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Psychological Counselling Services in Hamburg

A variety of counselling services focused on specific kinds of experiences and challenges can be accessed in Hamburg. Some offer consultations in multiple languages.

To find counselling or therapy in Hamburg: https://www.hamburg.de/iason/apps/therapiefuehrer-suche

The Diakonie of the Evangelical Church also offers counselling on a variety of topics: https://www.diakonie-hamburg.de/de/rat-und-hilfe/

PSK-Hamburg is a consortium of organisations offering advice and counselling on a variety of social and psychological issues: https://www.psk-hamburg.de/

The organisation KISS Hamburg runs an online database of self-help groups focused on a variety of issues and active in the Hamburg area: https://www.kiss-hh.de/ (+49 (0)40 395767).

biff-Frauenberatungsstelle offers women advice and counselling on a variety of social and psychological issues: https://biff-frauenberatung.de/eimsbuettel-altona-ueber-uns.html

Magnus Hirschfeld Centrum: Counselling for LGBTQI* individuals, see: https://www.mhc-hh.de/beratung/, +49 (0)40 278 778 00

Verikom gGmbH: Intercultural counselling with a focus on (among other areas) situations of gendered violence: https://www.verikom.de/beratung/sozialberatung/

Crisis Services

On weekdays:

Altona: https://www.hamburg.de/altona/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 428 11 2093, sozialpsychiatrischerdienst"AT"altona.hamburg.de

Bergedorf: https://www.hamburg.de/bergedorf/gesundheit/77572/sozialpsychatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 428 91 2271

Hamburg-Mitte: https://www.hamburg.de/mitte/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 42854 4741, sozialpsychiatrischerdienst"AT"hamburg-mitte.hamburg.de

Hamburg-Nord: https://www.hamburg.de/hamburg-nord/gesundheit/38586/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 42804 2764, sozialpsychiatrischerdienst"AT"hamburg-nord.hamburg.de

Harburg: https://www.hamburg.de/harburg/gesundheit/14815286/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 428 71 2364, sozialpsychiatrischerdienst"AT"harburg.hamburg.de

Wandsbek: https://www.hamburg.de/wandsbek/sozialpsychiatrischer-dienst/, +49 (0)40 42881 5357, sozialpsychiatrischerdienst"AT"wandsbek.hamburg.de

Please contact the Hamburg-wide Crisis Services instead in the evenings (Monday to Thursday, 5 - 11:30 pm & Friday 5 pm - 7:30 am) and on the weekends (Saturday 10 am - 7:30 am & Sunday 10 am - 11:30 pm): +49 (0)40 428 11 3000.

Other crisis services include the TelefonSeelsorge (0800 1110111 / 0800 1110222) and the Studentische TelefonSeelsorge (+49 (0)40 41170411).

Help in Cases of Violence

www.hilfetelefon.de, 08000 116 016 (violence against women; multiple languages; phone / chat / email)

http://en.frauennotruf-hamburg.de/, +49 (0)40 255 566 (rape crisis centre; also in English)

www.ikb-lale.de+49 (0)40 30 227 978 (violence against women, including in intercultural situations; multiple languages)

www.opferhilfe-hamburg.de+49 (0)40 381 993 (gendered violence, trauma)

https://weisser-ring.de/english, 116 006 (all forms of violence)