Psychotherapy
Here I will briefly present the therapeutic methods I base my work on.
Systemic Therapy
In systemic therapy the individual is not focussed on on their own, but in the very context of their significant others. It includes their partner and family, friends, colleagues and family of origin - in other words, their entire social „system“. The connections are also examined intergenerationally, because oftentimes patterns of behaviour and conflicts are unintentionally and unconsciously passed on from one generation to another and to the next. Bringing and end to that is a massive opportunity to leave the world a positive change.
Schema Therapy
Schema therapy is based on the identification of fundamental, dysfunctional behavioural patterns, known as schemas, which are acquired due to biographical factors in childhood and adolescence. In adult life such specific behaviours patterns often result in internal as well as external problems, e.g. as to self-perception and interpersonal relationships. In schema therapy those dysfunctional patterns are to be replaced by functional, kind, solution-focussed ones.
Ego State Therapy
Different personality aspects or ego states are at work in every human being. Some contribute to a fulfilling life, while others sabotage it; some we are aware of and others we are not. Ego state therapy aims to identify these parts and bring them into harmony with each other, so they act as a team, rather than to conflict one another.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is - more or less - the form of classic psychoanalysis commonly practised nowadays. While the classic psychoanalysis was to fundamentally explore the patient‘s past, the psychodynamic psychotherapy limits itself to a specific area of issues and is therefore designed and intended to be shorter in duration and require fewer sessions than the classic analysis.
Emotionally focussed Couple therapy
Relationship problems regularly occur on several specific levels:
Emotionally focussed couple therapy aims to unveil these layers and create room for substantive and emotional candidness between the partners. The feelings coming to light in this process are then to be integrated into the couple’s day to day reality of their relationship. Step by step, the aim is to establish a relationship foundation that is sustainable in all its facets, along with renewed or revived perspectives of the partners on one another.
Person-Centered Therapy
Person-cantered therapy strictly focussed on the encounter between client and therapist in en intense dialogue. This dialogue is crucially characterised by mutual attentiveness and authenticity. Person-cantered therapy is based on the assumption that each individual, at their core, strives for personal growth and already carries within themselves the resolution to their conflicts. Accordingly, the purpose of the dialogue is not to generate or construct new answers, but rather to facilitate their emergence from within the client.
surface conflicts
underlying conflicts
negative interaction patterns
primary / secondary emotions
