Omar Nicolas

As a trained psycho-social counselor with experience in different areas of individual and family counseling, I use different therapeutic approaches with my clients. At the center of the sessions is a conversation with the client, through which I choose the appropriate counseling model and therefore clarify the desired goals. Methods of "Talking therapy", "behavioral therapy", and systemic counseling play an important role in the sessions. Individual resources of the client and their ability to reflect on their situation will be used as a means to achieve certain goals and to interrupt repetitive behavior patterns. Families, friends, work environments will be explored with the client to define roles, relationships, and patterns and to understand their influence. The client's personal history will be given space during the sessions and put in relation to concrete situations. The aim is not to analyze the client's past, but to facilitate levels of reflection on their issues in the present. It is important for me to formulate solutions with the client, which we work out during the sessions. Exercises from mindfulness practice are going to be used. The aim is to let the clients find the solutions in the present moment and anchor themselves in the "now". One of the most important characteristics of effective counseling is to create a safe space in which the client opens up to me as a counselor. Thus, the issue of trust will be an integral part of the counseling session, that should be regularly reviewed by the client and me. This includes first and foremost no discrimination of gender, religion, age...etc. or reducing the clients to their cultural background.