About
Hello, I'm Francesca.
I am a German-licensed psychological psychotherapist (Approbation) and clinical psychologist (MA), working in the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic tradition. I am also a Registered Member of the BACP in the UK. I work in English and German.
What drew me to this work
I have always been drawn to what lies beneath the surface, in people, in relationships, in myself. Growing up between Germany and the UK, I learned early that identity is not fixed, that people carry more than they show, and that the gap between how we appear and how we feel can be vast.
I have remained curious ever since, about what shapes us, what holds us back, and what becomes possible when we meet ourselves honestly. That curiosity has guided everything: my training, my practice, and the way I show up in the room.
Alongside it runs a quiet but persistent question: what does it actually mean to live fully, to feel at home in one's own life?
Beyond the consulting room
Alongside clinical work, I have a long-standing practice of meditation, breathwork, and yoga, I am also a certified yoga teacher. Music has been a constant companion alongside all of this.
These practices shape how I listen, and how I understand the place of both body and mind in psychological change. They remind me that healing rarely happens through words alone, and that the body, attention, stillness, and engagement are part of the work too.
Background
Training & experience
Education & training
Approbation, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
2025
Augmented Psychotherapy (APT), MIND Foundation
2022 – 2024
Altered states of consciousness, meditation, breathwork.
BSc & MA Clinical Psychology
Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU)
My practice is supported by ongoing supervision and continuing training.
Professional experience
Over nine years of clinical work across outpatient, inpatient, community, and research settings in Berlin.
Private Practice, Outpatient Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic and integrative work with adults.
Beckley Study, 5-MeO-DMT for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD), Berlin
Study therapist, trained in the 5-MeO-DMT therapeutic protocol.
Ovid Clinic, Berlin
Outpatient and day-clinic work, individual and group therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
International Psychotherapy Berlin
Supervised psychodynamic therapy with an international clientele.
KommRum e.V., Berlin
Therapeutic community work focused on dual diagnoses (psychosis and substance use).
Johanniter Hospital Fläming, Berlin
Day clinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics.
Professional registrations
Deutsche Psychotherapeutenkammer (Germany) · BACP (UK)
Sessions
Online for clients in the UK, Germany and selected other jurisdictions · English & German