Systemic coaching

What is the systemic coaching approach during the retreat?
Systemic coaching draws on three complementary approaches, each offering a different lens on how change happens.

Solution-focused coaching (Steve de Shazer & Insoo Kim Berg) shifts attention away from the problem and toward what is already working. Together, we build a clear picture of your "future self": what you'll be doing differently, how the issue will have resolved itself, and what will feel lighter or freer. This approach is empowering and action-oriented, grounded in the resources you already have.

Working with inner images through systemic constellations (SySt® – Insa Sparrer & Prof. Dr. Matthias Varga von Kibéd) recognizes that we think in images as much as in words. Constellations make these inner images visible and tangible—mapping your current situation in physical space using floor markers, figures, or representatives, and then co-creating a new, more helpful image. Change here is felt in the whole body, not just understood intellectually—a sensory, embodied form of learning that can be explored one-on-one or in group settings.

Neuroscience-based coaching (Prof. Dr. Dr. Roth, Dr. Ryba, and others) grounds this work in how the brain actually changes. Because the brain remains plastic throughout life, and thought, feeling, and behavior are deeply interconnected, insight alone is often not enough to shift behavior. Lasting change happens mainly by engaging the unconscious—which is why metaphors, inner imagery, and emotional experience play such a central role. This creates space for self-compassion and clarity, and allows change to be felt and anchored with all the senses, not just thought through.

Together, these three approaches form a coaching practice that is solution-oriented, embodied, and grounded in how the brain and nervous system actually learn and change.

What can you expect?

• Make the invisible visible: Using systemic constellations, you'll map your current situation in physical space with representatives—turning inner images and unspoken dynamics into something you can actually see and work with

• Shift the pattern: Starting from this "current image," you and coach Anita will uncover hidden dynamics and co-create a new, more helpful way of relating to your challenge or question

• Feel the change: Unlike purely verbal coaching, this is an embodied experience—you feel the shift in your whole body, not just understand it intellectually