Online psychotherapy and online couples therapy -
assisting you in improving your health & happiness

Welcome! If you are considering online psychotherapy or online couples therapy, then this page is for you. Wherever you are located, the internet offers us the opportunity to connect and work together.

My mission is enabling you to say "I feel good. I like my life. I like being myself." I offer to guide you on your journey from agonizing symptoms and conflicted relationships to a life full of meaning, joy, and affectionate relationships.

Sometimes you get stuck

It happens to everyone. Still, many people wait a long time before consulting a psychotherapist. According to statistics, couples even wait for an average of 6 unhappy years! It is not necessary to suffer that long. Psychotherapy and couples therapy have scientifically been proven to be effective. There is also sufficient scientific evidence that online therapy is as effective as on site therapy. If you need help, please reach out to me. As an experienced psychotherapist, I will be happy to support you on your way out of suffering.

How can we work together via video calls?

1. You make an
appointment

Please contact me by email (praxis@sonjaweilguny.at) or fill in the contact form below. Let me know if you would like an individual or couples therapy session, when you are available and what time zone you are in. I will get back to you within one business day and we will find a time slot that fits your preferences. I will then send you an invitation link to our encrypted virtual meeting room and a link for the upfront payment (for further information on fees and payment see below).

2. We develop your
personalized plan

The initial consultation is all about you: you can tell me about your challenges or symptoms, your resources and constraints, and your hopes and expectations. I ask you questions in order to understand your needs and goals and we develop a plan for a potential therapy / couples therapy / counseling, tailored to your personal goals. You get to know me and my working style. You can then decide if you would like to embark on the journey together with me.

3. You move forward
to your goal

We meet at weekly or bi-weekly intervals in our virtual meeting room. We work on your goals and you continue to make progress until you are happy with the outcome and feel ready to conclude our sessions. We will be working as efficiently as possible to keep therapy duration short.

About me

My name is Sonja Weilguny and I am a psychotherapist and couples therapist with a Master's degree in Psychotherapeutic Science from Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria. I offer individual therapy, couples therapy, psychotherapeutic counseling and coaching, both online and in my private practice in Vienna. Before psychotherapy training, I graduated from the University of Vienna with a Master's degree in international business administration and have worked as a strategic management consultant and as a certified job coach.

Fees and payment

Once we have scheduled an appointment, I will send you an email with a link to my payment page where you can pay upfront with your credit card. The payment processing platform is called Stripe and very easy to use.

The fee is 105 Euro (approx. 125 dollars) for an individual session of 50 minutes and 180 Euro (approx. 215 dollars) for a couples therapy session of 90 minutes. You can pay in your local currency. During checkout, the payment platform translates the fee from Euro to your currency at the current exchange rate, so you can see the effective amount in your currency before agreeing to the payment.
 
Refunds for sessions already paid are not possible. However, if you need to shift your appointment, please let me know as soon as possible. You can shift appointments if you let me know at least 48 hours in advance. On shorter notice, I have to charge for the session.

Legal disclaimer

In some cases, online therapy is not the right treatment for you:

• if you have pressing suicidal thoughts (e.g. your thinking narrows down and you can only think about suicide; you already have elaborate plans on when, where and how to commit suicide; you have physical impulses to go ahead with these plans)
• if you are intoxicated (with drugs, alcohol etc.)
• if you are psychotic (you have hallucinations and see or hear things that others do not see or hear)

In these cases you need urgent local help which online therapy cannot provide. Please call a local institution or hospital or an ambulance as soon as possible.
By working with me, you affirm that you have read and understood these limitations of online therapy.
 
I am an Austrian psychotherapist based in Vienna, Austria. Therefore, the laws and regulations of Austria apply, also for online sessions. The legal location of contract fulfillment is Austria, also for online sessions.
Austria has been a pioneer in psychotherapy and has a very elaborate psychotherapy law, an extensive code of conduct for psychotherapists and a long training curriculum for psychotherapists, making psychotherapy a highly professional and highly skilled service. Of course, psychotherapy is fully confidential. I am using an encrypted service for the online sessions that adheres to the DSGVO (data safety regulation).