Systemic Psychotherapy according to the Heilpraktikergesetz

»Being happy is your birthright.« - Yogi Bhajan

Trauma-Sensitive Support in Crisis Phases, Conflicts, and Personal Strain

Possible Topics:

• Conflicts and difficult decisions;
• Grief, separation, and loss;
• Anstress, overwhelm, and excessive demands.

Overview of Systemic Therapy

Systemic psychotherapy offers trauma-sensitive support during challenging life situations such as crises, conflicts, or personal burdens. The focus is on reflecting on one’s situation, incorporating relationships, internal experiences, and available resources to develop new perspectives and solutions. The therapeutic process creates a protected space for self-awareness, stability, and trust, where work is done individually and at one’s own pace. The goal is to strengthen one’s self-competence, self-worth, and self-regulation ability. Various methods like conversations, body-oriented exercises, and creative approaches assist in recognizing and implementing new paths.

»I will face my fear. I will let it flood and wash over me. And when it has passed, I will turn around toto see the path of fear. Where fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.« - Frank Herbert, Dune

Themes of Systemic Therapy

I accompany you in reflecting on your situation or your path in relation to your desires, possible obstacles, and available resources. The systemic approach of therapy invites you to consciously perceive the significance of relationships and personal companions in the different developmental phases of life, and to pay attention to the dynamic interactions between the respective life environments and personal inner experiences. This way, it may succeed in expanding a perhaps previously narrowed view with new perspectives, as well as exploring possible meaningful connections and previous patterns for a problem or specific behavior. ( Cf.  Citation: Schlippe & Schweitzer 2016, S. 151ff. Schlippe, A. & Schweitzer, J. (2016). Lehrbuch Der Systemischen Therapie Und Beratung. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. )

Here, you are the focus. As a trained trauma educator, I first ensure the establishment of adequate safety, stability, and trust, to then, at your individual pace, approach your respective topics, questions, and challenges step by step together. ( Cf.  Citation: Levine 2010, S. 102ff. Levine, P. (2010). Sprache Ohne Worte. Wie Unser Körper Trauma Verarbeitet Und Uns in Die Innere Balance Zurückführt. Kósel. )

In the combination of intensified access to one’s own perceptual world, growing (self-)confidence, and an expanded perspective on a problem from different sides, a good basis for more orientation in the jungle of possibilities can be gained, allowing one to calmly weigh options and develop encouraging ideas for the next steps towards more balance and joyful experiences. (Cf. ibid.)

Methods of Systemic Therapy (Au(choice):

• Therapeutic conversations combined with visualizations
• Systemic figure constellations
• Work with inner parts
• Body-oriented perception impulses
• Work with beliefs and creative methods of expression as needed and desired
• Inclusion of other related persons (e.g., partner) in the process is possible

The Process of Systemic Therapy

In the therapeutic conversation, there is space to remember, feel into emotions, and mindfully put them into words and pictures, as well as to reorganize connections around a personal issue. You receive with systemic body-oriented perception impulses a variety of options for self-empathy, self-clarification, and new perspectives. ( Citation: Wienands 2010, S. 38-56 Wienands, A. (2010). Einführung in Die Körperorientierte Systemische Therapie. Carl-Auer. ; Citation: Storch, Cantieni & al. 2010, S. 115ff. Storch, M., Cantieni, B. & Gerald, T. (2010). Embodiment. Die Wechselwirkung Von Körper Und Psyche Verstehen Und Nutzen. Hogrefe. )

The trial of new approaches and possible solution strategies in everyday life always remains in your hands. We reflect in the therapeutic process what works for youfeels appropriate at the moment and which internal attitudes, beliefs, and personal resources (e.g., abilities, skills, and relationships) will aid and support you on your path. At the center of the therapeutic process is the (re)experiencing of self-competence, self-worth, and the ability to assert oneself. ( See  Citation: Schmidt 2004, S. 274ff. Schmidt, G. (2004). Liebesaffären Zwischen Problem Und Lösung. Carl-Auer Verlag. )

Special Therapy Offers

Biographical reflection conversations provide the opportunity to engage intensely with one’s own life path and familial connections. They help reflect on and understand transitions, decisions, and personal developments consciously. The focus is on the dynamics, influences, and connection lines of one’s own story and their significance for the present. In a respectful and resource-oriented framework, memories can be reorganized and understood meaningfully. Methods such as genogram work or the life flow model aid in gaining new perspectives and clarifying personal processes. Mehr erfahren ...

Other Offerings of the Practice

Coaching supports reflecting and further developing oneself in private life and career. In a protected, structured environment without direct pressure to act, communication, conflicts, resources, and goals can be reflected upon. The aim is to gain new perspectives, enhance the ability to act, and develop sustainable solutions for everyday work life. Weiter lesen ...

Systemic individual and team supervision supports teams in reflecting on their interactions, getting to know each other better, strengthening their resources, gaining new perspectives on specific challenges in their respective work contexts, expanding their options for action, and jointly developing motivating visions for the future. Weiter lesen ...

Biographical reflection conversations provide the opportunity to engage intensely with one’s own life path and familial connections. They help reflect on and understand transitions, decisions, and personal developments consciously. The focus is on the dynamics, influences, and connection lines of one’s own story and their significance for the present. In a respectful and resource-oriented framework, memories can be reorganized and understood meaningfully. Methods such as genogram work or the life flow model aid in gaining new perspectives and clarifying personal processes. Weiter lesen ...

Literature

Levine, P. (2010). Sprache Ohne Worte. Wie Unser Körper Trauma Verarbeitet Und Uns in Die Innere Balance Zurückführt. Kósel.

Schmidt, G. (2004). Liebesaffären Zwischen Problem Und Lösung. Carl-Auer Verlag.

Storch, M., Cantieni, B. & Gerald, T. (2010). Embodiment. Die Wechselwirkung Von Körper Und Psyche Verstehen Und Nutzen. Hogrefe.

Schlippe, A. & Schweitzer, J. (2016). Lehrbuch Der Systemischen Therapie Und Beratung. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Wienands, A. (2010). Einführung in Die Körperorientierte Systemische Therapie. Carl-Auer.