in negative interaction patterns?
Do you long to be fully seen, known, and accepted by your partner, but feel shut down or disconnected?
Perhaps unmet needs, desires, or values remain unexpressed, leaving you feeling disconnected or unsatisfied.
Sex may feel unsatisfying or misaligned, and communication breakdowns, emotional distance, or gridlocked differences may leave you feeling misunderstood.
I see you.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
Are you longing for greater emotional closeness, passion, joy, or easeful communication in your relationships, but feel stuck in negative interaction patterns?
Do you long to be fully seen, known, and accepted by your partner, but feel shut down or disconnected?
Perhaps unmet needs, desires, or values remain unexpressed, leaving you feeling disconnected or unsatisfied.
Sex may feel unsatisfying or misaligned, and communication breakdowns, emotional distance, or gridlocked differences may leave you feeling misunderstood.
I see you.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
You may be carrying grief, anxiety, trauma, or exhaustion that others can’t see. Maybe you’ve been pushing through, holding space for everyone else, or questioning who you are beneath it all. You want support that honors your lived experience — not labels or quick fixes. You’re seeking a space where you can slow down, feel safe enough to be honest, and begin reconnecting with yourself and what truly matters.
You may be carrying grief, anxiety, trauma, or exhaustion that others can’t see. Maybe you’ve been pushing through, holding space for everyone else, or questioning who you are beneath it all. You want support that honors your lived experience — not labels or quick fixes. You’re seeking a space where you can slow down, feel safe enough to be honest, and begin reconnecting with yourself and what truly matters.
Do you feel lost on your path? Our life's journey is not always as clear as we would like it to be. Sometimes we have doubts about work, family life or relationships. You realize that life seems off balance and wonder how to fix things. As we hurry through life we can lose touch with our authentic Self and symptoms of depression/anxiety may appear. Valleys are a natural part of life but you do not need to suffer through these alone. As you reach out for help you will come to realize that it is during these times exactly, when we grow the most - I will be here for you, to listen and give you a safe space to figure things out.
Do you feel lost on your path? Our life's journey is not always as clear as we would like it to be. Sometimes we have doubts about work, family life or relationships. You realize that life seems off balance and wonder how to fix things. As we hurry through life we can lose touch with our authentic Self and symptoms of depression/anxiety may appear. Valleys are a natural part of life but you do not need to suffer through these alone. As you reach out for help you will come to realize that it is during these times exactly, when we grow the most - I will be here for you, to listen and give you a safe space to figure things out.
I believe in the primary importance of the relationship between the client and therapist. Within this unique relationship, insight and healing can occur. I have a relational, psychodynamic orientation, and I utilize cognitive behavioral techniques to help people to structure the changes they want to make in their lives. I believe that people can heal from addiction and other unhealthy coping styles when they can identity and manage their emotions, cultivate rewarding connections with others, and develop a compassionate relationship with themselves.
I believe in the primary importance of the relationship between the client and therapist. Within this unique relationship, insight and healing can occur. I have a relational, psychodynamic orientation, and I utilize cognitive behavioral techniques to help people to structure the changes they want to make in their lives. I believe that people can heal from addiction and other unhealthy coping styles when they can identity and manage their emotions, cultivate rewarding connections with others, and develop a compassionate relationship with themselves.
Frances Berger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSS, LCSW
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Not accepting new clients
Frances Berger is a therapist with five years of experience specializing in working with college students and young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and exploring LGBTQIA+ identities. Frances works with clients utilizing a Psychodynamic and Relational approach and practices from a trauma-informed, feminist, and intersectional perspective. Frances aims to provide a safe and collaborative environment where clients can grow into their authentic selves. Frances has a Master of Social Service from the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
Frances Berger is a therapist with five years of experience specializing in working with college students and young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and exploring LGBTQIA+ identities. Frances works with clients utilizing a Psychodynamic and Relational approach and practices from a trauma-informed, feminist, and intersectional perspective. Frances aims to provide a safe and collaborative environment where clients can grow into their authentic selves. Frances has a Master of Social Service from the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
After 35 years of clinical practice, I am offering case consultation from a psychodynamic, attachment-based and trauma/dissociation informed perspective. As a fellow and approved consultant of the American Association of Clinical hypnosis, I offer consultation about the utilization and integration of clinical hypnosis into various therapeutic modalities (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Sand Tray Therapy, Ego State Therapy), as well as towards certification in clinical hypnosis.
After 35 years of clinical practice, I am offering case consultation from a psychodynamic, attachment-based and trauma/dissociation informed perspective. As a fellow and approved consultant of the American Association of Clinical hypnosis, I offer consultation about the utilization and integration of clinical hypnosis into various therapeutic modalities (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Sand Tray Therapy, Ego State Therapy), as well as towards certification in clinical hypnosis.
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I believe everyone could use someone to talk to. If you find yourself or your child struggling with life, family, school, grief, allow me to be the person to listen and help you find your way through these obstacles. Grief, stress management, goal setting, anxiety, depression, and relationships are my areas of focus. The approaches I use for these concerns are evidence-based and designed to be highly effective. Noticeable results occur when CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Family Systems, Strength-Based, Grief Counseling or Mindfulness techniques are used in our sessions.
I believe everyone could use someone to talk to. If you find yourself or your child struggling with life, family, school, grief, allow me to be the person to listen and help you find your way through these obstacles. Grief, stress management, goal setting, anxiety, depression, and relationships are my areas of focus. The approaches I use for these concerns are evidence-based and designed to be highly effective. Noticeable results occur when CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Family Systems, Strength-Based, Grief Counseling or Mindfulness techniques are used in our sessions.
Counseling for Couples, Addictions, Careers, Adolescents and the Elderly in a safe and professional environment. I have a MSPCC from Neumann University with over fifteen years of field experience. I have a dozen years of experience reconciling the elderly to their faith and thirteen years as a hospital chaplain. I have been succesful in diagnosis and treatment and have many positive comments from patients.
Counseling for Couples, Addictions, Careers, Adolescents and the Elderly in a safe and professional environment. I have a MSPCC from Neumann University with over fifteen years of field experience. I have a dozen years of experience reconciling the elderly to their faith and thirteen years as a hospital chaplain. I have been succesful in diagnosis and treatment and have many positive comments from patients.
