Psychotherapy in Freiburg – Jenny Hüge
Qualifications and Professional Background
State-licensed Psychological Psychotherapist with a psychodynamic focus; working with individuals and groups.
I am a qualified psychotherapist in Freiburg and hold a degree in psychology from Freie Universität Berlin, where I completed my studies in 2010. I trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie Berlin, APB e. V.
I have worked as a psychotherapist since 2018, initially in Berlin and, since 2025, in my own private practice in Freiburg. I gained extensive experience treating a broad range of mental health conditions, including through outpatient crisis support and crisis intervention at Pinel gGmbH in Berlin-Schöneberg.
I also completed training as a group analyst and group psychotherapist at the Berliner Institut für Gruppenanalyse, BIG e. V. Group therapy is particularly important to me. Interpersonal patterns become directly perceptible within a group and can be recognised and understood through contact with others. I approach the complex processes that emerge in this setting with strong professional commitment and personal conviction.
In addition, I have completed advanced training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, TFP, through the TFP working group at the Institute of Psychoanalysis.
These different forms of training and further education have broadened and refined my understanding of psychological difficulties and relationship patterns. The therapeutic approach I consider most appropriate depends on each person’s individual circumstances, treatment needs, and the goals agreed upon together.
Vita
- 2024–present – Private practice
- 2023–2024 – TFP training (IfP); ISTFP certification
- 2019–2023 – Advanced training in analytic group psychotherapy, BiG
- 2019 – CPD: Psychotherapy with gender-nonconforming, genderqueer and trans clients (incl. families)
- 2018–2024 – Psychological Psychotherapist, MVZ Pinel Schöneberg
- 2010–2018 – Training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, ApB Berlin;
- 2010–2015 – Outpatient systemic work / Open Dialogue trainer (NiG Pinel)
- 2010–2011 – CPD: systemic family and network work
- 2004–2009 – Psychology studies (Diplom / M.Sc. equivalent), Freie Universität Berlin
Languages
English and German
Further information on psychodynamic psychotherapy.
My Therapeutic Approach in Depth
From my perspective, psychological difficulties often arise when the ways we have previously managed internal or external stress are no longer sufficient. Early experiences with important attachment figures shape how we perceive ourselves and others, how we deal with emotions, and how we form relationships. The patterns that develop from these experiences were often originally meaningful attempts to cope with difficult situations. Later in life, however, they can lead to recurring conflicts, psychological distress, or the feeling of repeatedly reaching similar limits despite considerable effort.
In therapy, I aim to support you in developing a better understanding of the way you form and experience relationships. We look at both earlier relationship experiences and current relationships, as well as what develops in the contact between us. Some patterns cannot be recognised through reflection alone. They often become noticeable only in direct interaction and can then be understood together. For this reason, the therapeutic relationship and group work are particularly important in my approach.
At the beginning of our work together, it is important to me to create a reliable framework in which you can feel safe enough to speak about personal, painful, or shame-related experiences. At the same time, I do not understand therapy solely as a place of relief and reassurance. It can also create an opportunity to encounter feelings, needs, and aspects of one’s personality that have previously been difficult to access or have not been experienced as belonging to oneself.
For me, both experiences are part of the therapeutic process: being able to open up and feel safe, while at the same time coming into contact with something new, contradictory, or initially unfamiliar. A stable therapeutic relationship provides the foundation for this. Only when sufficient trust has developed can difficult experiences be given more space and be explored and tolerated together.
I meet my patients with openness, attentiveness, and without premature judgement. At the same time, I understand therapy as a shared and active process. I do not only listen, but also contribute my observations, ask questions, and address tensions or recurring patterns when this appears helpful for our shared understanding. How gently or directly this happens depends on what can be jointly held within the therapeutic relationship at that particular point in time.
A particular focus of my work is on difficulties in relationships and in the regulation of emotions and self-esteem. These may include recurring conflicts, strong insecurity, fear of rejection, difficulties with closeness and boundaries, or a sense of inner instability. For the treatment of personality disorders, I have additional training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP).
Another focus of my work is the therapeutic support of gender-nonconforming, genderqueer, and transgender people. Questions relating to gender identity and a possible transition may be central to the therapy, but the treatment may equally concern entirely different psychological or interpersonal issues. What matters to me is responding appropriately to each person’s individual life situation and concerns.
For me, therapy is not about changing people according to a predefined idea of how they should be. Rather, it is about developing a broader understanding of oneself, gaining greater insight into familiar relationship patterns, and creating new possibilities for relating to oneself and to others.