Agnes Otzelberger

My practice as an Integrative Transpersonal Therapist is shaped by my experience working on social justice and climate change around the world and understanding the connection between personal wellbeing and the wider systems we are all part of. From personal experience, and from my experience working with all kinds of people personally and professionally engaged in facing the climate crisis and other crises in the world, I know how painful it is and how much courage it takes to open our hearts and minds to what is happening. The cycles of despair, fear and anger as well as the numbness, apathy and disconnection it can plunge us into can feel absolutely debilitating. At the same time, I know what can really help us live with difficult truths, nourish and resource ourselves and I'm here to support people with that.

Alongside my 1:1 work as a therapist, I provide training and support on emotional burnout, post-traumatic stress, ecological distress & grief and related issues to organisations in the not-for-profit world, helping professions, activism and beyond.

I qualified as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor from Re-Vision in London and have worked both in private practice and for counselling services in Sussex and London. I have also trained in compassion-based therapy and social transformation with the Nalanda Institute in New York/Toronto and have spent several years educating myself and others at the intersections of social & environmental change and mental health and wellbeing. My first degree was in political science and I hold an MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.

I live in Brighton on the South Coast and can offer face-to-face support locally, as well as online support worldwide.