Existential Therapy and Counselling for Individuals and Couples

Max Karlin

Talk about your feelings. Stay positive. Look after yourself. Pay the bills. Be a good partner, a good parent, a good child. Work harder. Earn more. Help everyone. Keep it together. All the time.

Modern life is demanding. Often turbulent and pressing. Perhaps a relationship, a loss, or a major life change has unsettled you. Or you may not have a name for it — only a sense that something no longer feels right.

Therapy with me isn’t a mysterious process. It is an honest conversation about your life. I won’t pretend to know how you should live. What I offer is a way for us to explore it together—to make sense of what is happening and find a way forward that fits your values.

I work with adults and couples online in the UK and internationally, and in person in Riga. I’m an existential therapist with an MSc in Psychotherapy Studies and a BA in Psychology, practising under clinical supervision as I finalise my UKCP registration.

If this resonates, you’re welcome to get in touch for a free introductory call.

How I Can Help

Choose the form of support that most closely reflects what brings you here.

Individual Therapy and Counselling

I work with the difficulties that come with significant life events and change — anxiety, stress, low mood, anger, grief, relationship difficulties, and questions of self-esteem and meaning. That includes difficult family relationships, partnership tensions and break-ups, the struggle to find steadier ground, and the anxieties that come with all of it. Together we make honest sense of what's going on and find a way forward that fits you.

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Couples Therapy and Relationship Counselling

I work with couples facing crises such as broken trust, miscommunication, a loss of intimacy, and conflicts arising from an inability to understand each other.
I also work with partners from different cultural backgrounds navigating clashing assumptions about love, family, and commitment; couples who live between countries or speak different languages.

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Let's Connect

Reach Out

To book a session or ask a question, feel free to call, send a WhatsApp or text message to +44 7903848913, or complete the contact form. I’ll respond as promptly as possible.

I’m happy to take your call unless I’m in a session. If I’m unavailable, please leave a message, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can to answer any questions.