Doreen Eickhoff, psychotherapist in Hamburg-Sternschanze

Hello, I'm

Doreen Eickhoff

LicensedBehavioural TherapyEMDRDE · EN

What defines my work

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy, complemented by modern methods for stress management and emotion regulation
  • Experience with mental health crises, trauma, and burdensome physical illness
  • Additional qualification in EMDR
  • Therapy available in German and English

In my work, what matters most to me is a trusting collaboration at eye level. I understand therapy as a shared, transparent process — without rigid frameworks, and oriented towards what is helpful and workable for you in everyday life. I work on the basis of cognitive behavioural therapy and combine established approaches with more modern methods that place greater emphasis on handling stress, inner pressure, and distressing emotions. The goal is not only relief, but also the long-term development of a different relationship with yourself.

Many people who come to me experience high demands in daily life: at work, in relationships, or in their own standards for themselves. I bring experience working with mental health crises, trauma, and burdensome physical illness. It is therefore important to me to create a protected space in which difficult topics are taken seriously and can be worked through at your own pace. I additionally work with EMDR and hold a thorough qualification in line with EMDRIA guidelines.

What matters to me is that you feel understood and, at the same time, are able to develop concrete paths for yourself — towards greater clarity, self-efficacy, and stability.

I look forward to our first conversation.

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Career

Professional experience

since 2026
Self-employed in private outpatient practice for behavioural therapy
2026
Author of a psychotherapeutic specialist book "Psychotherapeutische Versorgung im Krankenhaus"
2025
Additional qualification in EMDR (basic training parts 1 & 2)
since 2024
Lecturer in psychotherapist training at the Institut für Psychotherapie (IfP), Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
since 2024
Psychotherapist at the psychotherapy practice Dr. Anja Fritzsche
2023
Registered member of the physician / psychotherapist register of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hamburg
2023
Certifications in group therapy and hypnotherapy according to Milton Erickson
2023
Approbation as Psychological Psychotherapist, specialisation in Behavioural Therapy, Landesprüfungsamt für Heilberufe Hamburg
2023–2024
Psychotherapist at the Ambulanzzentrum UKE GmbH, focusing on transplant, oncology, and HIV patients and their families
2020–2024
Psychotherapist and research associate in the transplantation psychology group at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
2017–2023
Advanced training as Psychological Psychotherapist at Institut für Moderne Verhaltenstherapie (MoVA)
2017–2020
Psychotherapist in training at Asklepios Westklinikum Rissen, psychotherapy ward, focus on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
2017–2018
Freelance psychologist at the "MIND" counselling centre for gifted diagnostics, University of Kiel
2016–2017
Clinical psychologist at "Veovita Gesundheit GmbH" in integrated care management

Education

2014–2016
Master's degree in "Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Health", Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
2011–2014
Bachelor's degree in Psychology, TU Braunschweig