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"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

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Get in touch!

Contact me for a preliminary talk:

angela.smith@biografisches-coaching.com

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Vielen Dank!

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