I offer integrative relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy and EMDR in English and German. Sessions are available online or in person in London SE1 / SE16, near Bermondsey Station, between Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and close to London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Canada Water, Burgess Park, and Peckham.
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist. Originally from Germany, I have lived in London for more than 15 years, with prior experience living in the US and Berlin. I hold a PhD in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and am also a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique (ATI).
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in academic and applied research, including at the Anna Freud Centre. My academic background informs my practice with a stance of curiosity and a critical appreciation of the evidence on effective therapy. A turning point in my journey was discovering the Alexander Technique, which introduced me to embodied and non-verbal ways of understanding experience. This led me to train as an integrative psychotherapist at the Metanoia Institute in London. I have also worked in the NHS, including with South London and Maudsley Talking Therapies.
Email: contact@drmariannepromberger.com
Phone: +44 7882 876032
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Clients I work with often bring issues such as depression, shame, loneliness, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, questions around sexuality, and the impact of neurodivergence.
High functioning can often mask problems that remain unadressed for years. Shame can be tied to unexpected features of a client's life, with even outwardly successful people never feeling “good enough” or experiences of shame around money.
My practice is LGBTQ+ affirmative.
I am concerned with understanding you as a person: both what you have in common with others with similar struggles, but also what makes you unique. (The currently fasionable term is “trans-diagnostic.”)
I offer an integrative approach grounded in relational psychoanalysis and with a focus on attachment. Our early experiences and relationships shape how we relate to ourselves and others, often out of conscious awareness. By bringing curiosity and awareness to those patterns we create the potential for transformation.
We can integrate EMDR to process traumatic memories. This includes memories of being shamed or “othered”, for example experienced by LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent clients.
I am also aware of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and while not a qualified practitioner, IFS can be very helpful in working with parts of the self that we do not like or those that had to be dissociated.
Paying attention to dreams and their language of emotions and symbols can be a powerful way to access unconscious knowledge and support the therapeutic process.
