About / Eva

Eva

Social and life counselor

I am a licensed social and life counselor under Austrian professional law and have worked for many years with people in different life situations. In couples counseling I pay particular attention to what lies between the lines, and to the moment when a feeling has not yet been spoken.

How I work

My contribution in the setting with Thomas is the finer perception. I listen closely, especially to tone, pauses, the hesitation before a sentence. The information you can't quite reach yourselves often lies there. What really hurt, couples rarely say first. They say what triggered it. My job is not to skip that gap.

In the session there is no schema and no homework. We talk, we sort, we look at what has shifted. I don't take a position, but hold the space so that what you both actually want to say can come out.

What social and life counseling means

Social and life counseling in Austria is a separate, professionally recognised trade, regulated through the Trade Code and its own professional and exercise rules. Unlike psychotherapy, it does not target clinical conditions, but topics that belong to life: relationships, conflicts, transitions, crises, decisions.

For couples that means: we work with what lies between you. We do not treat and we do not diagnose. If something comes up that needs therapeutic support, I tell you so openly and refer on.

What interests me in sessions

I'm interested in the moment when a couple suddenly stops talking about each other and starts talking with each other. This shift is small but noticeable. It often happens quietly, sometimes in a single sentence, and it is the point from which things start to move.

I'm also interested in what couples don't grant each other without noticing. Sometimes that's a form of exhaustion, sometimes pride, sometimes an old hurt. When that spot is named, much becomes softer, without anyone having to „solve" anything.

Location

I work in Upper Austria, based near Wels. Sessions in Linz are possible on request, online works as well. We agree on the framework before the first session, so you know from the start how things will unfold.