Psychologist Dr. Maja Grünzner
German & English-speaking
Integrative Systemic Therapist (in training)
Expat & Relational Psychology
I offer a supportive and confidential space for you to gain clarity in relationships and life transitions, understand recurring emotional and relational patterns, and reconnect with your own needs, so you can move forward with greater self-trust and confidence.
My work includes coaching and counseling for individuals, couples, families, and groups. I specialize in relational and personal themes such as emotional dependency, people-pleasing patterns, expat life and international transitions, as well as grief and loss.
About
Having lived and worked across the UK, Norway, Austria, Germany and Portugal, I am familiar with the psychological challenges of international and transitional lives, including shifts in identity, belonging, and relationships. I aim to offer a calm, non-judgemental space where complexity can be explored with honesty, care, and clarity.
I work with individuals, couples, and families who are going through a life transition or planning to do so. Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and used to adapting to others or to demanding environments, yet feel exhausted, uncertain in relationships, or disconnected from their own needs.
Rather than offering quick fixes, my work focuses on understanding how these patterns developed and what continues to maintain them. I don’t view them as problems to be fixed, but as meaningful responses shaped by personal history, relationships, and context. Creating space to reflect on this often opens the door to sustainable change.
Qualifications
Experience
My professional background spans from private psychological coaching and counseling, academic research, teaching and training. Since 2024, I have been working in private practice, offering integrative psychological coaching and counseling, alongside teaching psychology and coaching methods, where I support the training of future psychological counsellors, systemic coaches, mediators, and supervisors. Previously, I worked in international, interdisciplinary research projects focused on behavior change and human–environment interactions. Earlier in my career, I gained experience in fitness coaching, supervised work in outplacement consulting as well as in a psychosomatic clinic, shaping an integrative and practice-informed perspective.
Highlights
Systemic and Family Therapy Training (DGSF), Wispo AG
2023 — ongoing (October 2026)
Comprehensive training in systemic individual, couple, and family therapy with a focus on relationship dynamics, emotional well-being, and resource-oriented change processes.
PhD in Psychology, University of Vienna,
August 2025
Research and science communication on behaviour and sustainable change.
Advanced Professional Training
Seminar: The Fawn Response and Narcissistic Abuse
Strategies to Help Survivors Break Free from Trauma-Based Appeasement with Ingrid Clayton, PhD, November 2025
Seminars on Female Sexuality and on Loss of Sexual Desire,
Wispo AG, May and July 2025
Seminar in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),
Wispo AG, December 2024
Seminar in Couples Therapy: Happy Long-Term Relationships,
Wispo AG, September 2023
Seminar in Communication Psychology and Interviewing Techniques, 2coach, July 2016
Academic Background
MSc in Psychology of Intercultural Relations,
ISCTE-IUL Lisbon, 2019
BSc in Psychology,
Medical School Hamburg, 2017
Approach
My work is collaborative, evidence-based, and experiential, with a strong focus on the connection between the mind, body and relationships. Rather than applying a fixed method, I adapt the work to each person and situation. Together, we explore how emotional and relational patterns developed, how they are maintained, and what supports change that feels sustainable and meaningful. I place particular emphasis on awareness, psychological flexibility, and reconnecting with personal needs and values.
Inner Part
Work
Mindful
Journaling
Systemic
Methods
Self-
compassion
Embodiment & Somatic Work
CBT & ACT
Methods
Get In Touch
Feel free to reach out for more information or to book a session. I am dedicated to providing a space to explore your topics and collaboratively work towards positive change and self-trust.
For any inquiries or to schedule an appointment, you can reach out via email or It’s Complicated.
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