When the whole family needs the room.

In families, no feeling exists in a vacuum: a teenager's silence, a parent's worry and a grandmother's phone calls from another country are all part of one fabric. Online family therapy looks at that fabric together — not to find who is at fault, but to change the pattern that keeps everyone stuck. I'm Laura, psychologist & family therapist working online; before moving my practice fully online I counselled couples, children, adolescents and parents at a family counselling centre.

Who family therapy online is for.

Families between cultures. Two passports at the dinner table, three languages in one argument: international families carry extra translation work — literally and emotionally. We work in the language mix that fits your family: English, German, Polish, or switching between them.

Parents and teenagers. When conversations have shrunk to logistics and door-slamming — a neutral room helps everyone say what they actually mean, and hear what was actually said.

Families spread across countries. A parent in Warsaw, a daughter in Berlin, a son in London: this is where online family therapy quietly beats any office — everyone joins from where they are, and distance stops being the reason to postpone the conversation.

Families in transition. Relocation, separation and patchwork constellations, illness, loss: when a family's shape changes, old roles pinch. Together we find the new fit. (If the loss itself is at the centre, this page may help too: online grief counselling.)

How online family therapy works.

1. 1

   We start with a free intro call.

   Fifteen minutes via video — usually with the person who found this page, sometimes with more of you. We look at who should be in the room, in which language we work, and what rhythm fits your family. Everything else grows from there.

2. 2

   Everyone gets a voice — including the quiet ones.

   In the session, my job is to hold the room so no one drowns anyone out. In Gestalt family work we look at contact: who reaches out to whom, where messages loop through third parties, where someone always ends up mediating.

3. 3

   We work with the pattern, not with a culprit.

   Families usually arrive with an identified problem person. Almost always the pattern is older and bigger than any single member — and when the pattern changes, individuals can breathe again.

4. 4

   Between sessions, life does the practising.

   Small experiments at your own kitchen table: a sentence said differently, a role passed on, a conversation that finally happens. We review what worked — at your family's pace.

Family counselling online — or couples work?

If the tension lives mainly between the two of you as partners, online couples therapy is the better room. If children, parents or several generations are woven into the knot, family counselling online is the right format. Not sure? That's a normal question — we sort it out in the intro call, and the formats can be combined over time.

One method note, honestly: I work with Gestalt therapy — experiential, in the here and now, with the contact between you. If you are specifically looking for internal family systems (IFS) or family constellation work, those are different approaches with their own specialists.

This page does not replace medical or psychiatric treatment. Where a child's or family member's safety is at risk, protection comes first — in an acute crisis call 112, or the German crisis line 0800 111 0 111 (free, 24/7).