Psychotherapy is a form of health-care treatment. In a protected setting, we work together on what is weighing on you or holding you back. I work with the method of Existential Analysis. The first step is often the most important one.
Coaching helps you gain clarity – in career transitions, when facing decisions or when you want to use your strengths more deliberately. Solution-oriented and on an equal footing.
Who am I, and who do I want to be? This offering is for people who are not in crisis but who want to work on themselves consciously and grow.
For individuals and teams: supervision creates perspective on your work, strengthens the capacity to act, and can help prevent burnout. Available as individual, case and team supervision.
My lectures move at the intersection of mental health, life's challenges and personal development – from prevention to managing pressure. Topics can be tailored to your setting.
Tailored workshops – on topics such as resilience, communication, leadership or stress management. Every format is adapted to your group and context, in both content and method.
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Trust that change is possible
Academic publications, specialist books and journal articles form the theoretical background of my practical work.
This book is a work representing the collaboration of existential psychotherapists, teachers, and researchers. It’s a book to guide readers in understanding human life better through the exploration of aspects and applications of existential therapy.
When psychology speaks of human existence, it also speaks of being itself. To exist means being oriented towards the larger contexts we stand in – family, workplace, environment, vocation.
Thomas is seven and still wets himself. His mum is worried and takes him to the paediatrician, and eventually to a psychotherapist. Thomas's journey to staying dry begins. This book tells what matters along the way and how he succeeds.
As a psychotherapist, I am bound by strict confidentiality regarding everything entrusted to me in the course of my professional practice.
Cancellations are free of charge up to 24 hours before the appointment. For later cancellations or missed appointments, the full session fee is charged.
This English version is a convenience translation. The legally binding version is the German original.
This privacy policy, effective from 16 June 2026, serves to inform the users of this website about the nature, scope and purposes of the collection and processing of personal data. For the purposes of this policy, personal data means any information that can be used to identify a natural person directly or indirectly.
This English version is a convenience translation. The legally binding version is the German original.
Each time the website is accessed, the following personal data is automatically processed, which is essential for the functionality and provision of the website, for ensuring stability and security, and for optimising the information-technology systems. This data is stored temporarily during a session and in log files until it is automatically deleted.
A legitimate interest in the processing and storage of the data mentioned, pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO, lies in particular in ensuring a trouble-free connection to and use of the website, monitoring system security and stability, identifying and remedying technical faults, and continuously optimising the service. The temporary processing and storage of the data during a session is essential in order to provide the website to the requesting device. Storing this data in log files is necessary in particular to maintain the functionality of the website and the security of the information-technology systems.
The data collected is stored, pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO, only for as long as is necessary for the purpose of its collection. Data needed to provide the website is deleted at the end of the respective session. Data in log files is stored for a maximum of fourteen days and then deleted or anonymised, so that it can no longer be attributed to a person. The storage period may be extended beyond this in exceptional cases where this is necessary to investigate security incidents, to defend against attacks on the information-technology systems, or to comply with legal obligations such as statutory retention periods.
The collection and processing of the data mentioned is essential for the operation and provision of the website. Likewise, storing this data in log files is necessary to ensure the smooth operation of the information-technology systems. For this reason, there is no possibility of objecting to these processes.
To secure the processing, transport encryption via HTTPS/TLS is used as a technical measure pursuant to Art. 32 DSGVO. It protects personal data during transmission against unauthorised access and alteration. The encryption is applied in line with the current state of the art.
When you make contact electronically, in addition to the information you voluntarily provide, certain personal data is automatically transmitted and processed. This data is characteristic of the communication channel used and is essential for transmission. It may include information from the following list.
In the event of contact, personal data is used pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b DSGVO for handling the matter in the course of fulfilling pre-contractual rights and obligations. This processing is essential for dealing with enquiries. In addition, the data is processed or stored on the basis of the legitimate interest in preventing misuse and fraud and in the security of the information-technology systems, pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
Providing your data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, certain details such as your name, a means of contact and your message are necessary in order to process and respond to your enquiry. Without these details, your enquiry cannot be handled.
Unless further communication follows the contact and no statutory retention obligations preclude it, the personal data stored in this context is deleted after an inactivity period of no more than three years.
You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time by e-mail. In the event of a withdrawal, all personal data stored in the course of the contact is deleted, unless its retention is required for the performance of a contract, the carrying out of pre-contractual measures, or compliance with legal obligations such as statutory retention periods.
The recipient of personal data is the hosting provider of this website, World4You Internet Services GmbH, Wolfgang-Pauli-Straße 2/BT3, 4020 Linz. It provides the website technically; messages sent via the contact form are also transmitted to the practice mailbox through its infrastructure. A data-processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 DSGVO is in place with the provider. Processing takes place predominantly within the European Union. Where data is transferred to a third country, this is safeguarded by appropriate guarantees pursuant to Art. 44 ff. DSGVO. To provide its services, the provider may engage further processors, which it binds accordingly by contract.
For data-protection matters, PhDr. Barbara Gawel is available through the contact options provided, in particular by e-mail. Data subjects have the following rights under the DSGVO.
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— Barbara Gawel