Counseling - Services

In-Office sessions

To dedicate my full attention and plan sufficient time for each of my clients, a prior appointment is mandatory. No walk-in counseling is offered.

Counseling sessions take place at my office (address details see: ‘Contact‘).

The first, so called Intro-counseling, session is typically dedicated to introduction and familiarization with your person and issue.

As a rule of thumb (but depending on the complexity of the issue) after 5 or 6 sessions most personal issues are resolved.

online sessions

Your life can be busy and your time is valuable. So you might not always be able to come to the office in person.

As alternative to the in-office personal counseling, Online Counseling is offered.

Microsoft Teams is used as the secure messaging tool.

It is not mandatory to install the Microsoft Teams software nor App*.

(*) iOS and Android Mobile Users will need to download the Microsoft Teams App

Counseling - types

Anxiety Disorder

Future events, decisions to be made or just the thought of things which might happen make you worry and cause a serious decrease of your ability to function in your daily life.

Anxiety can occur in various forms, ranging from a general but persistent feeling of fear and worry to being overly concerned with everyday matters, making it impossible for you to make any decision.

Let's explore together ways to get out of your thinking pattern.
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Depression

All of us feel 'down' for various reasons now and then. There is nothing wrong about that.

However, if this feeling turns into a persistent mood, a continuous feeling of sadness and loss of interest, you might suffer from depression. It affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems.

Make an appointment now to talk about your feelings, reasons for sadness, feelings of emptiness with me as listening helper.
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Job Coaching & Career Counseling

You want a career path change or go for a completely new job. Recently you resigned or were laid off and now you are in search of a new job or planning an all new career.

But the thought of having to apply for jobs (again), a certain insecurity or even fear of 'competition' during the application process or the lack of support makes you feel uncomfortable and/or prevents you from making the right choices.

Let's find out together what your personal key qualifications and skills are. So you can define your personal successful job search, application method and presentation strategy.
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Ozempic / Wegovy Coaching

You are using Wegovy / Ozempic, but feel left alone on your journey to your target weight?

A weekly support session for Wegovy and Ozempic users. Track and share your weight loss progress. Exchange tips and experiences.

Find motivation from someone who understands your journey. Don't journey alone. Together, we achieve more!
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Coming Out

You feel physically attracted to the same sex. Or you don't know any more who you are attracted to.

You have really nobody to talk about your true feelings. Instead you must hide these feelings from your family, at work and in your daily life.

Ethnic, cultural or religious norms prevent you from living the life you want and you stay behind confused.

Time to talk about your true feelings and find the best way(s) to live for you.
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Relationships

Every relationship experiences issues and pressures at one point or another. From arguments to problems with sex or worries over money.

Relationship problems are (almost) always related to poor communication. Some couples have different communication styles, such as talkers versus non-talkers, or people who deal with things via talking versus people who like to get on with things. Other couples used to communicate well but have stopped listening to each other. Instead they try to fill in the blanks and mind-read.

Sometimes every conversation becomes a battle. Then it is time to talk things through with the help of a mediator/counselor.
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Mediation

Sometimes issues or disputes seem unresolvable and personal opinions clash too much to find any solution to move forward.

Emotions run high and the time for a serious, constructive debate seems long ago.

Whether it is in your private or in business life, an unbiased and party independent mediator might bring you to a point from where to move on forward again.
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Grief & Loss

You have lost someone or something and it is only a natural response to grieve about it.

You may experience all kinds of difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt and profound sadness.

People say: 'Don't worry, time will heal all wounds...' or 'Just think of something else! Go out and enjoy yourself'. But you can not relate to that kind of advice. And those words do not help you personally.

Then it is time to talk with a listening helper and find solutions to overcome your grieve.
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common questions

Let’s start with what I don’t believe in: in my opinion serious therapy work, with long-term effect, is not about the magic power of crystals, nor talking to your angels or seeing people’s auras etc.

I do believe in bespoke, person-centered (mostly one-to-one) counseling, offering you a ‘Safe Space’ to talk, often in weekly 1 hour-long sessions.

During our sessions, we will work together trying to break down your problems into their separate parts, such as your thoughts, physical feelings and actions.

After that, we will analyze these areas to work out if they’re unrealistic or unhelpful and to determine the effect they have on each other and on you.

In a next step, we will then work out how to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

After working out what you can change, I will ask you to practice these changes in your daily life and we’ll discuss how you got on during the next session.

The eventual aim of therapy is to teach you to apply the skills you have learnt during treatment to your daily life.

Ideally, this should help you to manage your problems and stop them having a negative impact on your life (even after your course of treatment finishes).

A typical session is 60 mins.

The short answer is ‘no’.

Counseling is – in Switzerland – not reimbursed by the (Swiss) medical insurances.

The session frequency can be mutually agreed. Initially a weekly counseling session is the norm followed – provided you feel comfortable and make progress – by a bi-weekly ‘follow up’ session.

Some people have a busy work schedule, holidays planned which can be taken into account (of course).

Seeing a counselor is all about trust, feeling comfortable and understood. Similar to doctors and lawyers, all things said and done remain confidential.

However, there are a few of exemptions to this confidentiality rule:

  • When acts of terrorism are planned (I have to inform the authorities)
  • When I (as a counselor) suspect a psychological disease (I will advice you to see a psychiatrist)
  • When actual physical abuse was used and someone’s life is in immediate danger (I have to inform the authorities)

You can easily request a session (online and/or private) using this link: Book Appointment.

For information on counseling prices, use this link: Pricing.

It’s hard to say, without knowing your issue in detail.

As a rule of thumb, but depending on the complexity of your issue(s), after 5 or 6 counseling sessions, most issues are resolved.

A Psychiatrist studied medicine and prescribes and monitors medications to control symptoms.

A Counselor (like myself) offers professional support in decision-making and change processes.

 

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