The basis of systemic thinking and acting is constructivism: there is no objective truth, everything is selective perception. Every person has their own world, their own map with their own rules or patterns of perception that influence their perspective, their perception of people and situations and their evaluation.

Systemic methods are always solution-oriented and goal-oriented; they work on the basis of people’s resources. Among other things, the aim is to find out which feelings and needs are the triggers for certain behavior or physical reactions. The focus here is less on coming to terms with the past and more on making targeted changes for the future.

The methods of analysis are very diverse. Some are playful (circular questions, narrative interventions with stories and metaphors, inner images), some are confrontational (paradoxical or provocative interventions) and others serve to change perspectives (reframing). Depending on what suits the client best and leads them most effectively to their goal,

Energetic coaching (EC) works on the cognitive level as well as on the physical and emotional level. This can take the form of a conversation, but also other methods such as tapping techniques. Here, the client learns to tap specific points on the body (acupressure points) with their own fingers. They are thus given an effective means of self-application, which promotes self-efficacy and personal responsibility.

EC also allows direct access to those emotions that are not felt acutely in the present, but which have been stored internally over the course of a lifetime (somatic memory). Clients are given the opportunity to return to inner balance quickly and sustainably in a gentle and non-retraumatizing way. By releasing inner blockages on an energetic level, you can find your way back to yourself and your center more quickly.

There are various approaches to tapping techniques, some of which have developed sub-variants with different characteristics. Examples include EFT (Gary Craig), PEP (Michael Bohne) and > Systemic Tapping Acupressure (Ronald Hindmarsh).

Somatic Experiencing is a gentle method of de-stressing. It works exclusively with the body sensations and perceptions that are triggered by thoughts or feelings about stressful situations that have been experienced.

The background to this approach is as follows:
Chemical messengers produced in stressful situations, such as adrenaline, were originally used by humans to develop special powers for fight or flight. Nowadays, however, stressful situations are generally no longer dealt with physically. Adrenaline and co. are therefore not broken down again, but remain in the body. Among other things, this memory effect means that the actual stressful situation remains in our mental and physical memory. In addition, there is a kind of energy overload, which leads to a state of persistence or stagnation due to a lack of opportunity to discharge. This is called a freeze. Under certain circumstances, this state can lead to trauma which, depending on its severity, can even be physically detected.

Somatic Experience can be used to process and resolve such trauma. The DNA regenerates and the disorder can be healed. The associated thoughts and feelings also change again. The memory is not erased, but experienced differently in retrospect.

This is a method for analyzing and discussing the different aspects and perspectives of a situation. It helps to improve communication within a group and to clearly define goals and tasks.

The basic principle of the method is that people do not act and argue as themselves, but each take on a specific, predetermined perspective. You slip into a different role, i.e. you put on a thinking hat in a figurative sense. This makes it easier to act and question freely. You are not trapped in your own personal dependencies and structures. Each participant slips into each role during the coaching and puts on the hat in the corresponding color. There are a total of six different hats in different colors:

The Walt Disney method (also known as the Walt Disney strategy) is a creativity method based on a role-playing game in which one or more people view and discuss a problem from three perspectives. The dreamer is subjectively oriented and enthusiastic, but refrains from making a practical judgment on an idea or analysis.
The realist takes a pragmatic-practical standpoint, develops activity plans and examines the necessary work steps, mechanisms and prerequisites. The critic challenges and examines the specifications of others. The aim is constructive and positive criticism that helps to identify possible sources of error.
The method can be used by both individuals and groups. It is particularly helpful when it comes to concretizing goals and visions and making them suitable for everyday use.

An integral part of the bottleneck-focused strategy (EKS) is the Mewes-based bottleneck analysis according to Bens, Eggle. The same principle applies as in nature: the decisive factor for possible growth is the bottleneck factor, i.e. the point that must be overcome for future positive development. EKS is designed to focus on potential strengths and harness these for sustainable professional development.

The oldest form of systemic work is the genogram. After all, it is nothing other than an extended family tree. It is therefore about our roots, our ancestors. And each and every one of us has such a family tree, so we have a father and mother and they in turn have parents. In addition, most of us have siblings and our parents and grandparents also had siblings. The image of a family over a period of almost 100 years has already been created in our mind’s eye. A genogram is therefore a graphic representation of an extended family tree that has a very specific shape. Symbols of squares (men) and circles (women) and connecting lines between the family members are used. The first names and surnames of family members and formative dates (birth, marriage, death, other existential events) are also entered.

A genogram is created in a mindful dialog or interview between a family biography coach and the person who engages with it. Someone who trusts that insights can be found within the extended family system that contain indications of decisive changes in the current relationship turmoil or crisis.

