Jurgen Schwarz
Practical, calm counselling for grief and life change
About Jurgen
Jurgen Schwarz is a counsellor and psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom. He holds a BACP credential, and he brings four years of clinical experience to his work. Jurgen speaks English and German and aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk.
He offers straightforward, attentive listening and avoids telling people what to do. Sessions move at the client's pace and focus on practical ways to cope with stress, anxiety, low mood and grief.
Background and approach
Jurgen also supports people dealing with relationship worries, intimacy issues, anger and self-esteem concerns. His background includes work with mental health organisations and voluntary bereavement services, which shaped his approach to loss and long-term emotional strain. He describes a counselling stance that combines directness with warmth, helping people gain fresh perspectives on persistent problems.
Jurgen uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychodynamic ideas, existential thinking and client-centred methods. He explains things plainly in session and works with clients to find what helps most for their situation. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Jurgen welcomes adults from diverse backgrounds and offers particular support to people experiencing ageing-related concerns and bereavement. He aims to help clients build clearer goals and more workable ways of coping with life changes. For those ready to begin, he supports a gradual, collaborative process so people can make steady progress at a comfortable pace.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It focuses on values and small steps people can take to live more meaningfully despite difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jurgen will discuss different methods with each person and decide together which fits their goals and preferences. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life or other commitments while keeping the focus on progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, German
