Marion Mayer

Professor Marion Mayer is a faculty member at ASH Berlin (Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin), where she serves as Professor of Social Work with a focus on counseling. She is based in Room 414 and can be reached at T +49 30 99245-445 or via email at marion.mayer@ash-berlin.eu. Her work is situated within the College of Social Work at this institution dedicated to social, health-oriented, and educational practice.

Mayer's research interests span counseling methods and qualitative counseling research in social work, with particular emphasis on psychosocial counseling methods focused on individual support. She investigates counseling in child and youth welfare, prevention of sexual violence, internet-based counseling settings, gender and intersectionality, and qualitative research methods including Grounded Theory. Her work explores the positioning of counseling within broader social and political contexts, examining how counseling practices respond to contemporary challenges including right-wing extremism and populism.

Analysis of Mayer's publications reveals consistent focus on the temporal dimensions of counseling practice, the embodiment of counseling processes, and the political dimensions of social work. Her research demonstrates increasing attention to digitalization of counseling services, particularly for children and youth, while maintaining strong connections to foundational counseling theories and practices. She frequently examines counseling as situated in boundary spaces ('the between') where multiple social forces intersect.

Mayer has been actively publishing from 2008 through 2021, with particular productivity in 2019-2020. Her work appears in both German and international publications, often collaborating with colleagues on interdisciplinary projects. She has contributed to edited volumes and journals focused on social work, counseling, and professional practice.