PRACTICE-ORIENTED COACHING AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT

I come from a practical background and particularly value practice-oriented approaches that can be implemented immediately. From an early age, I was fascinated by the fact that “everything is interconnected” and that things interact and influence each other on many different levels. It is almost always a matter of “untangling the threads” and finding the common thread, and then realigning it if necessary. Accordingly, I founded my own strategic consulting firm in 2008:
Roter Faden Consulting , whicht literally means “Red Thread”.  

With a background in business administration, I initially worked for well over twenty years in a very large corporate company in various locations and functions, such as:
logistics, sales, procurement, various leadership roles, management and also project management; and various consulting topics (change management), especially in IT and process issues.

In addition to in-depth training, including as a coach and consultant, I have focused on systemic approaches and transactional analysis. To expand and supplement my knowledge in specific areas, I have also successfully completed training in the EMDR, and as a non-medical practitioner for psychotherapy.
Consulting mandates from companies are just as much a part of my practice-oriented Red Thread coaching as 1:1 support for individuals. I am happy to offer my practice-oriented coaching to private individuals, executives, and teams so that they can (re)find clarity and their red thread and successfully formulate, pursue, and achieve their wishes and goals.

A few more additions on methods and procedures

I believe in prioritization and “cherry picking”:-) … :
people and understanding my counterpart always come first.

And then, only then, do I use the very best approaches and “tools” that I think will serve the client in the best way. 

My toolbox includes (selection) … :

1.) “Honest Communication (HC)” according to Gopal

Real, genuine contact

In the crazy times we live in, perhaps the most important thing we can do is to (re)establish contact – with ourselves and with others.

This cannot happen if we are constantly “outside,” only telling each other the “stories in our heads” and viewing the world and, above all, our counterpart through the lens of precisely these stories (and thus evaluations).

Genuine contact can succeed when we share with our counterpart exactly what is inside us NOW, without comment or interruption.

And “Honest Sharing” / “Honest Communication” (as well as complementary approaches) has the potential to end the consequences of trauma and bring us into awareness and to ourselves.

2.) EMDR (“Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing”) according to Shapiro

With EMDR, we can address bottlenecks on the physical, mental, and subconscious levels!

In therapeutic coaching, EMDR is a surprisingly successful method for dissolving deep-seated negative beliefs, which I have already used successfully with clients many times. I really enjoy using EMDR—depending on how it fits into the individual process—and I like to call it “hypnosis without hypnosis.”

This simple but potentially highly effective method stimulates both hemispheres of the brain. The method was originally discovered by American psychologist Francine Shapiro and further developed into a technique.

EMDR can be a good complementary treatment for trauma, the consequences of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and strong emotions

that have a lasting negative impact on quality of life. These issues often lead to secondary phenomena such as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, phantom pain, pain disorders in general, as well as psychosomatic disorders, allergies, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

EMDR can also be a valuable component of coaching and therapy: the method helps to process and resolve various components—such as stressful images, feelings, cognitions, and bodily sensations—and to integrate them in a significantly healthier way.

Please also read my blog article Finding and living inner balance.

3.) “Surfing emotional Waves” according to Vivian Dittmar

This approach could be called “hypnosis without hypnosis” as well  …

I particularly like this one, for it is also well suited for online sessions and, similar to EMDR, it is about bringing the emotional and mental levels into contact with each other.
This often results in amazing insights during the process.

4.) Introvision

Introvision literally means “looking inward.”

It involves tracing chains of thoughts and emotions inward and going deeper and deeper.

What does introvision do?

The resolution or alleviation of fears or other stressful emotions, and thus the effectiveness of introvision, is based on the ability to emotionally feel a painful feeling, a frightening sentence, an unpleasant inner image, or a painful memory, to allow it to be there, and to be able to endure this unpleasantness for a while.

From a neuropsychological perspective, this involves the fact that in a part of the brain about the size of a plum—the amygdala—there are often “alarm buttons” stored, so to speak, since childhood. The goal is to delete these buttons. As much as they were necessary for survival at the time, today they detract from our quality of life and lead to inner blockages.

5.) TYPUS profile

The TYPUS profile is a very pragmatic – and inexpensive – aptitude profile that can be created quite quickly.

In conjunction with appropriate instruction / introductory training and an understanding of what “lies behind” (or underneath) it – i.e., the communication of the relevant background information – the learning effect about oneself, one’s own communication, and others is enormous.

It is also an excellent supplement to the even more powerful Team Management Profile (TMS).

It often results in a wealth of eye-opening experiences and insights.

About your own communication. About the communication of others.

And about difficulties in communicating with others and ways to improve them.

6.) Team Management Profile & The TMS®-System

The Team Management System was developed by two Australians, Charles Margerison and Dick McCann.
They wondered why some groups of people “function” as powerful and highly effective teams and even have fun and enjoy working together, while other groups are more prone to internal conflicts.

This research led to the development of TMS profiles – disposition profiles that reveal a person’s preferences.

In addition, the Team Management System was created, which serves as a kind of philosophy and umbrella.

According to the evaluation, the central core of such a profile is the “main inclination” and the two “secondary inclinations” that follow in terms of prominence.

Knowing your own profile and understanding the other characteristics and the “philosophical” background has a potentially enormous influence on your own communication and also on your understanding of yourself and opportunities for your own further development.

In addition, as the name suggests, it is an excellent tool for team development.

Including the integrated model of the so-called “linking skills”, the Team Management System is ultimately even ideally suited as a tool for corporate management—the topics of agility, agile thinking, agile corporate management, and agile team leadership are also already integrated and present here in spirit, or can be very well combined with it.

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I am delighted when people use my services to regain their own strength, develop personal growth, and achieve a lasting increase in creativity and joie de vivre.

With all methods/tools, my focus is always on whether they are suitable for supporting rapid and effective practical implementation.

My working languages are German and English.

I am looking forward to hearing from you and to meet you – that can all also work very well online!

Yours, Hermann Häfele