Services Confidential consulting, counselling and therapy are especially offered to adolescents and adults with following difficulties or problems: Sexual traumatisation Problems or difficulties regarding sexual orientation Problems or difficulties regarding gender identity Sexual Problems and Dysfunctions Disorders of Sex Development ("Intersexuality", "Hermaphroditism") Transsexuality As such kind of problems do not only affect the individual, but often also the spouse, partner, parents or other members of the family, contacts can take place in a one to one setting, but family or partner contacts can also be arranged. Further, Lisa offers consulting and counselling to parents of young children with any kind of sexual or gender related problem. In many cases, parents are very insecure how to deal with their children and the situation and often feel alone or overwhelmed. Taking up psychological consultation or counselling can help them to get a better understanding for their child's situation and give them room and a place to deal with their very own concerns, worries and feelings, too. Support is offered in different ways and settings: Consultation Crisis Intervention Counselling and Psychotherapy Helpline Trainings and Workshops Consultation People in need of advice or psychological support regarding a certain sexual or gender related problem can arrange a once-only consultation. The appointments last approx. 1 - 1,5 hours. Follow up contacts (personal or via phone) can be arranged if desired. Crisis Intervention In an acute crisis, flexible contacts (also per telephone or email) can be arranged. Crisis intervention mostly involves a higher number of contacts within a shorter period of time. Counselling and Therapy In general, counselling and therapy takes place in weekly or bi-weekly sessions of 50 minutes over a longer period of time (counselling mostly 3-6 months, therapy mostly longer), but individual and flexible settings can also be arranged. Costs Costs vary between 80 and 100 Euro per session, depending on the length of time needed. Helpline: Free Advice and Support Telephone Hour Thursdays between 5.00 and 6.00 pm an advice and support telephone is offered to non-clients, in which Lisa can be contacted anonymously and free of costs regarding any kind of sexuality and gender related problem. Contact number: 021-2348260 Who can benefit? Any person with a sex or gender related problem who feels that this problem negatively affects aspects of their life and wants to change this situation Any person with a sex or gender related problem who just wants to talk about their feelings and concerns in a confidential setting without having to fear negative responses or consequences Any person close to someone with a sex or gender related concern who wants to get a better understanding for the problems of the affected person and/or wish some psychological support regarding their own feelings, problems and concerns in this matter Couples (hetero or homosexual) who are experiencing sexual difficulties and would like to work together on a solution or better way of coping with the problem Trainings and Workshops Lisa also offers training and workshops for professionals (e.g. counsellors, psychologists, nurses, medical doctors, midwifes), support groups or any interested people or groups on different aspects of sex and gender related problems. For further information please contact Lisa directly.