Biografical Councelling
Angela Smith
Biographical Counsellor
Certified non-medical Practitioner (Psychotherapy)
I accompany and support you sensitively in your personal development and help you make your inner self shine.
"Joy and beauty always dance in those places where eyes meet openly."
- Andreas Tenzer
The way I work
As a Biographical Counsellor, I offer you a space where you are accepted with your personal life story. I accompany and support you sensitively in your personal development. However, you are the expert of your own biography. Together we look at your life story with loving curiosity, without judging or interpreting it.
Mindful, appreciative and non-judgmental dialoguing at eye level is central to my consultation. I also use different methods, such as meditative and creative exercises, somatic exercises and creative writing adjusted to the respective situation to help you become aware of unconscious behaviors, patterns and needs.
Please note that biographical counselling and biography work are forms of life counselling or coaching at eye level and cannot replace psychotherapy or a psychotherapeutic intervention. A normal psychological resilience therefore is a prerequisite for the counselling process. Should it become apparent during the course of the consultation that a psychotherapeutic intervention is required, I will be happy to help you find therapeutic help.
Stages of my life
1972
Born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
1993-1996
After A-Levels: Au-pair, then various positions in London
1996-2000
BA Hons. Spanish with English Language Studies at Thames Valley University, London
2000-2013
Freelance Language Teacher at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and various companies in Mexico and in Germany
Since 2013
Employee at GESUNDHEIT AKTIV e. V., Berlin
2019
Certified non-medical Practitioner (Psychotherapy)
2019-2022
Training in Holistic Biography Work with Karl-Heinz Finke, Lebenswege
e. V.
Seit 2019
Co-development of the health coaching U-Health, trainer, from 2020 U-Health consultant at GESUNDHEIT AKTIV e. V.
2021
Further training “Biographical and creative writing in different phases of life and life crises”
2021
Basic course in psychotraumatology
Seit 2022
Board Member of the association Positive Gesundheit Deutschland e. V. (association in formation) and Training in Positive Health
Get in touch!
Contact me for a preliminary talk:
angela.smith@biografisches-coaching.com
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