Psychology, gently explained
The Riverbank
A quiet place to sit, read and understand yourself a little better.
Short, honest articles about the things people bring to therapy: worry and exhaustion, love and loss, illness, family, life between cultures, and the question of what kind of help is right for you. Each one is built on careful research, and written the way I would explain it if you were sitting across from me.
Topics from A to Z
Anxiety & Panic3 articles
Body & Mind5 articles
- Chronic fatigue and ME/CFS: living with limited energy
- Chronic pain: how the nervous system amplifies pain, and how to cope
- Living with a chronic illness: how to cope mentally
- Long Covid: coping mentally, and the role of the nervous system
- Tinnitus: how the mind and nervous system shape the sound, and how to cope
Body Image & Self-Esteem2 articles
Cancer & Psycho-Oncology4 articles
Depression & Low Mood3 articles
Family & Caregiving2 articles
Finding the Right Help3 articles
Grief & Loss2 articles
Hormones & Mood2 articles
Inner Peace & Self-Compassion4 articles
Intercultural Life & Couples3 articles
Love & Relationships5 articles
- Communication problems in relationships: patterns that hurt and what helps
- Falling out of love: why it happens and what it means
- How to get over a breakup: why heartbreak hurts and how healing works
- Peace flows both ways: how inner calm changes your relationships
- What makes a relationship work, and what slowly wears it down
Migrating from Latin America3 articles
Migration & Life Abroad4 articles
Open Relationships & Polyamory2 articles
Sex Work4 articles
Sexual Identity & Coming Out3 articles
Stress & Burnout3 articles
Therapy in Berlin12 articles
- Berlin winters: low mood, short days and what helps
- Couples therapy in Berlin: how it works, what it costs and how to find the right fit
- Does insurance pay for therapy? Statutory, private and supplementary insurance explained
- Finding therapy in Berlin: your options, step by step
- Getting therapy paid by public health insurance in Germany: a step-by-step guide
- Individual therapy in Berlin: what to expect from your first sessions
- Learning German in Berlin: when the language becomes a vicious circle
- Life in Berlin: housing stress, bureaucracy and the expat bubble
- Psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist or Heilpraktiker: what’s the difference?
- Terapia en español en Berlín: opciones, preguntas y cómo elegir in Spanish
- Therapy in English in Berlin: options, questions and how to choose
- Waiting times for therapy in Berlin: why it takes so long and what you can do meanwhile
Trans & Non-binary Lives4 articles
Types of Therapy5 articles
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): how it works and who it can help
- Humanistic therapy: person-centred, Gestalt and emotion-focused approaches
- Psychodynamic therapy: understanding the past to free the present
- Systemic therapy: seeing problems in the context of relationships
- Which therapy is right for me? How to choose an approach and a therapist
Every article draws on peer-reviewed research that is freely available, with the references at the end so you can read the sources yourself. The articles are here to inform and to help you reflect. They cannot diagnose anything, and they do not replace a conversation with a professional.
Reading is a good start. Talking can take it further.
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