About me

I am a UK-qualified and 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, where I focused on the science of emotion and decision-making. This academic background informs my therapeutic work with a stance of curiosity and a critical appreciation of the evidence on effective therapy.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in academic and applied research, including at the Anna Freud Centre. 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.

Marianne Promberger

Sessions and fees

Individual therapy:
My standard fee is £110 per 50-minute session. I offer a flexible fee model within a range of £100–£120, and you are welcome to choose a rate that works for you. A limited number of lower-cost sessions may be available, currently with a waiting list.

Couples therapy:
£140 per 60-minute session.

I offer both short-term (8 to 24 sessions) and longer-term therapy. We will discuss your goals in our first session and review as we go. Some clients benefit from brief focused work, while others choose to continue longer-term for deeper exploration and support during complex life phases.

If you’d like to explore how therapy might support you, I welcome you to get in touch.

Contact

Email: contact@drmariannepromberger.com
Phone: +44 7882 876032

I aim to respond to enquiries within 48 hours (Mon–Fri). If you haven’t received a reply, please check your spam folder. Please note email is not a secure form of communication — avoid including sensitive information.

Psychotherapy

Why psychotherapy?

Everyone experiences difficult times in their life &emdah stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, grief, or relational struggles. Often we can move through them with insight, friends and family, or practices such as meditation and yoga. Sometimes however we have painful experiences that we feel we cannot share with those around us, leaving us with a sense of isolation. We may be hiding parts of ourselves out of fear of rejection or we may not dare to try new things. Or we get stuck because even in trying to change we fall back to familiar patterns; we have a blind spot for truly new possibilities.

Therapy can help you break through the isolation, gain insight, and reconnect with forgotten parts of yourself. Sharing your experience with another human being in a confidential, supportive, and gently challenging setting can bring more clarity, confidence, and emotional resilience.

Clients I work with often bring issues such as identity and belonging, life transitions, trauma (including developmental and complex trauma), shame, relationship difficulties, and the impact of neurodivergence or cultural displacement. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and experienced in working with clients who straddle multiple cultures or identities.

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My therapy approach

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 a relational and integrative approach grounded in humanistic and psychodynamic thinking. Our early experiences and relationships shape how we relate to ourselves and others. By bringing curiosity and awareness to those patterns — including how they show up in the therapeutic relationship — we create the potential for transformation.

I integrate modalities such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic approaches, depending on your needs. My practice is trauma-aware, embodied, and inclusive.

Trauma can take many forms, including experiences that leave us feeling alone in our pain. Where appropriate, we can use EMDR to process traumatic memories and "stuck" emotional responses, always within the safety of a holding therapeutic relationship.

Paying attention to dreams and their emotional associations can be a powerful way to access unconscious wisdom and support the therapeutic process.

Qualifications

  • MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Metanoia Institute and Middlesex University, London, UK
  • EMDR training levels 1, 2 & 3 (Richman EMDR Training)
  • PhD in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
  • Teacher of the Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique International

Memberships

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