On a large flipchart sheet, a picture emerges of a – and this is particularly important – now reorganized family. The person who was born first is placed on the far left and then, for example, the next born in the row of siblings. Or in the row of partners. First the first partner, then the second partner, then the third partner …. This order is simple, but profound, because emotionally this order is usually experienced differently (… even if I am the older one, for example, I feel small or like I don’t belong …)

In CEE, genogram work is synonymous with the term “family biographical coaching”. The empirically discovered laws (family biographies) of the medical and philosophical couple Dr. Reiner and Dr. Monika Adamaszek from Oldenburg, which are based on the findings of the founder of anthropological medicine Dr. Victor von Weizsäcker (1886 – 1957), form the basis of this method, which is based on three questions: Why now? Why me right now? Why like this?

The aim of brain balance is to stimulate the coordination of both halves of the brain through various exercises and to achieve a balanced inner state.

Non-violent communication is an analytical tool that helps you to better understand your own situation and that of the person you are talking to. It teaches you to pay attention to what moves and motivates the other person to achieve their goal. The content of a communication triggers feelings in both parties that are based on needs that each would like to fulfill. If you become aware of these, you can formulate your request in a way that makes it easy for the other person to accept it. In essence, the method is about opening up to the attitude and arguments of the other person. The focus is on what the communication partners need and expect. The needs of the other person are identified and accepted. Communication is characterized by mutual understanding and is therefore ultimately much more goal- and solution-oriented.

Non-violent communication consists of four golden steps

The first step is to take a holistic look at your life situation with regard to factors such as finances, health and living situation, followed by an individual career analysis. How has the career path developed so far? What are the personal skills, strengths and inclinations in the form of hard and soft skills? The career analysis allows you to explore your professional potential. What options are there for personal development, what possibilities for change for sustainable professional development?

This coaching is based on the idea of solution-oriented short-term therapy according to the psychotherapists Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. The basic idea is that it is more effective to focus on potential and resources instead of remaining at the problem level. In this respect, the focus of coaching is on finding out how problems have been successfully solved using available resources and reactivating these patterns or transferring them analogously.

This method is based on the findings of brain research and neurology. The various techniques of NLP emphasize different aspects of communication, thinking and acting in order to bring about change or improvement for the user. NLP is a mix of schools of thought, attitudes and approaches, which in its diversity reflects the complexity of human thinking and the human ability to communicate.

It is always about discovering abilities, creating awareness and thus breaking through thought patterns and changing behavior. This is often done creatively and playfully through the use of images, perceptual positions and various submodalities (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory, gustatory).

NLP goes back to an analysis of the excellence factors of the three most successful therapists Fritz Pearls (Gestalt therapy), Milton Erickson (hypnotherapy) and Virginia Satir (systemic family therapy).

The organizational constellation has developed from the field of systemic family constellations. It relates to the system of all employees in a company or department. How are the employees interconnected? What relationships exist and how sustainable are they in terms of the economic development of the company and the personal development of the employees? The aim of the organizational constellation is to uncover potential for positive reinforcement or a change of direction. In the interest of optimized cooperation. You can work with symbols or representatives. The organizational constellation offers an “outside” view of the system and enables a new perspective

Like the bottleneck-focused strategy (EKS), the strategy tableau goes back to Wolfgang Mewes and is primarily used in business and > start-up coaching. The strategy tableau is used to gain insights into the current situation, specific strengths and differentiating features as well as potential business areas, target groups and partners. The strategy tableau helps to define the target direction and, based on this, to develop a concrete to-do list to achieve the goals.

In summary, this refers to methods and techniques that serve to dissolve blockages and provide stabilization and orientation. Tapping and projection techniques can be used here as well as changes in perspective.

Coaching for stress management in five stages

This is a tapping technique that uses the recording of symptoms to analyze the stressful associated emotions and takes their effects into account. These can take place on very different systemic levels: From the ego-self relationship to the relationship with individual protagonists to the community of values.

The inclusion of the family, the environment and the various influencing factors on many different levels always comes into play when a desired solution cannot be implemented because there are influencing factors in the environment that have a counterproductive effect. The values and loyalties towards the people you are in contact with play a major role here. Only if you are aware of these and take them into account can the desired change be sustainable. This sometimes requires a deep look at the system of origin (family) and the immediate environment. Because sometimes being integrated into a family system can lead to entanglements and blockages. For example, due to loyalties. The intrinsic desire to change something for the better can thus be suppressed. This leads to inner resistance, which in turn can trigger physical symptoms such as lumbago, headaches or stomach ache.

Special techniques of systemic tapping acupressure make it possible to work with these resistances. Fears and worries that lead to blocking behaviors are revealed and actively addressed. This allows inner blockages to be removed.

In the Values Road model, we use the power of values to transform a problem. Values can be developed by yourself, but can also be consciously or unconsciously adopted by other people/groups: Grandparents, parents, siblings, relatives, educators, teachers, trainers, friends , neighbors and other important people.

Values describe what is important to us humans. Values are behind our behavior and are inner sources of meaning and motivators. Values are, for example: security, love, honesty, joy, peace, cohesion, responsibility, honor, health.

The feeling of personal satisfaction and wholeness results from a match between current behavior and personal values.

After the three to five essential values of a person have been identified in the conversation, which are laid as ground anchors – like waystones with slips of paper – the transformed problem is finally perceived as “changed” at the end of walking this value road.