Systemic Coaching
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Systemic Coaching Approach
Two important principles of systemic coaching
Today's problem is yesterday's solution.
If we consider the problem only as a symptom, then we no longer just try to “fight” the fire but instead worry about extinguishing the source of the fire.
Solution focus
A problem is not considered in isolation, because that is often the problem itself. The cause of the problem is not investigated in systemic counseling. Rather, the question is: "What exactly needs to happen so that the problem no longer occurs?"
Origin of the word Coaching
The word coaching comes from the English word coach, which means carriage. As a coach, I see myself as your personal coachman who would never tell you where to go. Only you can determine the destination, because you are the expert on your own life. Nobody knows you as well as you know yourself.
However, as a coachman, I am the expert on my carriage and I know the different roads, with all their potholes and bumps. As a coachman, I want you to be able to concentrate on the journey and take in the impressions of the surroundings without having to pay attention to the traffic and steering the carriage, because that is part of my job. As befits a friendly, professional coachman, I will ask you questions and occasionally make suggestions if I think there is a fork in the road that could be taken to make the experience of the journey even more lasting and impressive.
You just have to be yourself. There is no journey that is more worthwhile than the journey to yourself. As on most journeys, you often leave your comfort zone behind.