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Women Counselling-Centre
Vienna Institute for Women-Specific Psychotherapy
Institute for Women-Specific Social Studies

Founded in 1981 as the first Viennese Women´s Counselling Center
Our basis of counselling and psychotherapy is a women-specific and holistic approach, i.e. we are viewing our clients´problems against the societal background of a structural discrimination and a questionable "normality" of women. In our work we are therefore taking into consideration the connections and interactions of economic, social, physical and emotional problems.
As we are a general counselling center for women, many of our clients suffer from a variety of all kinds of psychological problems.

We offer:

• Psychosocial Counselling
• Individual and Group Psychotherapy
• Open and Subject-Focused groups
• Support in the Process of Separation and Divorce
• Legal Advice
• Medical Counselling
• Supervision and Coaching
• Mediation Talks
• Advanced Education and Seminars
• Cooperation with Other Institutions
• Telephone-Counselling
• Webbased Online-Counselling via e-Mail and Chat

We support women with regard to the following issues:

• Problems in Relationships
• Health Problems
• Depression and Anxiety States like Panic Attacks
• Psychosomatic Disorders, e.g. Eating Disorders
• Problems concerning the Female Life Cycle
• Identity Issues and Problems of Self-Esteem
• Questions concerning Sexuality
• Physical and Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Stalking
• Conflicts with Children
• Issues around Career and the Workplace

Our team consists of women with different professional backgrounds and various psychotherapeutic trainings.