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Do these wishes resonate to you?

• A healthy development of your potential from inner motivation and joy
• Expanding your mental resilience
• Managing pressure and expectations that are placed on you either internally or outside
• Growing more confident and becoming less dependent on the judgement of others
• Efficient and constructive practicing
• Stage appearance
• Gaining more freedom on stage
• Displaying your authentic sound during performance
• Learning how to peak on important occasions like exams, auditions and performances
• Learning how to peak on important occasions like exams, auditions and performances

Or are these challenges holding you back?

• Stress and anxiety during performance and/or practicing
• Losing control during stressful moments (bow shaking, sweaty hands etc.)
• Excessive worrying and concern
• Insecurity
• A severe inner critic
• Perfectionism
• Being upset by influences from outside
• Suffering from the consequences of setback and traumatic experiences
• Stress complaints (physical or mental)
• Injuries

Do you have any questions or do you want to make an appointment? Don’t hesitate to contact me.

What to expect

You may tell your personal story in a confidential setting. I listen without judgment and ask targeted questions to find out what is important to you.

During an intake interview we discuss which wishes and/or challenges play a role in your functioning as a musician. We formulate this together in a concrete goal. This goal is the common thread in our process. A trajectory takes on average five to seven sessions. At the right time, different methodologies are used to achieve the desired goal step by step. Together we look at what suits you best. It depends on the nature of the session whether we work with or without your instrument.

The first step is always awareness of what is actually happening in the moment. What thoughts, feelings and behavior do you experience? What beliefs lie beneath it? Which patterns did you subconsciously internalize?

Then we work on getting in touch with your body and emotions. There are different ways to achieve this, depending on where you are in your process and what you feel comfortable with. The better you are connected to yourself, the better you will experience your needs and desires. As well as your boundaries.

We slowly peel off layer by layer until we get closer and closer to the core. You are leading your own process. The most important thing is that you feel safe and heard. It is very likely to encounter resistance. Some insights are simply painful and it is in human nature to want to avoid and deny pain. Moreover, developing requires that you let go of old familiar patterns and dare to embrace the new and unknown. It takes courage!

It is possible that we come across fears and traumas in this process. If it feels right to you, we can explore and heal them together. If it's still too difficult, we’ll set them aside until you feel ready.

The great thing about coaching is that it is based on your own autonomy and that you work with your healthy inner part, your 'adult autonomous self'. That means you are not a patient, but a client. You will develop and strengthen that healthy part under my guidance in your own personal process. Because you make your own discoveries, your growth is powerful and lasting.

I will regularly ask you to take notes, write reflection reports and do exercises. How much work you put into this is your own choice and responsibility. But realize that the more you invest, the more you will ultimately get out of the coaching.

As a professional coach and counselor, I adhere to the code of ethics as formulated by NOBCO.

Techniques

In addition to basic coaching and conversation techniques, I use elements and exercises from the following methodologies:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• RET (Rational Emotive Therapy)
• VBT (Value Based Transformation)
• TA (Transactional Analysis)
• NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
• Voice Dialogue or Partwork
• Inner child work
• Systemic work
• Breathing and Meditation
• YIN
• Reiki
• Hypnotherapie

Hypnotherapie

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