Hello, I am Anja, an ICF certified coach, integrative counselor, and therapist, specializing in helping individuals and couples with intercultural backgrounds and experiences.
I have 30 years of experience in the field of personal development, with clients from more than 40 cultural backgrounds and identities, and my own experience of living abroad. Personally, I know the challenges that go along with mastering personal growth, a professional and personal life abroad, including raising two cross-culture kids (CCK) as a single mom.
It is one of my main convictions that the way we grew up – even in a transgenerational sense – has a tremendous impact on how we perceive our personal and relational lives, our profession and how we are shaping our future. It is therefore this conviction, that lies at the very foundation of my attachment-based and culturally sensitive approach to coaching, counseling and psychotherapy.
You would like to learn more, why an attachment-based, culturally sensitive and integrative approach is important in coaching, counseling and therapy? Please visit my website: https://www.kaleidoscope-berlin.com/
Your specific needs and situation are always front and center. The basis of my integrative approach is not just a client-centered perspective. Rather, you can experience a safe space where everything is allowed to be – your frustration, your fear, your sadness, your anger, your despair, your joy, your courage, your happiness. Every emotion is welcome, and I will hold the space for it. Calmly, we will use everything for your growth, transformation and healing.
Psychotherapy: Methods and techniques which could be implemented in sessions are: EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Brainspotting, and Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM), The Wholeness Work®, Ego State Therapy, meditation, breathing, and mindfulness exercises, elements of behavioral therapy, visualization exercises, and techniques of resource activation.
Couples Counseling: How you perceive each other and react towards each other is mostly a result of your individual and cultural imprint; every couple has a unique combination of pasts. In the framework of Imago Relationship Therapy, you have the opportunity to understand these connections and how conflicts arise. It is a powerful tool for improving your relationship and connection. Through the special form of Imago Dialogue, you learn to dive into the other one´s world, to empathize with your partner, to understand your partner in a very different way – to understand with your heart – which allows stabilization and re-harmonization in your relationship.
Coaching: Given the fact that no-one can outperform their self-image, it is crucial to understand your inner glass ceiling – which, up until now, has prevented you from navigating towards what you genuinely love. Therefore, it is important that we understand what has been holding you back, and to develop a crystal-clear vision. By utilizing body-therapeutic methods (see above) in the coaching process, we will be able to access your inner strengths, resources, and talents, so you will move beyond your inner glass ceiling and transform your personal and professional life into a life you love living.