Egon Molineus is a university graduate in Clinical Psychology, trained and licensed by the Bavarian Government as a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. He is registered as a private psychotherapist (No. 71244) with the Hamburg Medical Registry of the Association of Compulsory Health Insurance Physicians and listed with the Chamber of Psychotherapists in Hamburg (No. 11838) and the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Psychotherapists (No. M3079). He is also certified as a coach with an organizational-systemic orientation and in preventive health sectors.

Welcome to my psychotherapy offices, where I offer psychological help, counseling, and coaching in English in:
- Hamburg
- Hohwacht (Ostsee) in the Plön district of Schleswig-Holstein
- Online via videoconference.

For many years, people from all continents have been engaged in personal development through my practice.

About Me  
Upon completing high school, I pursued a university education, driven by a modern and international mindset. Between 1980 and 1994, I lived in several countries, during which I studied four European languages and led a nomadic life until settling in 1994 in Munich and then moved to Hamburg. Later, I married Sigrid Molineus.

In my early international years, alongside my academic pursuits, I gained varied professional experiences. I worked as a fruit picker, woodcutter, cook, assistant on organic farms, tour guide, socio-cultural animator, international youth group leader, language teacher (German, Spanish, and English), translator, interpreter, and facilitator of personal and group communication.

Eventually, I graduated from university as a Clinical Psychologist ("Diplompsychologe"). I then undertook state postgraduate training as a Psychotherapist in Bavaria (Psychologischer Psychotherapeut), which involved 5,000 hours over five years of study and supervised therapeutic work. This included psychiatric inpatient settings, public outpatient clinics, private consultations, and work at a psychological rehabilitation center. Upon completing this training, I passed the State Examination (Approval) by the Bavarian Government, obtaining the title of Specialist in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (Verhaltenstherapie), which allows me to practice autonomously.

I was registered with the Hamburg Medical Register (No. 02/71244) and later with the Hamburg Chamber of Psychotherapists (No. 11838) upon establishing my Hamburg practice. Additionally, I registered with the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Psychotherapists (No. 3079) when I founded my second practice in Hohwacht on the Baltic Sea coast.

Throughout my career as a psychotherapist, I pursued further qualifications. I completed a three-year Master's in Clinical Hypnosis at the Milton Erickson Society, equipping me with advanced techniques for cognitive-behavioral therapy, including the use of induction and suggestion in both active and relaxed states. 

I also obtained a two-year Master's in Psychotraumatology, which focuses on treating individuals who have experienced overwhelming trauma. Additionally, I completed a one-year Master's in Corporate Health Management, specializing in stress prevention in corporate environments. This led to my training as a Systemic Coach, allowing me to assist motivated clients in achieving professional and personal goals within an organizational context.

Later in my career, with extensive experience in cognitive behavioral therapy, I furthered my education with a two-year training in Depth Psychology and Psychoanalysis (Tiefenpsychologisch fundierte Psychotherapie).

For over twenty years, I have provided Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (Verhaltenstherapie), Counseling (Beratung), and Coaching in Spanish, German, and English at my practice in Hamburg’s Altona Ottensen district. Additionally, I offer services at my rural practice in Hohwacht, a scenic coastal area on the Baltic Sea, where I also conduct intensive weekly psychotherapy and counseling programs for personal and couple growth.

I offer psychological support via encrypted videoconference for English-speaking clients. 

In my free time, I enjoy hands-on projects such as building mechanisms and systems, chopping firewood for my home’s fireplace, walking through valleys and trails, snorkeling in Southeast Asia, or exploring regions of the world that inspire new perspectives on life and growth.

I am a member of the Hamburg Chamber of Psychotherapists, the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber, the Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP), and the German Federation of Psychotherapists (DPTV). 

I provide professional diagnostics and evidence-based psychotherapeutic support for various disorders classified by the ICD (International Classification of Diseases, WHO):

F10-F19 Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use

F20-F29 Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders

F30-F39 Mood [affective] disorders
 Manic episode
 Bipolar disorder
 Depressive disorder
 Persistent mood (affective) disorders

F40-F48 Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders

    F40 Phobic anxiety disorders
    F41 Other anxiety disorders
    F42 Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
    F44 Dissociative and conversion disorders
    F45 Somatoform disorders
    F48 Other nonpsychotic mental disorders

F50-F59 Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors

    F50 Eating disorders
    F51 Sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition
    F52 Sexual dysfunction not due to a substance or known physiological condition
    F53 Puerperal psychosis
    F54 Psychological and behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere    

    F55 Abuse of non-psychoactive substances
    F59 Unspecified behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors

F60-F69 Disorders of adult personality and behavior

    F60 Specific personality disorders
    F63 Impulse disorders
    F64 Gender identity disorders
    F65 Paraphilias
    F66 Other sexual disorders
    F68 Other disorders of adult personality and behavior
    F69 Unspecified disorder of adult personality and behavior

If you want to change any skewed thoughts and behavior patterns in order to heal a psychic or psychosomatic disorder, you can get professional effective help from cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.

If you desire to improve your personal and social skills and goals and overcome challenges in your career and private life, you might profit from coaching and counseling.

You may need a professional counselor in order to change your behavior and cope efficiently with stressful situations and emotional feelings. You may aim to feel more confident and develop better understanding and social and communication skills in order to enhance your relationships. You may need guidance on a conflict resolution or solving a problem.

Coaching may help you to find confidence, practice new behaviors or improve effectiveness in leading staff, structuring processes and achieving tasks in your workplace.  Along the process you may search for your core strengths, cope with increasing demands or find a balance between work and private life.

Common denominators in my expertise:
In all these three areas (psychotherapy, counseling and coaching) you are entering with me a creative, discovering process in order to actively broaden your own potential and outlook. Therefore you must be ready to make real changes. First, alternative perspectives and solutions are to be created; you are to think different and to break patterns. Thought-provoking strategies will inspire. Problem-solving skills are engaged. Goals will be set and strategies will be tailor-made in order to create outcomes. You will be encouraged to make important decisions and to implement them actively and immediately and assuming full responsibility. By means of directive and non-directive strategies you will be fostered in your self-awareness and in the awareness of other people. Along this process you will be challenged to regulate your emotional reactivity and to trust your feelings and your intuition.