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Our theoretical foundation for our work as trainers, consultants, and coaches

What characterizes our approach to our work and what we also convey to our participants: We use intervention techniques from a wide variety of consulting schools: from Gestalt psychology to hypno-systemic approaches. The prerequisite is that the methods are empirically or scientifically verifiable, effective, and compatible with basic ethical assumptions (see, among others, the ICF and DBVC codes of ethics). We are committed to presenting our methods transparently in our work processes (cf. "Product Information," Gunther Schmidt, 2024) and encourage our partners in our collaboration to take responsibility for themselves and their personal development and decisions. Each system shapes itself in a unique way, and our task is to connect (pacing) in an appreciative manner so that people develop autonomous and appropriate courses of action that serve their goals.

An overview and detailed description of the theoretical approaches to our work in our CuBe curriculum

From our point of view, human behavior can be described, explained, and changed primarily on the basis of contextual relationships. The values, rules, and basic assumptions of the respective system have a significant influence on the behavior of the system members. Accordingly, human behavior and experience must also be understood primarily against this background. In our work processes, we understand interactions as reciprocal relationships ("we are always both cause and effect for each other"). Methodologies such as a multi-perspective approach and systemic questioning techniques meet this requirement.

What led us to choose this basic orientation?

Among other things, the insights gained from the writings of Niklas Luhmann (cf. Social Systems: An Outline of a General Theory, 1984) and Heinz von Foerster (cf. Understanding Systems: Conversations on Epistemology and Ethics, 2002) and our own experiences in our respective consulting and reference systems.

We sensitize our cooperation partners to the fact that perception is above all also "truth-telling" (cf. Gunther Schmidt: Gut beraten in der Krise, 2010): One and the same situation is perceived completely differently by different people, since perception is much more than the mere transmission of neural impulses, as neuroscientific findings show (cf. Maja Storch, Gerald Hüther, Wolfgang Tschacher: Embodiment: Understanding and Using the Interaction between Body and Mind, 2006). Every reality is constructed, for example, by how something is distinguished, evaluated, and explained (cf. Gunther Schmidt, 2024).

What led us to choose this basic orientation?

Among other things, the findings of neuroscience and the scientific foundations of perception psychology, as well as our own experiences in our respective consulting and reference systems. Especially in transformation projects and conflict coaching, this fact cannot be ignored: if these individual realities are not sufficiently appreciated, we will not win systems over for further development and transformation.

We use the findings of developmental psychology, which prove that people's experiences and behavior are also shaped by their individual developmental history and learning experiences. Socialization in certain individual contexts, the experience of positive consequences or the avoidance of negative consequences, or even the observation of others, give rise to recurring behavior patterns. The emotional and reactive behaviors that result from this are not easy to develop further.

What led us to choose this basic orientation?

Purely cognitive approaches often do not really get us anywhere. Accordingly, we use and integrate developmental psychology findings (cf. Ed Schein, Otto Scharmer, Peter Senge) into our work as consultants, (team) coaches, and trainers.

We have repeatedly found that a solution- and resource-oriented approach to working with groups and coachees brings insights, results, and relief as quickly as possible. We believe that every person has within them all the resources they need to address their concerns and that they can continue to learn and develop throughout their lives. For us, coaching means above all "supporting the system's autonomous search and discovery processes for its own competencies and resources that are already present within the system" (Gunther Schmidt, 2024). We concentrate on solutions and are mindful of all the details of a desired future and what has already been achieved in the past. Accordingly, we repeatedly focus on what has already worked (fully/partially/gradually).

What led us to choose this basic orientation?

Among other things, the insights of Steve de Shazer (including: Words Were Originally Magic. From Problem Language to Solution Language, 2009), Insoo Kim Berg (including Finding Solutions. The Workshop Book of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, 2002) and seminars and literature by Ben Furman (including: It's Never Too Late to Be Successful, 2024).

The hypno-systemic approach integrates competence-activating concepts from Ericksonian hypnotherapy with findings from modern neurophysiology and embodiment. The combination of these findings is also used very successfully in mental training and mental coaching, especially in top-level sports. Every experience is considered an expression of regular patterns that are established by focusing attention (deliberately, but above all involuntarily). In this (autonomously organized) form of associative assembly (focusing attention), elements of thinking, feeling, and perception, among other things, are linked (=patterns). Most of these processes take place on an involuntary level, which is always faster than voluntary processes. Through refocusing and, for example, targeted interventions to interrupt patterns (see, among others, problem-solving gymnastics, Gunther Schmidt 2024), old, stressful "patterns" can be transformed into new, competence-activating, and desired patterns of action and experience. In order to achieve the goal of greater freedom of choice with regard to one's own experience and behavior, we incorporate techniques from mental training (body and mind are integrated / insights from Milton Erickson) and embodiment.

What motivated us to choose this basic orientation?

Among other things, our own experience of the limiting effectiveness of predominantly cognitive approaches and the corresponding search for more effective methods of changing unwanted emotional reactions.

Our (Anna’s and Katherina’s) advanced training, especially at the Milton Erickson Institute with Gunther Schmidt in Heidelberg, has greatly influenced us. As has the study of relevant neurophysiological research and the associated literature (cf. Gerald Hüther and Maja Storch).

Our work is based on the fundamental values of respect, tolerance, and the certainty that people want to develop further. We are convinced that people are fundamentally good. Every person has the ability to think. They decide autonomously about their own destiny and can therefore also change their decisions. Contract work, role clarity, and results review based on clearly defined goals characterize our work. We support the conscious discovery of previously unrecognized potential and resources and build on the strengths that are already there. In concrete terms, this means that we promote and develop cultures of appreciation instead of sinking into pessimistic spirals of devaluation.

What motivated us to choose this basic orientation?

Our deep conviction and our view of humanity that every person is capable of learning and change, has all the necessary potential and resources for further development, and can and wants to take responsibility for themselves.