ZeBra | Consultation Room

Central consultation room for systemic-solution-focused short-term therapy, family therapy and counseling

Our systemic consulting practice is centrally located in Bremen-Schwachhausen. At ZeBra, you and your concerns are our focus.

Throughout our lives, we repeatedly encounter challenges that initially seem insurmountable. Some obstacles that we were able to overcome in the past become more difficult to manage over time. There are a variety of reasons for this, both in our external environment and within ourselves. In a supportive and confidential setting, we will guide you in discovering and embarking on new paths.

The zebra, our namesake, reminds us that even the most contrasting patterns can form a harmonious whole. Every zebra has a unique stripe pattern. Similarly, we humans experience and cope with different emotional states and life situations individually, yet we are always connected to our environment. For us, the zebra is a symbol of diversity and the development of new perspectives. By adopting an open mind, emotional contradictions can be re-examined, and resilience and inner balance can be developed.

Offer

Solution-focused brief therapy (LFT)

The goal of solution-focused brief therapy is to work with you to discover your resources and inner strengths, in order to develop and implement concrete solutions. It is not necessary to delve deeply into the structure and causes of problems. An important part of the process is encouraging you to reflect on your goals and consider past exceptions to the problem – these insights can then be used to develop solutions. The focus is on your individual abilities and potential, which makes the therapy particularly successful, effective, and sustainable.

Couples counseling

Systemic couples counseling in short-term therapy offers couples an effective way to understand and improve their relationship dynamics. Our approach views your partnership as a system in itself, where every action and behavior is part of a larger interplay.

In a few focused sessions, we work together to identify entrenched patterns, develop new perspectives, and work out concrete solutions. Systemic brief therapy focuses on your resources and strengths as a couple, not on deficits or blame.

Through solution-oriented questions, communication exercises and systemic interventions, we support you in overcoming old conflicts and developing new, constructive ways of interacting.

Parenting advice

When parenting issues become a source of stress, our systemic parenting counseling offers a safe space for change. We understand parenting difficulties not as individual failure, but as an expression of family relationship patterns that can be changed together.

Short-term therapy allows us to identify crucial turning points in just a few intensive sessions. Through targeted questions and tailored interventions, we encourage a shift in perspective and open doors to new possibilities for action. In doing so, we utilize your family's own resources as the key to a solution.

Our consultation supports you in building respectful communication between all family members and helps you set healthy boundaries. This way, you as a family can develop your own path to a relaxed and joyful life together.

Family therapy 

We understand family as a (communication) system. Changes in one family member have an impact on the entire system. Using various methods, we work together to examine family dynamics, shifts in family life, and potentially dysfunctional behavioral patterns. By focusing on the strengths of your family system, you will discover new solutions and explore potential changes in our counseling sessions.

Team and facility

At ZeBra, each of us works as an independent therapist. We are united by our basic training in systemic solution-focused brief therapy, family therapy, and counseling.

We bring our own strengths and areas of expertise to the consulting process and work with various approaches and methods. Nevertheless, we are united by shared values: We work in a resource-oriented, solution-focused manner and always with respect. In this way, we work together with you to find solutions that are right for you.

Our counseling space is open to people of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, relationship types, and family constellations. Creating a discrimination-sensitive space where everyone feels understood and valued is important to us.

Cost

In our central consultation room, we offer therapy and counseling exclusively as private services. Therefore, the fees are not covered by statutory health insurance and must be paid privately.

Individuals: 90.00 euros (60 minutes)

Group setting: 120.00 euros (90 minutes)

Should the financial challenge seem too high for you, we will find individual solutions. Due to the small number of sessions and the relatively long intervals between them, this type of therapy generally does not lead to financial burdens.

As a self-paying patient, you enjoy maximum flexibility and discretion. You avoid long waiting times for psychotherapy at a practice with a public health insurance contract, or you can bridge these waiting periods with us. Furthermore, your treatment remains completely private, with no information being shared with health insurance companies. The duration and frequency of sessions can be adjusted to your needs.

Appointments can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours in advance. Otherwise, a cancellation fee of €65 will be charged.