Systemic Coaches consider human beings as being in many ways richly multifaceted in a world itself
richly multifaceted, where everything somehow interacts with everything. Human beings will therefore
always be considered in their context.
On one hand, every human is part of many "systems" like his or her romantic relationship, family,
workplace, recreation or sports clubs, a judicial system, a society, a town or city, humanity. When a
human being changes, it affects all systems in which she or he takes part, and vice-versa - like touching a
part of a mobile. When a system triggers changes within a person that cause unease or pain, that person
may change the system, if that is possible, or leave the system. But there are mor alternatives: the
person may also make sense to develop the strength to endure the discomfort of what cannot be
changed, at least not within a short timespan. And perhaps this person will learn to transfigure these
difficulties into resources, e.g. by developing an acceptance and managing to distil the teachings and
experiences contained within the current situation and thus receiving what life actually wants to teach or
tell through it, which might well be outside the comfort zone. Or he or she might realise that, albeit not
being able to change the whole system, there still is an operating area of personal influence within the
system where the individual has very much latitude to act efficiently and change things instead of
cultivating a self-corroding sense of powerlessness. Indeed, even the "great and powerful" have their
servitudes, and even their range of influence and action meets many limitations.
On the other hand, a human being is not all of a piece, but made of many moving parts. Often it is the
context that activates this part rather than that one. When we talk to two different people, we are
ourself two different people - does that feeling sound familiar? Some of these parts have the full
maturity of the person itself, sometimes even beyond, whilst others may well have remained at an
earlier maturity stage. Or it may be that some given contexts (e.g., certain types of relationship) make
them freeze into old patterns and automated behaviours. When that happens, the resources held by
these parts usually slip out of reach and are unavailable for a while. But nothing is definitive.
The following realisation alone may suffice to trigger a beginning liberation from old patterns and a
return to a self-reliant life in full awareness: "I am not this or that, I only acknowdlede that in the present
moment, in this present context, a part of me becomes like this or that." We are so much more than that
single part that is active in this moment.
Then, parts of ourselves might refuse to cooperate with each other or even impede each other or enter
outright conflict or a stall in a
polarised state. Such a state often
stubbornly blocks any change,
produces nothing, yet uses up lots
of available energy. We may then
feel a state of "inner disruption"
oder "inner conflict" or a
"blockade". When we work with
these suffering parts, bring them
into light, and let them express
their deep motivations and
intentions and possibly find
appeasement, it might be that
much of the energy formerly
captured by that inner conflict is becoming available again for conducting a more fulfilling life.
The next time you feel something that you would want to express with metaphors like "a part of me sees
/ feels / thinks this, and another part sees / feels / thinks that", do not hesitate to consider this partition
seriously, even literally instead of metaphorically. Each of us is many parts - and that assumption is where
many models and techniques of Systemic Coaching start.
As these parts find their real place within the individual and the harmony of the total increases, we
acquire more flexibility and awareness and even virtosity in conducting our life.
Perhaps you feel that the polarisations and opposites that you see in the world rouse diffuse
polarisations and opposites in yourself and that this is no pleasant sensation. Working with a systemic
coach tends to make inner parts visible, name them, and try to make them communicate and reconcile
and reunite again. In case of success, you may experience that those outside conflicts and the general
"state of the world" affect and upset you less because they do not activate some inner conflicts anymore.
There are many tools and methods we can use to work together. Among these, there are those listed
below. Please be aware that some of theses models are originally therapies, but that we do no not use
them for therapy but only extract the tools that are actually useful in coaching.
•
Conversation techniques, immobile and in
movement
•
Mindfulness techniques
•
Framework and tools from ACT - Acceptance &
Commitment Therapy
•
Introvision (an add-on to ACT)
•
Systemic Constellations
•
Developing the autonomous Directing Self and
reintegrating frozen or conflicting parts
•
Integral Approach - the 9 maturity stages of
individuals an organisations
•
Imaginary journeys in light trance (hypnosis)
•
Age recessions and timeline travelling from a
meta position
•
Core-Transformation
•
Working with the Inner Child(ren)
•
Clarifying and developing life goals, e.g. with
the Disney method or the "burner plate"
method
•
Identifying deep individual values and
separating them from roles, to empower a life
committed to your truest values instead of
roles and outer expectations
•
Models for teams and organisations
Alexander Hohmann
Systemic Coach in Freiburg (Black Forest)
Systemic Coaches consider human beings as
being in many ways richly multifaceted in a
world itself richly multifaceted, where
everything somehow interacts with
everything.
