Practice for Psychotherapy in Freiburg
Jenny Hüge, Dipl. -Psych.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Adults in Individual and Group Settings
In my psychotherapy practice in Freiburg, I support people who are experiencing emotional distress or going through challenging periods in their lives. As a licensed psychological psychotherapist, I work from a psychodynamic perspective, in Freiburg and online, in both German and English.
Here you will find an overview of my areas of focus, my therapeutic approach, and the individual and group therapy services I offer.
You are welcome to contact me to arrange an initial consultation.
Here you will find an overview of my areas of focus, my therapeutic approach, and the individual and group therapy services I offer.
You are welcome to contact me to arrange an initial consultation.
Overview of Topics and Services
- My therapeutic approach
- Group therapy in Freiburg
- Online Therapy
- Working with personality disorders: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
- Support for gender-nonconforming, genderqueer, and transgender peoplegender-non-konforme, genderqueere und transgeschlechtlichen Personen
My Therapeutic Approach
Psychological difficulties often have their roots in early experiences with significant attachment figures. These experiences shape individual patterns of feeling, perception, and response. Later in life, when we encounter overwhelming circumstances or significant change, our familiar patterns may no longer provide an adequate response, and emotional distress can arise.
Psychodynamic therapy therefore focuses on recognising, understanding, and gradually changing these patterns as they emerge in the here and now of the therapeutic relationship. This can create opportunities to gain greater influence over one’s inner experience and actions.
Learn more about my therapeutic approach
Psychodynamic therapy therefore focuses on recognising, understanding, and gradually changing these patterns as they emerge in the here and now of the therapeutic relationship. This can create opportunities to gain greater influence over one’s inner experience and actions.
Learn more about my therapeutic approach
Group Psychotherapy in Freiburg
Analytic group therapy is an important part of my practice. It can be helpful for a wide range of psychological difficulties and can support lasting processes of change.
Because many emotional difficulties arise within relationships and also become visible in them, the group offers a particular opportunity to experience one’s own relationship patterns directly in interaction with others. Familiar feelings and reactions can become visible in the here and now and can be understood together. This can open up new and more fulfilling ways of relating to oneself and to others.
The group provides a protected setting in which thoughts, feelings, and conflicts can be shared and reflected upon. The experiences and feedback of the other participants can offer new perspectives on one’s sense of self and patterns of relating. Aspects of oneself may become visible that were previously difficult to recognise, accept, or were more readily attributed to others. Such encounters may initially feel unfamiliar or challenging. As trust and a sense of safety develop, these experiences can be understood together and used as part of personal development.
Many participants experience a strong sense of belonging within the group. Realising that one is not alone with one’s difficulties, and feeling seen and understood by others, can be deeply meaningful. At the same time, the group can be a place where differences, tensions, and conflicts do not have to be avoided, but can instead be addressed and worked through together.
As the group therapist, I accompany this process and support the group in observing and reflecting on what happens between participants, and in connecting these experiences with each person’s individual history and relationship patterns.
Because many emotional difficulties arise within relationships and also become visible in them, the group offers a particular opportunity to experience one’s own relationship patterns directly in interaction with others. Familiar feelings and reactions can become visible in the here and now and can be understood together. This can open up new and more fulfilling ways of relating to oneself and to others.
The group provides a protected setting in which thoughts, feelings, and conflicts can be shared and reflected upon. The experiences and feedback of the other participants can offer new perspectives on one’s sense of self and patterns of relating. Aspects of oneself may become visible that were previously difficult to recognise, accept, or were more readily attributed to others. Such encounters may initially feel unfamiliar or challenging. As trust and a sense of safety develop, these experiences can be understood together and used as part of personal development.
Many participants experience a strong sense of belonging within the group. Realising that one is not alone with one’s difficulties, and feeling seen and understood by others, can be deeply meaningful. At the same time, the group can be a place where differences, tensions, and conflicts do not have to be avoided, but can instead be addressed and worked through together.
As the group therapist, I accompany this process and support the group in observing and reflecting on what happens between participants, and in connecting these experiences with each person’s individual history and relationship patterns.
Online Therapy
Psychotherapy sessions can also take place online by arrangement. This can be particularly helpful when regular travel to Freiburg is difficult or does not fit easily into everyday life. Whether online therapy is suitable and therapeutically appropriate in a particular case can be discussed together during the initial consultation.
Working with Personality Disorders: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Another focus of my work is the treatment of people with what are known as personality disorders. These involve enduring patterns of relating and self-perception that repeatedly lead to internal or interpersonal conflict.
In this area, I work with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, or TFP, a specifically developed and well-researched therapeutic method.
Within the protected setting of the therapeutic relationship, current relational experiences are explored and made understandable. This can help central internal conflicts become more coherent and gradually integrated, providing an important foundation for greater inner clarity, emotional stability, and the capacity to form relationships.
In this area, I work with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, or TFP, a specifically developed and well-researched therapeutic method.
Within the protected setting of the therapeutic relationship, current relational experiences are explored and made understandable. This can help central internal conflicts become more coherent and gradually integrated, providing an important foundation for greater inner clarity, emotional stability, and the capacity to form relationships.
Support for Gender-Nonconforming, Genderqueer, and Transgender People
Another area of focus in my work is the therapeutic support of gender-nonconforming, genderqueer, and transgender people.
My practice is intended to be a place where people who experience exclusion, stigma, or discrimination in society can feel safe and welcome. I do not regard diverse gender identities and ways of living as something that needs to be explained, questioned, or changed through therapy. Instead, I aim to offer an open space in which personal experiences, uncertainties, and wishes can be discussed without premature judgement.
Questions relating to gender identity, coming out, or a possible transition may be central to the therapeutic process. Equally, therapy may focus on entirely different psychological, interpersonal, or biographical concerns. It is important to me not to reduce people to their gender identity, but to meet each person in the context of their individual history and concerns.
In accordance with the current German S3 guideline on gender incongruence, gender dysphoria, and transgender health, I offer therapeutic support before, during, and after a transition process. My role is not to prescribe a particular path. Instead, the focus is on identifying the form of support that is helpful for each individual and on developing a self-determined way of relating to one’s identity and life circumstances.
My practice is intended to be a place where people who experience exclusion, stigma, or discrimination in society can feel safe and welcome. I do not regard diverse gender identities and ways of living as something that needs to be explained, questioned, or changed through therapy. Instead, I aim to offer an open space in which personal experiences, uncertainties, and wishes can be discussed without premature judgement.
Questions relating to gender identity, coming out, or a possible transition may be central to the therapeutic process. Equally, therapy may focus on entirely different psychological, interpersonal, or biographical concerns. It is important to me not to reduce people to their gender identity, but to meet each person in the context of their individual history and concerns.
In accordance with the current German S3 guideline on gender incongruence, gender dysphoria, and transgender health, I offer therapeutic support before, during, and after a transition process. My role is not to prescribe a particular path. Instead, the focus is on identifying the form of support that is helpful for each individual and on developing a self-determined way of relating to one’s identity and life circumstances.