About Philipp Lioznov

I am a psychologist (MSc) and state-certified psychotherapist (behavioral therapy) with over ten years of clinical experience in psychotherapeutic work with stressed, injured and searching people.

I completed my psychology studies at the University of Vienna, specializing in clinical and health psychology. My psychotherapeutic training (preparatory course and advanced training in cognitive behavioral therapy) took place at the Sigmund Freud Private University, where I also conduct research. My PhD project focuses on loneliness – a subjective experience that extends far beyond individual biographies and is rooted in societal structures. In recent years, I have specialized extensively in trauma therapy. I have completed comprehensive advanced training as a trauma therapist, EMDR therapist, and trauma yoga therapist, and have consistently focused my clinical work on the treatment of trauma-related disorders. In addition, I have participated in international continuing education programs in psychotherapy and trauma therapy to ensure my work remains aligned with current scientific and clinical developments.

In 2026, together with my partner, a physiotherapist and osteopath, I founded the interdisciplinary practice ANAMNESIS – Center for Mental and Physical Health in the heart of Vienna. The practice sees itself as a place for professional, holistic, and scientifically grounded collaboration between psychotherapy, clinical psychology, medicine, and body-oriented health professions. The goal is to consider and treat mental and physical health not separately, but in their interconnectedness.

Psychotherapy means: looking together at where it hurts – and setting something in motion there.

A central focus of my therapeutic work is trauma therapy. I support people who have had experiences that have profoundly shaken their inner balance – and whose psychological wounds are often not immediately visible, but express themselves in diverse ways in their experiences, their bodies, and their relationships.

My work is integrative and body-oriented. I utilize methods such as EMDR, Ego State Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Trauma Yoga, and Deep Brain Reorientation (DBR), combining them with mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral approaches. For me, the body is not merely the vehicle for symptoms, but a central gateway to regulation, self-awareness, and lasting change.

In the therapeutic relationship, I create a safe space for what often finds no place: ambivalence, powerlessness, anger, shame, and grief – and at the same time for the often quiet, cautious impulses of hope, inner resistance, and personal growth. The goal is to gently integrate past experiences and open up new possibilities for action in the here and now.

Therapy as an encounter – not as adaptation

My work is based on a critical-psychological understanding of the psyche and society. This means that I do not view psychological suffering in isolation, but always within the context of relationships, history, and social conditions. Many symptoms are expressions of excessive demands that do not "originate" within the individual, but are exacerbated or caused by external realities.

I don't work on making people "function", but on helping them to feel themselves again, become more capable of action – and to come into more honest contact with themselves.

Trust. Curiosity. Authenticity.

For me, psychotherapy begins where there is no longer any pressure to perform.
I don't ask questions to judge – but to think, feel, and organize things together with you. In a space that provides security while also allowing for growth.

We'll get this done together. At your pace. In your own language. With everything you bring to the table.