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Psychotherapy is a clinical, evidence based healing method with the aim of improving psychological, mental, social or psychosomatic wellbeing to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviours, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions in order to help a person change and overcome problems in desired ways and thus support personal development and quality of life.
In many cases illness and suffering of our body, mind and psyche are caused by external factors and our experiences. In our everyday life we are influenced by our environment, our relationships and our job in a positive or negative way. Sometimes we are aware of that, sometimes these processes happen on an unconscious level and in some instances we have to suppress the emotions, as we are not able to cope with them.
Our psyche and our body are one entity and they interact. Physical illnesses affect our mental and psychological state and mental illnesses on the other hand affect our body and physical wellbeing. The fairly young scientific discipline of psychoneuroimmunology up to now has provided us with impressive insights and discoveries on how our psyche, our endocrine, nervous as well as our immune system interact with each other.
Severe physical illnesses such as cancer have a huge impact on the mental and psychological health of patients. At the same time the mental state of patients is key to the healing process of the body. That is why patients can benefit a lot from a psycho-oncological therapy.
The same is true for cardiovascular diseases. On the one hand therapeutical support is important for psychological stability and balance which is key in the recovery process. On the other hand psycho-cardiological therapy can be useful for a successful change in lifestyle in order to prevent the recurrence of the disease.
When we are in a situation where we can no longer stabilize our psychological and mental balance with our resources psychotherapy in many cases is the only alternative. The are numerous reasons to start psychotherapy which can range from support in times of crisis and physical as well as mental suffering to assistance in personal development to develop new potential and resources.
Coaching & Management Consulting:
Constant change and increased competition in a tough economic and social climate as well as an increasing demand for innovation lead to huge and unprecedented challenges for companies in all sectors. This affects the structure and the strategy of the company, it also has huge effects on employees and managers.
In 2001 the World Health Organization defined a state of wellbeing where every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to contribute to their community.
The positive dimension of mental health is stressed in WHO's definition of health as contained in its constitution: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Also in this definition work plays a central role and especially in recent years the phrase “healthy companies” is more widely used, which does not refer to the financial standing of the company in the first place but to the well-being of the employees and managers and to the working atmosphere, environment and leadership style.
This also has a strong direct effect on whether or not a company manages to achieve the corporate targets in the long run. In this respect managers and employees play a key role. Therefore the increase of skills and qualifications and the improvement of performance as well as motivation are of crucial importance in HR development.
Companies face challenges that make an unbiased and professional external view and support and external coaching and consulting indispensable.
Corporate consulting and coaching can be of use in different areas such as professional expertise and advise (e.g. with strategic issues or questions concerning employee well-being, assistance and communication) trainings and workshops, mediation in case of conflict, teambuilding, facilitation, systemic counselling as well as coaching und executive coaching.
The aim of coaching is always to increase self-awareness and self-perception as well as self-management. Development targets are defined in a joint effort and based on this plan skills and resources are strengthened and solutions are worked on. Potential causes for conflict and stress are analysed and discussed. The necessary steps towards a change in attitude and behaviour as well as potential obstacles and resistance are a part of the process.