Limitations of Psychological Online Counseling

• I don’t offer a diagnostic process, and I will not assign psychopathological categories to your problems. Please also note that my counseling is not Psychotherapy event though I am a qualified therapist. Therapy is a different process with different requirements as defined in the German Psychotherapy Act (PsychThG), and I am not offering that here. According to this regulation psychotherapy is an in-person service in a shared physical space e.g. treatment room and I abide by this regulation.

• If you are seeking help for an acute psychological crisis my services are also insufficient because I don’t offer 24/7 availability. In this case please contact your local health care provider, a general practitioner, psychiatrist or urgent care facility. In Germany you can reach physicians on call at 116 117. For emergencies the local number to call an ambulance is 112 in most European countries and 911 in the Americas.