On one hand, every human is part of many
"systems" like his or her romantic
relationship, family, workplace, recreation
or sports clubs, a judicial system, a society,
a town or city, humanity. When a human
being changes, it affects all systems in
which she or he takes part, and vice-versa -
like touching a part of a mobile. When a
system triggers changes within a person
that cause unease or pain, that person may
change the system, if that is possible, or
leave the system. But it may also make
sense to develop the strength to endure the
discomfort of what cannot be changed, at
least not in a short timespan. And perhaps
this person will learn to transfigure these
difficulties into resources, e.g. by
developing an acceptance and managing to
distil the teachings and experiences
contained within the current situation and
thus receiving what life actually wants to
teach or tell through it. Or he or she might
realise that, albeit not being able to change
the whole system, there still is an operating
area within the system where the individual
has very much latitude to act efficiently and
change things instead of cultivating a self-
corroding sense of powerlessness. Because
even the "great and powerful" have their
servitudes and even their range of action
meets many limitations.
On the other hand, a human being is not
all of a piece, but made of many moving
parts. Often it is the context that activates
this part rather than that one. When we talk
to two different people, we are ourself two
different people - does that feeling sound
familiar? Some of these parts have the full
maturity of the person itself, sometimes
even beyond, whilst others may well have
remained at an early maturity stage. Or it
may be that some given contexts make
them freeze into old patterns and
automated behaviours. When that happens,
the resources held by these parts usually
are out of reach and unavailable for a while.
But nothing is definitive.
The following realisation alone may suffice
to trigger a liberation from old patterns and
a return to a self-reliant life in full
awareness: "I am not this or that, I only
acknowdlede that in the present moment, in
this present context, a part of me becomes
like this or that." We are so much more than
that single part that is active in this
moment.
Then, parts of ourselves might refuse to
cooperate with each other or even impede
each other or enter outright conflict, in a
polarised state. Such a state often
stubbornly blocks any change, produces
nothing, yet uses up lots of available
energy. We may then feel a state of "inner
disruption" oder "inner conflict" or a
"blockade". When we work with these
suffering parts, bring them into light, and let
them express their deep motivations and
intentions and possibly find appeasement,
it might be that much of the energy
captured by that inner conflict is made
available for conducting a more fulfilling
life.
The next time you feel something that you
would want to express with metaphors like
"a part of me sees / feels / thinks this, and
another part sees / feels / thinks that", do
not hesitate to consider this partition
seriously, even literally instead of
metaphorically. Each of us is many parts -
and that assumption is where many models
and techniques of Systemic Coaching start.
As these parts find their real place within
the individual and the harmony of the total
increases, we acquire more flexibility and
awareness and even virtosity in conducting
our life.
Perhaps you feel that the polarisations and
opposites that you see in the world rouse
diffuse polarisations and opposites in
yourself and that this is no pleasant
sensation. Working with a systemic coach
tends to make inner parts visible, name
them, and try to make them communicate
and reconcile and reunite again. In case of
success, you may experience that those
outside conflicts and the general "state of
the world" affect and upset you less
because they do not activate some inner
conflicts anymore.
There are many tools and methods we can
use to work together. Among these, there
are those listed below. Please be aware that
some of theses models are originally
therapies, but that we do no not use them
for therapy but only extract the tools that
are actually useful in coaching.
•
Conversation techniques, immobile and
in movement
•
Mindfulness techniques
•
Framework and tools from ACT -
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
•
Introvision
•
Systemic Constellations
•
Developing the autonomous Directing
Self and reintegrating frozen or
conflicting parts
•
Integral Approach - the 9 maturity
stages of individuals an organisations
•
Imaginary journeys in light trance
(hypnosis)
•
Age recessions and timeline travelling
from a meta position
•
Core-Transformation
•
Working with the Inner Child(ren)
•
Clarifying and developing life goals, e.g.
with the Disney method or the "burner
plate" method
•
Identifying deep individual values and
separating them from roles, to
empower a life committed to your
truest values instead of roles and outer
expectations
•
Models for teams and organisations
Alexander Hohmann
Systemic Coach in Freiburg (Black Forest)
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