Mar Sauvalle-Brandenburg
Psychologist
ABOUT ME
MAR SAUVALLE-BRANDENBURG
Degree in Psychology UAB
(Barcelona, Spain)
2011 SAFE Mentor
(Dr Brisch, Hanover)
2015 Coaching and Systemic Therapist
(BI, Bremen)
2016 Stress reduction through mindfulness-MBSR (LIW, Lohmar)
2020 Traumatherapist
(Zptn, Hamburg)
2022 Multifamily Therapist
(NIMS, Bremen)
2024 EMDR
(FHS,Bremen)
2024 Externship in EFT Couples Therapy
(ICEEFT, Berlin)
INTERCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
INTERKULTURELLE PSYCHOLOGIE
PSICOLOGIA INTERCULTURAL
BREMEN
OFFICE
Sometimes there are situations in life that are difficult to face, that cause discomfort and disorientation. These reactions are normal and can affect our day-to-day life. Sometimes you need outside guidance and support to overcome these challenges, approach them differently, do personal development work and find new perspectives.
People come to my office who, for different reasons, seek this support. They either come because they are experiencing personal, family or work difficulties, they feel sadness or grief, they feel fear, anxiety or stress or because they are in an existential crisis. I also attend to binational or foreign couples, who have relationship difficulties, such as communication problems, sexual disagreements, infidalities, conflicts about raising children, intercultural differences or problems from the past that hinder further progress and evolution as a couple.
My resources are very varied so that they adapt to the needs of each person. I work with words, I have with the body and creativity (KReST Modell, Body Therapy), changing perspectives, visualizing situations, working with inner parts (Gestalt therapy), learning relaxation and breathing techniques (MBRS), among other.
The main peculiarity of my work is the emphasis on the cultural origin of the consultants and their personal beliefs.
The consultant sets the pace at what he wants or where he can go and how far. With different methods I accompany you, I support you, I show you possibilities, I contain you by ensuring your emotional stability and we jointly find out your needs.
THERAPY FOR BINATIONAL COUPLES
Intercultural couples show that love knows no borders. At the same time, it can happen that intercultural couples, in addition to the "normal" challenges of a relationship, are also concerned with cultural and/or religious issues and reach their limits. This requires a lot of patience, mutual understanding and openness to the wishes and expectations of the other person. If there is also a language barrier, existing challenges are even more serious. In the Intercultural Psychology Office, I attend couples in this process. In addition to my professional formation and experience in the field of couples therapy, my own background gives me a culturally sensitive attitude that I use in my work.
What are the most common reasons for couples who come to my office?
In my work with binational couples, I focus on the emotional relationship. Many of the couples I see in my office argue and fight constantly or feel distant and disconnected. Others come because of sexual problems (unbalanced sexual desire between both people) and others because of one or more infidelities.
What do couples want, who come to a therapy?
The difficulties that binational couples who come to my office may not be only related to the difference in languages and/or cultures, although it can be an obstacle and also an enrichment factor. In the most intimate interpersonal relationships is where we want to feel more understood, more secure, and when this does not happen, conflicts appear.
In most cases, what couples who come to my office want is a change in their relationship; they want to have a harmonious, pleasant relationship again, in addition to wanting to feel safe and emotionally reconnected. Together we detect the negative dynamics that have been established between the couple over time, in order to be able to stop them and if we understand them, they can be modified. In addition, I give them guidance to strengthen the emotional connection, with exercises to strengthen their emotional bond at home. I help them detect and express their most basic needs in a clear and transparent way, so that they can understand, express and accept each other.
How many appointments do couples need in my consultation?
Generally, couples come between 8 and 18 sessions, but it depends on the problem. At the beginning, we arrange appointments every two weeks and then once a month and each session lasts an hour and a quarter. Before the first session begin, I will send you a questionnaire, which I ask you to send me before we meet for the first time.
RATES
Systemic coaching or psychotrauma therapy count as international scientific methods. Despite this, in Germany social security (gesetzlichen Krankenkassen) does not cover the costs. For this reason, consultants must assume the costs.
The first individual session, where we get to know each other and put together a work plan, costs 70 Euros and the cost of the following sessions is 75 Euros per hour. Couples therapy costs one hour and 15 minutes 120 Euros.
The same prices apply for online consultations.
Reports or certificates about our work have an additional cost that will depend on the time necessary to carry it out.
Agreed visits must be canceled at least 48 hours in advance, otherwise you will have to pay for the entire session.
INTERCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY BREMEN
Psychologist Mar Sauvalle-Brandenburg
Wätjenstr. 40
28213 Bremen (Schwachhausen)
Tel: 0421-165 07 47
Email: interkulturelle.psychologie.hb@gmail.com
I speak Spanish, Catalan, German and English