Self-like
Parts that carry warmth, hope or lightness within them. They give support and courage.
e.g. The Hopeful →Goal Space
We clarify your current situation and what you would like to change or achieve. This gives the coaching a clear direction.
My approach
Two things carry my work:
Understanding inner parts: IFS
Internal Family Systems (IFS) was developed in the 1980s by the American therapist Richard Schwartz. The basic idea: we are not made of one single “I”, but of many inner parts — e.g. one that pushes you on, one that doesn’t dare to speak up, one that shuts down when it gets too much. Instead of seeing the parts as problems, we want to find out what their intention is and meet them with curiosity.
This page is a general introduction, not a clinical description. To go deeper, the IFS Institute is the original organisation behind the model.
Four categories of parts we work with
Manager
Parts that organise and steer your life so that nothing gets out of hand. They provide performance, adaptation and control.
e.g. The Inner Judge →
Firefighter
Parts that step in as soon as a painful feeling spreads. They want to silence it quickly and put out the fire with anger, distraction, numbing or withdrawal.
e.g. The Dopamine Chaser →
Exile
Parts that carry old pain, fear or shame, often from experiences in the past. Managers and Firefighters keep them at a distance so that this pain doesn’t take over.
e.g. The Lonely One →Structure for the process: the St. Galler Coaching Model®
The St. Galler Coaching Model® is a values-based, systemic method from Switzerland. It gives our process five interconnected dimensions — a structure for gaining clarity, understanding inner patterns and creating change that lasts.
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Problem Space — or Development Space
We look at what has kept you from reaching your goal so far, and understand these obstacles as starting points for development.
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Deep Structures
Thoughts and actions are often shaped by deeper feelings, values and unconscious patterns. Here you connect your goal with what truly matters to you.
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Life Timeline
Earlier experiences still echo in the present. With your timeline you understand these connections and develop a future that fits your values.
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Self-Image
Your self-image shapes what you believe is possible. Over the process, a more supportive, resourceful image of yourself emerges — one that strengthens you.
Methods I draw on
Depending on what you need, I draw on a range of methods, including:
- Systemic questioning techniques
- Systemic constellation work
- Systemic NLP
- Timeline work
- Solution-focused coaching
- Hypnosystemic methods
- Inner child work
- Focusing
- Resource activation
- Scaling techniques
- Pattern interruption
- Working with metaphors
- Transforming limiting beliefs
- Future planning
- Body-oriented work