Talia Purnell

My Approach:

As an English-speaking psychologist, I offer a warm and collaborative space for self-exploration and emotional healing. I’m passionate about helping adults explore their emotions, relationships, and sense of self.

At the center of my practice is a commitment to creating a space where you can arrive just as you are, without filters, masks, or pressure to be anything other than yourself. My role is to support you in nurturing a kinder, more compassionate relationship with yourself while gently exploring how early relationships and past experiences may still be shaping your thoughts, emotions, and relationships today.

Together, we’ll bring curiosity and compassion to the patterns, beliefs, and stories you’ve developed. These coping strategies, adaptive as they are, once kept you safe but may now feel limiting. Our work together fosters reconnection with your your truest self.

Rooted in psychodynamic principles, my approach is also informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body-based methods like Somatic Experiencing (SE). In sessions, we might gently explore different parts of yourself that hold feelings or memories, tune into bodily sensations, or reflect together on recurring patterns and emotions. This helps create a grounded, safe space where healing can unfold naturally.

Above all, our work will be collaborative and centered on your voice, values, and goals. We’ll hold space for all parts of you, the ones you know well and those just beginning to surface. This journey isn’t about perfection but about integration: making contact with what’s been lost, hidden, or silenced, and creating room for new ways of being. I don’t believe in quick fixes. Instead, I believe in the power of slowing down, turning inward, and creating space for real change.

If this resonates with you, I invite you to reach out and share a bit of your story. You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin... just a little curiosity or courage to show up.

Specialties:

• Relationship dynamics/roles and attachment challenges
• Anxiety, overwhelm, and stress
• Depression or low mood
• Grief & Loss
• Self-Esteem
• Self-doubt, shame, or feeling “not enough”
• Individuation and personal development
• Life transitions and identity shifts
• A general sense of being stuck, or disconnected from yourself

Education and Credentials

2019- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from Sonoma State University, California, U.S.A

2019- Practicum: Yoga for Anxiety with Dr. Domonick Wegesin, Berkeley, California, U.S.A

2024- Master of Arts (M.A.) in Clinical Psychology from the International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Germany

2024- Licensed Heilpraktikerin für Psychotherapie (HeilprG)

2025- Level 1 IFS Training from the IFS Institute (in progress)

Contact & General Practice Info:

If you are interested in booking a session, you can email me at purnellcounseling@gmail.com. In your email, let me know a little bit about yourself and how I may support you.

* Individual 50 minute session - 90€
(sliding scale starting at 65€ for those who are in deep need of support. Please reach out for more information).

* I offer a free 20 minute introductory video call to get to know each other and to see if we are a good therapeutic match

* I offer counseling both in person or online.