About
Max Chrambach
"Why do we act the way we do in relationships?" The curious exploration of this question serves as an unofficial title to my life so far.
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Drawing on many year's experience working with individuals, couples and families in the midst of their worst crises, my goal is to help people understand their most basic, emotional needs.
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In couples and families, these needs can feel smothered by daily life, by expectations and disappointments in others. Much like in mountain climbing — my greatest passion —, in therapy I try to navigate that fog, to walk with you and try to understand the shapes and figures it conceals.
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I live with my partner in Berlin, and we are the proud and often challenged parents of a wonderful two-year-old girl.
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Born in Washington D.C. and having grown up bilingually, I work in both fluent English and German.
My approach
My first and most important goal is to make you and your partners or family members feel safe, understood and appreciated. Therapy asks us to make ourselves vulnerable, and it is my job to foster an atmosphere of protection so that you can open up safely.
My approach is systemic and emotions focussed.
That means: we look at destructive dynamics, not individual failings. We understand each’s actions as an expression of valid fears, desires and learned experiences. Instead of giving tips on how to act, I encourage an exploration of the emotions which guide our actions.
Qualifications
2023 - Present
Family Therapist, Kinder Lernen Leben e.V., Berlin, Germany
2021 - Present
Practicing Couple and Family Therapist
2012-2019
Freelance director and assistant director for film, TV and commercials
2012
Master of Arts in History, graduated with honours, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
2020-2023
Training "Systemic Couple and Family Therapy", Berliner Institut für Familientherapie, Berlin, Germany
2019-2023
Psychiatric-Social Case Worker, Pinel gGmbH., Berlin, Germany